Angeline Tan is an analyst at the Institute of Strategic & International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia. Her research covers East Asia’s international relations, with a particular focus on China.

Hostage-taking and arbitrary detention by both state and non-state actors are on the rise. The Lowy Institute’s Sean Turnell, ...

Australia’s on-again, off-again affair with supporting a PNG-based team in the National Rugby League has taken another turn ...

Despite raising wages up to 28.5% across the sector, Australia’s workforce shortage in aged care will probably still reach ...

For instance, Australia has delivered more than AU$2.5 billion, on top of the estimated $AU2 billion in aid, directly into ...

In a belated recognition that China has cornered the construction of ocean-going commercial vessels, those ships crucial to ...

Heavy rains, landslides and flash floods are yet again battering Thailand. Amid the annual monsoon season (July–October), the recent arrival of the La Niña weather phenomenon and the aftermath of ...

Ukraine’s bold naval campaign against Russia in the Black Sea offers crucial lessons for Australia. Despite facing a far superior navy, Ukraine has used innovative tactics, rapid adaptation and modern ...

While the Taliban claims that it is acting on Afghan culture, by banning women’s access to poetry it is acting completely ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin will host the 25th BRICS summit in the Russian city of Kazan on 22–24 October. It comes at a time when BRICS – comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and ...

Running up to the annual United Nations General Assembly leaders meeting, renewed debates broke out in New Delhi about India’s quest to have a permanent seat on the UN Security Council. Old wounds ...