Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States – the traditional “Anglo” destinations – have together held a relative monopoly on international students from the Asia-Pacific region, and ...

The COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan ended in disappointment. The central task of the talks – to establish a new climate finance goal to replace the pledge of $100 billion annually from wealthy to ...

Societies have traditionally aligned their activities with the weather, such as planting crops at specific times to avoid conflicting agricultural calendars. As climate risks rise and technology ...

This week, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a change in Russian nuclear doctrine. The new approach permits Russia to use nuclear weapons against conventional attacks. The announcement is ...

Each year, the Lowy Institute updates is Pacific Aid Map – the most comprehensive database tracking aid and development flows to the Pacific Islands region ever assembled. In this episode of ...

At the first Disinfo Pacific Conference in Brisbane this month, a striking contrast emerged between European and Pacific approaches to combating disinformation. While Europe has moved towards ...

Foreign Minister Penny Wong repeatedly declares an “ambition in our statecraft” for Australia to confront uncertain times. But Australia’s international budget books don’t match the ramped-up rhetoric ...

Food safety remains a top priority for Chinese authorities and the public. Two significant scandals in China this year have again raised concerns about the quality and safety of locally produced food.

The Group of Twenty (G20) met recently in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, on the heels of a seismic US presidential election that has the potential to accelerate an already rapidly changing geopolitical ...

Against the backdrop of reporting on global climate negotiations, the jargon and acronyms are coming thick and fast. Some media outlets have even created jargon buster guides. One of the expressions ...