It’s not unusual for most of us to find ourselves at the end of the year with a little less money in our accounts than we had hoped. But for the National Rifle...

This week, Washington is funereal. Today, the city halts, the National Cathedral in repose as a pulpit of mourning. Partisanship ebbs from Capitol Hill. A White House muted. These are the traditions, pageantry...

George HW Bush may have been the most underrated US president since Harry Truman, and like the haberdasher from Missouri, probably deserves to be elevated in the judgement of history beyond contemporary assessment...

Talks between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires concluded on Saturday night with applause, but no joint statement.

Chinese state television announced that...

Alliance 21 Fellow Madelyn Creedon spoke to Lisa Murray from The Australian Financial Review about the potential for the world to slide into a new nuclear arms race.

The World Trade Organization (WTO) last week agreed to investigate the United States’ tariffs on steel and aluminium in response to complaints from seven affected members, as well as US complaints against their...

An American president, in his first term, was crystal clear about how he saw America's strategic interests in selling arms to Saudi Arabia: ''I am convinced that providing Saudi Arabia with this equipment...

Shadow Minister for Defence the Hon. Richard Marles MP gave an address regarding the US-Australia relationship and strategy in the Indo-Pacific.

Amazon has, after a long wait, announced it will be opening headquarters in both New York City and northern Virginia.

The decision ended a year-long search for “HQ2”, the second headquarters of the...

It’s stumping even the experts on Twitter: what is Donald Trump doing praising Nancy Pelosi and offering to help her get the votes she needs to become speaker of the House in January? 

Twice...

Senior fellow Charles Edel with Siddharth Mohandas in the second essay in their two-part series on the so-called 'Chinese Century' for The National Interest. This essay examines the military and ideological dimensions and...

The year was 1989. The caucus meeting in Canberra was dragging on. An interruption to the proceedings was welcome.

Steve Dubois, the mild-mannered but dedicated member for St George, entered and called out...

While the rise of China poses serious challenges for the United States and its allies, these challenges are far from insurmountable. If American policymakers can make sound decisions about how to evolve the...

Senior fellow Charles Edel writes with The Asia Group research director Siddharth Mohandas about the so-called Chinese Century for The National Interest.

Edel and Mohandas write "if the history of this century...

Senior fellow Charles Edel writes in Foreign Affairs about how the United States can double-down on its commitment to the crucial Indo-Pacific region. The US is well positioned to facilitate the investment of...

The partisan divide in American politics is now said to be one between nationalists and globalists, with President Donald Trump leading the nationalists. Ironically, this recent popular backlash against globalisation came only after...

This report recommends measures Australia can take to improve its openness to the rest of the world and capture the associated economic and social benefits from globalisation.

The Belt and Road Initiative represents a fundamental play by China to reshape the world around it. In the latest instalment of The Debate Papers, we asked David Brewster and Elizabeth Ingleson whether...

Doris Kearns Goodwin is a first-class American presidential historian. Her new book, Leadership: Lessons from the Presidents for Turbulent Times, could not be better timed. American voters went to the polls this...

Their principal objective was to capture the House — and they did. A lot of analysts have questioned the margin — currently a gain of 32 seats that may edge up to 35...