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U.S. Gun Policy: Global ComparisonsHigh-profile mass shootings in the United States in recent years have rekindled the gun control debate and raised comparisons of policies around the world.
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See How Much You Know About AustraliaTest your knowledge of Australia, from its system of government to its trade policy.
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What Do the Australian Elections Mean for Canberra’s Policies Toward Indonesia and the Rest of Southeast Asia?In elections last month, Australia’s Liberal-National coalition won a surprising victory, defying pollsters who had almost uniformly predicted that the Australian Labor Party would triumph. The coali…
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Women This Week: Electoral Gains Across the GlobeWelcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post, covering May 18 to May 28, was compiled by Rebecca Hughes, Alexandra Bro, and Rebecca Turkington.
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How Morrison Won – and What His Win Means for the U.S.-Australia AllianceJames Curran is a professor of modern history at Sydney University. As the dust begins to settle on the stunning, unexpected result from the Australian elections over the weekend, the re-elected P…
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Elections in Australia, the European Union, and BeyondIn this special episode, James M. Lindsay and Robert McMahon discuss upcoming parliamentary elections in Australia and the European Union, as well as India’s six-week-long election, which is drawing to a close.
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Five Eyes Intelligence Sharing Has Failed to Combat White Nationalist TerrorismBy Van Jackson New Zealand may appear to be a paradise in the Pacific, but it is afflicted by many of the problems facing other liberal democracies, such as a rising suicide rate and deep socioeco…
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Cyber Week in Review: February 22, 2019This week: Australia's parliament hacked; CrowdStrike's new report; Fancy Bear is back; and is the U.S. overplay its hand with Huawei?
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What a Labor Victory Might Mean for Australian Foreign PolicyBy Elena Collinson A federal election is due this year in Australia. While the Liberal-National Coalition government has yet to formally announce a polling day, the stage has effectively been set …
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The Quad and the Free and Open Indo-PacificOver the weekend the Halifax International Security Forum convened its tenth iteration, one that observed the hundredth anniversary of the 1918 armistice ending World War I, and took the occasion of …
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How Will Australia’s Repeated Leadership ‘Spills’ Impact Its Foreign Policy?Last month, an internal party ballot within the ruling Liberal Party ousted former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. He was replaced by Scott Morrison, who had previously served as Australia’s treasur…
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Australia’s New Brutal Politics—Not New, and Not That BrutalTom Switzer is executive director of the Centre for Independent Studies in Sydney and a presenter at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Radio National. As Australia welcomes Scott Morrison a…
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Women This Week: Fighting FGMWelcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post, covering July 23 to August 4, was compiled with support from Lucia Petty.
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Women This Week: Ballot Breakthroughs in Mexico and TunisiaWelcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post, covering July 5 to July 13, was compiled with support from Lucia Petty and Rebecca Turkington.
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Australia Wants to Boost Economic Ties With IndiaAustralia's new India economic strategy shows how India's growing economic weight makes it an unavoidable economic partner, despite the challenges in navigating its market.