In a world where AI is rapidly reshaping sectors from healthcare and clean energy to manufacturing and defence, it was puzzling to note the absence of new funding for AI development or digital ...

Asked about potential cooperation with China, Donald Trump declared: “China and the United States can together solve all of the problems of the world, if you think about it.” He wants Xi Jinping to ...

Disasters of all kinds have been commonplace in Myanmar, the country reeling from one crisis after another, whether environmental or political. A brief decade of relative freedom and economic growth ...

Southeast Asia bears one of the world’s highest burdens of tobacco-related illnesses and economic losses. While eight countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have reported a decline in ...

If you are holding out for a hero, Bonnie Tyler advises that “he’s gotta be strong and he’s gotta be fast/And he’s gotta be fresh from the fight”. The Welsh songbird first offered that counsel 42 ...

Governments worldwide are scrambling to make sense of a volatile new world where the only certainty is uncertainty. And Australia is no exception. Last week’s federal budget brought forward defence ...

In a show of what appeared to be humble pie, Myanmar’s junta boss acknowledged that the scale of Friday’s earthquake would be beyond Myanmar’s capabilities and “invited” an international response to ...

Last month, three Chinese naval vessels conducted live-fire exercises in the Tasman Sea without prior notification to Canberra while on a voyage circling Australia. The drills not only heightened ...

This is a lightly edited transcript of remarks delivered at the Sovereignty and Security Forum, held at the National Press Club in Canberra on 31 March. The event was convened and chaired by Australia ...

This past week, I was invited to brief the US Congressional staffers on US counterterrorism policy. My message was simple, that after 24 years and $8 trillion spent, the US counterterrorism apparatus ...

'Alopi Latukefu joined the Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education as Director in February 2023. Prior to accepting the role with ERC, 'Alopi was most recently the Director for the ...

Manny Maung, Research Associate at Humanitarian Policy Group, is an expert on human rights issues in Myanmar. Connect on LinkedIn.