Bill Gates downplays climate catastrophe, wolves are blamed – or credited – for ecosystem repair, and China’s energy surge ...

Australian settlement policy often assumes refugees will embrace progressive politics. Research and community experience show refugee political identities are far more diverse – with important ...

From Hong Kong’s deadly tower fire and surging renovation graft, to climate-fuelled floods across Asia, record weapons sales, a massive Korean data breach and collapsing Chinese tourism in Japan, this ...

Rules introduced by Israel in 2025 are being used to block humanitarian organisations from operating in the occupied Palestinian territories, limiting aid delivery and silencing advocacy.

Let me also take this opportunity to say thank you for what you are doing for Australia. P&I provides a moral compass, keeps hope alive and spurs on action. Dr Jane Anderson Adjunct Research Fellow – ...

After decades of near-continuous rule, Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party is now governing as a minority under a more ideologically polarised leadership. A new era of fragmented, negotiated politics is ...

Administrative staffing in Australia’s public education system has grown far faster than student enrolments or teacher numbers. Unless governments act, promised school funding risks being absorbed by ...

Western commentary often dwells on China’s problems while overlooking the cultural and historical foundations of its extraordinary achievements. Understanding both is essential to informed judgement.

Mark Dreyfus has been appointed Australia’s special envoy on human rights. Is the government prepared to match international ...

Australia’s response to Japan’s rhetoric has been framed as a test of loyalty, but the outrage is largely media-driven.

Australia’s multicultural society is not a modern experiment or a social crisis. It is the product of shared effort, grounded ...

The latest Boyer Lecture portrays Australia as trapped by anxiety about the United States. In fact, for decades the country ...