Understatement of the year, perhaps. But this Alex Russell column in the Financial Times today is well worth a squiz. “The death of the diplomat in Trump’s America” calls out the headline. It’s not ...

In November 2025, the world gathered in the Amazonian city of Belém for COP30, the UN’s annual climate summit. It was the first time in 30 years that the United States was absent from the talks. Todd ...

The Marshall Islands’ recent decision to use a US dollar-backed stablecoin as one of the mechanisms for delivering a universal basic income (UBI) reflects the practical challenges of providing ...

At COP28, an opportunity presents itself for a new funding model to help the world’s most climate vulnerable countries. A separate fund for loss and damage seemed inevitable and was necessary to ...

Adnan Aamir is a journalist, researcher, and commentator based in Islamabad, Pakistan. He covers politics, economy, development, conflict, and security. His area of focus includes the conflict and the ...

Southeast Asia is home to some of the most dynamic and fast‑growing economies in the world. Yet the region continues to face significant development challenges, including poverty, limited access to ...

A civil war has been going on in the Philippines for over 50 years, waged by the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) with the armed guerrillas of the New People’s Army (NPA). The rebels boast a ...

A big plan to connect 70% of the country to power by 2030 grabbed headlines. Delivering is the true challenge. Getting the leaders of five Asia-Pacific nations together for the photograph amidst the ...

Polls won’t open in Indonesia’s mammoth presidential election until February next year, but the battlelines are firmly drawn. Former Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan will face off with the popular ...

It has been more than three years since the people of Bougainville voted to decide their political future. The 2019 referendum, that saw 97.7 per cent of voters express a desire for independence over ...

The small, remote Mauritian island of North Agalega, located in the south-western Indian Ocean, 1,122 kilometres north of Mauritius, is currently a hive of construction activity. India sought access ...

The tale has become accepted diplomatic folklore. In the telling, it was Australia, back in 2008 in the early days of the Rudd government, that decided to scuttle the then-nascent Quadrilateral ...