Oceania

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her government are struggling to defend their reluctance to provide weapons amid growing pressure at home and abroad.

Morrison's Liberal Party-led coalition is behind in most opinion polls, but many analysts predict a tight result.

Cultural sophistication and economic complexity need to be understood as intrinsically linked. It’s time for Australia to take language learning more seriously.

Australia has strategic reasons to pursue closer ties, but ignoring India’s human rights issues comes with a cost.

A draft security deal raised alarm in Australia, New Zealand, and the U.S. Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare is trying to assuage those concerns.

Given disastrous bushfires, floods, and global humiliation on climate policy during Morrison’s tenure, it’s possible Australians will be ready to make a shift.

The country's wealth hides a serious failure of national strategy. 

The Ardern government’s response seems to be calculated to show unity with Australia on China policy.

The Coalition government is highlighting China as a major campaign issue, but in reality the China policies of the Liberal and Labor parties are nearly identical.

There is a notable shift in public sentiment toward refugees in Australia in response to the Ukraine crisis.

In the past 20 years, over 500 Indigenous people have died in police or other official custody. Not a single officer has ever faced jail time for causing such a death.

Brisbane and nearby communities experienced some of the worst flooding on record, with some residents wondering if its worth rebuilding as climate change worsens weather conditions.