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...

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...

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...

Let's start with the good news. Above all, this election was a reaffirmation of American democracy, a signal contrary to much commentary, that neither Trump — nor the Russians, the Chinese, nor the...

The Democrats have taken back the House of Representatives, "turned blue" a number of governorships and state legislatures, and already started discussions about investigations into President Trump and even impeachment.

In the end, the verdict of the American voter in the US mid-term elections was neither a blue wave nor a red wave: more of a restless wave.

As anticipated, the Republicans appear...

After sitting vacant for more than two years — the longest stretch in the history of bilateral relations — the Trump administration has nominated a new US ambassador to Australia.

Foreign Minister Marise Payne’s meeting with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi is good news. It may even pave the way for a leaders’ summit within weeks.

Is it a genuine breakthrough and a new...

In my American legal history unit at the University of Sydney, after a couple of weeks of contextualising the legal, political, social, and intellectual world in which it was written, we spend a...

On the eve of the midterm elections, the American economy is humming. Another quarter-million jobs in October have pushed unemployment down to 3.7 per cent, and, for the first time in a long...

From afar, the US midterm elections might seem to be all about Donald Trump, and there is some truth to this. The man, as has been the case for some years now, is...

The capital is eerily quiet – has been all week. No traffic, light activity on the streets, hill staff out in their districts working campaigns, lobbyists doing the same for members they want...

Europe is starting to do what the United States has long wanted. It’s just not doing it the way the United States wants.

Following decades of US military presence in Europe, US tolerance of overseas...

Until Friday, Trump felt he was on the verge of pulling off another stupendous upset – keeping both the House and Senate in Republican hands – and therefore banking, once again, what the...

Dr John Lee writes for CNN that the US was right to pull out of the INF, but not because of Russia. He says it is further indication that America will no longer...

In two weeks, Americans will go to the polls for the first national election of the Trump era. The midterms will be a pivotal election. As the two major parties grow further apart...

The 1966 Cold War slapstick parody is back – not off the coast of Maine, but on social media platforms and computer screens near...