Australia would be handing Vladimir Putin a gift by cutting off military aid to Ukraine, both major parties and the Ukrainian diaspora say.

Russia is now Naypyidaw’s business partner as well as its arms dealer.

Earlier this month the pro-EU Prime Minister Nikol ⁠Pashinyan and his Civil Contract party won a landslide election victory in Armenia. The result was a significant setback for Vladimir Putin [...]

Myanmar's former junta chief Min Aung Hlaing gains crucial political validation from China's President Xi Jinping. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

CitizenGo is hitching its wagon to Joanna Howe’s crusade, and the former Nationals MP George Christensen is on board

Restarting the shelved US$3.6 billion Myitsone Dam project could ultimately come down to Beijing’s ‘risk tolerance’.

There are long-term questions regarding support for Ukraine if far-right populists win more power in the EU’s most powerful states.

Displaced, Not Defeated: What the SA Result Really Means for the Liberal Party

After a decade of semi-democracy, the 2021 coup returned much of Myanmar to military rule. This development provides an opportunity to understand the (re-)configuration of environmental activism as...

Far from being free and fair, the elections lack any meaningful resemblance to democratic practice.

She plays drums for fun, barely sleeps – and is popular right now. What challenges does Sanae Takaichi face in the top job?

Sanae Takaichi has voiced anti-immigrant policies at a time when Japan’s population continues to fall, threatening economic stagnation.

Labor’s opposition to nuclear energy, and push to renewables, was one defining policy of the election, reflecting broader shifts in...

The Liberals and Nationals will review their policy platforms as they assess their sweeping election defeat, which resulted in Labor claiming a majority government.

If conservative Nationals prevail, we may well see nuclear policy survive the election post-mortem and be resurrected for the next poll.

The United States is sending a three-person disaster response team to earthquake-stricken Myanmar, days after much larger contingents from China and Russia began pulling people out of the rubble.

USAID accounted for a third of Myanmar’s foreign aid last year. Now, this funding is gone as the country grapples with a devastating earthquake.

As Myanmar’s civil war continues, new reports reveal opposition forces have scored major territorial victories over the military junta. Coupled with a full-blown economic and humanitarian crisis, the...

Organisations that take extreme risks to document atrocities, corruption and war crimes fear for their future after USAid cuts

As Myanmar’s civil war continues, new reports reveal opposition forces have scored territorial victories over the military junta. Coupled with...

With the coalition's nuclear policy facing staunch opposition from the scientific community and state governments, experts debate its...

Analysts warn that Chinese personnel could be caught in the conflict, while the move further complicates efforts to secure control of key economic areas.

China has the biggest influence on Myanmar’s civil strife but Russia also has sway, supplying arms to the military junta. As opposition forces continue to rack up battlefield victories over Myanmar’s ...

Myanmar’s ruling junta is currently vulnerable after sustained fighting by a range of dissident groups, so who are the groups behind the recent unrest? Since a military coup in 2021, Myanmar has desce...

Analysts warn that Chinese personnel could be caught in the conflict, while the move further complicates efforts to secure control of key economic areas.

With the two countries on diverging paths after recent elections, the choice appears to be between Russia and the West.

While many people in Moldova and Georgia support closer integration with Europe, Russia’s efforts to interfere in the votes has the potential to destabilise both countries.

Thailand's Constitutional Court has ruled to dissolve the opposition Move Forward Party (MFP). Here's why it is unlikely to signal the end of the popular group.