The policies designed to address climate change are, at times, undermining the very environmental and social objectives they are meant to support. What was once a clear contest between fossil fuels ...

Over the past few years, Starlink’s low-Earth orbit satellite internet service has entered the Pacific Islands region, bringing connectivity to communities long defined by their isolation. Regulatory ...

After nearly a decade of relative pause, China has resumed large-scale island-building in the South China Sea. Satellite images of Antelope Reef show a once-submerged feature rapidly transformed into ...

Beijing’s aim to declare a special managed area at the ice sheet’s highest point is a test of Antarctic governance. China has become more and more active in Antarctica in recent years – both in ...

From a Biden administration insider, an account of how global crises were managed and a warning of what is to come. The old international order is over, and a competition is underway to determine what ...

Myanmar’s military is well versed in the art of obscuring language and manipulating narratives. More recently, it has moved to entrench its rule through the façade of a sham election to install a ...

During the Melanesian Spearhead Group Leaders’ meeting held in Port Vila in August, Fiji’s Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka advocated the concept of a “zone of peace”. He returned to this theme in ...

Chinese exercises in the South China Sea last month, and the strong US response, show these disputed waters will not soon be calm. While the focus has largely been on military manoeuvres, competition ...

In 2025, Indonesia and China marked the 75th anniversary of their diplomatic ties, highlighting how the relationship has matured into one of the Indo-Pacific’s most consequential. The commemoration ...

Influence operations in the digital age are not merely propaganda with new tools. They represent an evolved form of manipulation which present actors with endless possibilities – both benign and ...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a frank and impassioned speech at this year's World Economic Forum at Davos. He argued that in an era of great power competition, middle powers can no ...

The global resurgence of religion among young people (especially young men) stands as one of the great puzzles of our era, defying two long-held sociological iron laws: faith is for the old, and for ...