North Korea's provocative missile test over Japan this morning sends a defiant message to the rest of the world. Brendan Thomas-Noone told nine.com.au that North Korea is trying to drive a wedge between...

Officially known as Spartan 3000, South Korea hopes this unit comprised of highly-trained elite soldiers will intimidate its northern neighbour and deter it from attacking first. Brendan Thomas-Noone told News.com.au that decapitation strikes...

This past December, President-elect Trump tweeted that “the United Nations has such great potential but right now it is just a club for people to get together, talk and have a good time...

The United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney has today announced a new partnership with global survey company YouGov.

Beginning this month, YouGov will provide the Centre with exclusive, monthly polling...

In her column for Fairfax Newspapers, Nicole Hemmer discusses the deal President Trump made with Democratic leaders for a quickie extension of the debt limit. She argues that the notion of Trump as...

The resignation of Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter comes at important time for the magazine industry. Magazine publishers, along with the rest of the print industry, are coming to terms with changes in...

Rumors that tough-talking US Pacific Command chief, Admiral Harry Harris, is being considered as President Trump’s ambassador to Australia captivated policy thinkers and Asia watchers last week. His appointment would likely sharpen US-Australia...

North Korea is rapidly getting closer to completing a nuclear warhead capable of travelling across the Pacific and hitting the US mainland, but is the South Korean capital of Seoul the most likely...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said imposing tougher sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear missile program would be counter-productive and spoke out against “military hysteria” after the United States called for the “strongest...

President Donald Trump's “return” to manufacturing is eroding US health, schooling and social support structures, according to Elizabeth Ingleson in her column in The Washington Post's 'Made By History' section.

President Donald Trump is considering tapping one of the US defence force's biggest China hawks to be the next Ambassador to Australia, a potential personnel move that would send an assertive message to...