The Italian leader has positioned Italy as a geopolitical hinge between competing power centers. The Middle East has just given that strategy a new environment.
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Historical events hold lessons about collaboration and competition in space that could inform how experts plan for the discovery of life beyond Earth.
Alexander Stubb’s book Triangle of Power is a reminder that we are a quite intelligent species, even if we continue to do unbelievably stupid things.
The Albanese government has backed the American strike on Iran, while confirming Australia was not given prior warning.
China has created more space debris than any other country. But as its space program grows, it has more to lose from a collision than ever before.
The US ambassador to the UN has considerable power and influence over US international affairs.
The return of the terrifying BBC film is a reminder of the dangerous times we live in.
The leaders of the US, Japan, India and Autralia will again meet this weekend, but it remains to be seen if the grouping can move beyond rhetoric and into action.
The former Labor minister says the Albanese government has been too defensive on key issues.
While there are many reasons to despair at the state of the world right now, there are also plenty of reasons for optimism - and power in embracing it.
NATO’s treaty has loopholes that give member countries, including the US, power over whether or not they want to intervene in a particular conflict.
Birmingham may not be Paris, but it’s a great city for a big conference.
Japan is one of several countries that weren’t part of the space race of the 1950s and 1960s looking toward the Moon. They’ve now become the 5th country to have landed on its surface.
China’s success in science and technology propelled it to the forefront of many fields. Now, the US wants to pull back from years of intense cooperation.
The Biden administration is courting Indian leader Narendra Modi in part to deter China’s rise. But India’s decline in democracy could complicate relations.
Australia should recognise the state of Palestine. The legal, moral and political arguments are compelling.
A nuclear nonproliferation expert explains why Iran was always unlikely to return to the 2015 international agreement that limited its nuclear weapon development.
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan dissolved Parliament rather than face a no-confidence vote. The Conversation asked an expert: What happens next?
Beijing and Moscow have had a cozy relationship of late. A scholar of China-Russia diplomacy explains how Ukraine might affect that.
Despite the criticisms the African Union has faced over the last two decades, it is far from being a docile follower of the orders of its member states.
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