Power plays

The rhetoric from global leaders is moving the narrative of global war closer to reality and Xi Jinping’s visit to Russia hasn’t helped.

Standing up to Iran

The Iranian regime remains as poisonous on the international scene as it is to its own people, and Australia must play its part in resisting Iran’s assault on humanity.

Does the world care about women’s rights?

Authoritarian regimes such as the Taliban, the Iranian state and the Myanmar junta simply don’t care about human rights frameworks, and the international community lacks any political will to take concrete action against such regimes’ violations.

Women take the lead for change

When it comes to being an influencer on Instagram, women rule the roost. But women can also be the drivers of change in their local communities according to a new study published in “Agriculture and Human Values”.

More than a natural disaster

Decades of shoddy building standards and political corruption mean the death toll in the Turkey-Syria earthquake is much higher than it should have been.

Towards a democratic Iran

The popular protests sweeping Iran against four decades of authoritarian religious rule are a step towards the prosperous, democratic and peaceful future which most young Iranians crave.

Ardern’s legacy

Jacinda Ardern has stepped down as New Zealand Prime Minister. What is her legacy, and what will her resignation mean for New Zealand politics?

Back to the future in Iran

The public unrest that has gripped Iran since September, spearheaded by women, is essentially about the very objectives that the instigators of the 1978–79 Iranian revolution sought but failed to achieve – a democratic transformation of the country.

Ardern resigns as New Zealand Prime Minister

New Zealanders will have a new prime minister by February 7 and will go to the polls on October 14, after two-term Labour Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced her resignation to spend more time with her family.

Global prospects for 2023

While summer holidays draw to a close in Australia, much of the globe’s north is being overwhelmed by a rising tide of unresolved issues which will be discussed in Davos in Switzerland.

The spare affair

Prince Harry’s no-holds-barred memoir has proved a publishing sensation, but seems to have burnt any last hope of reconciliation with the Royal Family.

A bad year for the bad guys

The death-knell for democracy is always being tolled, but the weakness and folly of authoritarian rule has proved itself this year, epitomised by the Russian dictator’s disastrous invasion of its democratic neighbour, Ukraine.