EPA/Pete Marovich
Here’s some advice for Malcolm Turnbull as he prepares for his first face-to-face meeting with US President Donald Trump: reflect on how his predecessors as prime minister have performed in their interactions…
EPA/Molly Riley/Polaris Pool
Running the US, it turns out, is nothing like running a business.
In Russia and China, Donald Trump now faces two centres of power that are no longer willing or feel the need to comply with America’s interests and priorities.
Reuters/Carlos Barria
America’s relations with Russia and China are now mired in angst, uncertainty and mutual suspicion.
North Koreans react as they march past the stand with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during a military parade.
Reuters/Damir Sagolj
Any intensification of the military tension between North Korea and the United States would be calamitous, and requires a patient, innovative and informed approach by policymakers.
It’s a big world out there.
How Hwee Young
Having campaigned on a promise to focus on problems at home, Donald Trump is realising how important the US’s global supremacy is.
EPA/Sergei Chirikov
The future of the relationship between the US and Russia depends on whether the Kremlin can find a way to interpret Trump’s motives.
EPA/Ford Williams
Trump’s attack on Assad’s air force was opportunist and reckless. It was also long overdue.
Trump boards Air Force One on April 6, 2017.
REUTERS/Carlos Barria
‘America First’ apparently doesn’t mean a step away from playing the world’s policeman – and three more things to note about U.S. airstrikes on Syria.
An alliance tested.
EPA/Jim Lo Scalzo/Sputnik Pool
A thawing of tensions between the two superpowers seems as far away as it was under Obama.
Trump has a change of heart.
Reuters/Carlos Barria
Donald Trump suddenly appears to have been overcome with a sense of responsibility towards the people of Syria. How can that be explained?
Military strikes against a Syrian airforce base mark Donald Trump’s first big foreign policy test as president.
Reuters/Carlos Barria
The US military’s attack on a Syrian airforce base sets a worrying precedent of brashness and uncertainty in how the Trump administration may handle future crises in international relations.
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The Trump administration is facing a tough choice.
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Bought from Denmark for their strategic value, a group of Caribbean islands has lived under the US flag for a century.
Trump signed the executive order surrounded by coal miners, saying it was ‘about jobs.’
AP Photo/Matthew Brown
Trump’s executive order on climate will cede American leadership internationally and scores a political win. But reversing all Obama’s work will require big wins in court.
EPA/Mohammed Badra
The individual most directly responsible for a colossal humanitarian crisis is still in power – and might be for some time.
A North Korean ballistic rocket launching drill, undated photo.
REUTERS/ North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)
Tensions in Asia may soon boil over. If U.S. leaders fail to seek pathways to peace, the consequences may be grim, warns former National Security Council member.
Demonstrators against Russian military actions in Ukraine rally in New York, March 2, 2014.
AP Photo/John Minchillo
Americans are shocked Russia meddled in our election. But there are centuries of precedent – and, at times, it’s been the US meddling.
EPA/Hitoshi Maeshiro
Hosting a military base is difficult in the best of circumstances, but some bases are more dangerous than others.
In leaving open the option of a single-state solution, Donald Trump recently broke with two decades of international diplomacy.
Reuters/Kevin Lamarque
What would single and two-state solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian question look like?
Michael Flynn’s departure has left the White House under a cloud.
EPA/Jim Lo Scalzo
Losing a national security adviser is one thing – weeks and months of slow-drip crises is quite another.