Oceania

The move could expand the frontiers of space exploration, and enhance Australia's ability to carry out missions of its own.

If the Liberal Party wants to find its way back to government it needs to abandon the attempt to define an “authentic” class of Australians, and instead simply see people as people. 

Talks between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and President Joko Widodo focused on expanding the economic ties between the two neighbors.

Preferential voting has been harnessed effectively to create a change that invested actors – in major political parties and the media – find disconcerting.

Nanaia Mahuta, New Zealand’s foreign minister, has come under increasing pressure as the geopolitical “Great Game” escalates in the Pacific.

The trip will be the first by an Australian leader since Scott Morrison attended President Joko Widodo's inauguration in late 2019.

Kiribati made a rare exception to its pandemic border closure for Wang Yi and a Chinese delegation to visit.

Biden’s meetings in South Korea and Japan – along with a change of government in nearby Australia – will set the scene for the New Zealand PM’s trip to the United States.

Out of the wreckage of Morrison’s Liberal rule comes a new political era for Australia.

The Albanese government is in a good position to craft a more productive, less alienating approach toward a crucial region.

When new Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attends the Quad Summit in Tokyo, he will largely signal continuity on Australian foreign policy.

Australia’s general election is on May 21, just three days before the summit in Tokyo. It’s unclear who would represent Canberra if the polls usher in a change of government.