As Trump explores warmer ties to Russia, he’d be wise to brush up on the history of past resets and the role the oil industry played in each one. The results weren’t good.
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Cutting off funds for crucial UN bodies could have disastrous consequences for the world order.
In a special Race to the White House episode, Brendon O'Connor and Tom Switzer talk with Emma Lancaster about Donald Trump's inaugural address.
Far from ‘making America great again’, Donald Trump’s sloganeering will deepen mistrust of US motives and irreparably damage any prospect of co-existence, let alone a more co-operative world order.
The 44th president is now gone. What mark does he leave on his country?
Decades – even centuries – have gone into building the diplomatic protocols on which we all rely. Is all that work being undone?
As his nominee for secretary of state awaits confirmation, Donald Trump is under pressure to explain what his views on Russia actually are.
What the Obama administration achieved with Iran deserves great credit. But can it endure?
Ambassador Karlov’s death will weaken Turkey’s influence in the Syrian conflict.
Donald Trump’s disregard for Africa and African affairs is worrying. But it also presents a unique opportunity for progressive black leadership to shape US foreign policy.
More than ever, Pine Gap remains at the heart of the Australian alliance with the United States, but serious reform is needed.
In reelection bid, Merkel’s not just up against a xenophobic, nationalist party in Germany. In the wake of Trump’s election, liberal democracies around the world hope she’ll defend them, too.
The repercussions should Donald Trump withdraw from the Iran nuclear agreement, are detrimental to Iran’s economy, regional stability and US dealings with Europe and Russia.
Will the world be safer if Trump meant the things he said on the campaign trail, or if he didn’t?
The incoming Trump administration could do worse than learn from China in devising a new policy of economic engagement with North Korea.
The most disastrous conflict to break out in the Obama years is still nowhere near its end. It could have been very different.
After Australia announced a refugee deal with the US, Labor’s Kate Ellis told Q&A that millions of dollars were spent on an earlier deal with Cambodia, yet very few lives were changed. Is that right?
A Middle East in meltdown forced the Obama administration to give up crucial leverage.
The global nuclear non-proliferation regime depends on American leadership. What if Donald Trump loses interest?
The election of Donald Trump has awoken a streak of authoritarianism in America that is incompatible with it leading with liberal democratic ideals.
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