Bill Bishop an entrepreneur and former media executive with more than a decade’s experience living in and working in the PRC. He writes the Sinocism Newsletter, a daily publication about China, that ...

In 2017, Trump did not expect to win and was not ready to govern when he beat Hillary Clinton in the election. As a newly elected leader with no experience in government, personal relationships and ...

But compression is not convergence. Despite technological advances, China is still scaling. Its middle class is still forming. Its financial system remains closely managed. And its industrial strategy ...

As demand surges and China dominates supply chains, the Quad grouping of Australia, India, Japan and the United States has sought over recent years to mount a credible counterweight. But with Donald ...

Let’s remember, the groundwork for protection of human rights and equality was laid with the establishment of the UN in 1945 as a direct response to the atrocities of the world wars. The opening ...

Sana Yousaf, a 17-year-old Pakistani TikTok creator, was shot and killed this month by a man whose advances she had reportedly declined. With nearly a million followers, Sana’s online presence made ...

That State is on the Trump administration’s radar is not a surprise given the experience of the first Trump presidency. In the first few weeks of 2017, a pseudo-department with hired outsiders was ...

Lanni Hamblin is a Policy and Advocacy Advisor at the Australian Council for International Development working across a range of issues including forced displacement and civil society strengthening in ...

This year’s poll shows that Australians have been quick to realise that America’s language on “the China challenge” in the Pacific is not matched by its actions. The contradictions, or, more ...

A new global logic is emerging. Not expansion, but internal enhancement. This turn inward may at first glance resemble the return of classical spheres of influence. But beneath the surface lies an ...

In particular, Russia has been careful not to allow itself to be boxed in to supporting Iran but instead sought to preserve room for manoeuvre. While Moscow’s relations with Tehran have certainly ...