Weak governance, persistent law-and-order challenges, poor human development outcomes, mismanaged natural resources, and a growing struggle to meet the needs of a young and rapidly expanding ...

Putin was much more upbeat at the summit than Trump, for good reason. The Russian leader arrived and departed from this summit as the biggest winner. He smiled broadly on arrival and appeared ...

“There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies, and that is fighting without them,” Winston Churchill once famously lamented. Nothing better captures the realpolitik wisdom of the British ...

US Senator Chris Coons joined the Lowy Institute's Executive Director Dr Michael Fullilove at the Institute's Bligh Street headquarters for a special episode of Lowy Institute Conversations. They ...

Tensions between Indonesia and Malaysia have flared in the past, including incidents involving patrol vessels and drilling operations backed by competing concessions. Indonesia has granted licenses to ...

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 ...

As the world waits for the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska on Friday, even after the announcement of the high-stakes meeting, Russia continues to bomb Ukraine’s peaceful infrastructure, including train ...

China has an estimated six million active ride-sharing drivers and three million licenced taxis, with almost six per cent of those being self-driving robotaxis. The United States has far fewer, with ...

A new deal aiming to settle months of unrest in New Caledonia is foundering at the first hurdle. Last month in Paris, independence and loyalist leaders from the French Pacific territory along with ...

In the trendy Sololaki neighbourhood of Tbilisi, Georgia, faded mansions line the avenues and the cafes and wine bars are bustling. Notably for this chic area, graffiti is everywhere – and not just ...

Throughout the invasion, Kyiv has fought an asymmetric campaign to offset Russia’s numerical advantage in soldiers and personnel. Cheap drones, or also unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have become the ...

Maritime trade is Australia’s lifeline – in times of peace, crisis or conflict. Without ships bringing in the fuel, fertiliser, ammunition, and other critical supplies that keep our economy running ...