Even when countries have broken ties with each other, they can communicate – as the US and Iran did just a few days ago.
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President Trump’s speech about Iran wasn’t just aimed at that country or the US. He also targeted NATO allies, urging members of the alliance to step up and help US efforts in the Middle East.
The United States may violate the World Trade Organisation rules if it punishes South Africa for adopting a new copyright bill, explain two US trade experts.
Donald Trump likes to poke fun too.
Simulations help prepare students for challenges outside the classroom.
The Trump administration is demanding that Japan and South Korea pay more for hosting U.S. troops.
New research shows that funding for DFAT has hit a new low of 1.3% of the federal budget. Scaling back has a real effect on Australia’s influence around the world.
Malawi must change its diplomatic approach and align its national interests with Mozambique’s
South Africa and Nigeria have had a turbulent relationship dating back to the early 1990s.
Data show that the US intervenes more in other countries’ affairs than it did in the past. It also currently hires fewer career professionals for ambassadorial or foreign affairs positions.
The US has historically asked for international support when brewing conflicts in the Middle East boiled over.
At first glance, it would seem like nothing has changed since 1991. Yet, things have been slowly and discreetly evolving in recent years at Morocco’s behest.
The system of multilateral international co-operation looks increasingly fragile.
The EU is loathe to let treaties fail, given the sunk costs of negotiating them, but it may walk away if Johnson doesn’t change his tune.
The leak of US dipomatic cables by Wikileaks revealed some equally frank assessments of British politicians.
A new report has found a major gender gap persists in Australia’s diplomatic, defence and intelligence fields. Australia needs good ideas, and we cannot assume they will all come from the same place.
Why the UK should follow the US lead in plans to issue an annual certificate of Hong Kong’s autonomy.
Trump announced ‘hard-hitting’ new sanctions on Iran in response to the attack on a US drone. A peace studies scholar explains why sanctions rarely work.
Growing fears of a US conflict with Iran show why the kind of unilateral sanctions the Trump administration imposed last year don’t work.
To defend traditional Italian products such as meats and cheeses – delicious, but often high in fat and salt – the country’s government has launched an intense lobbying campaign to fight nutrition labels.
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Melissa Conley Tyler is a Friend of The Conversation.Honorary Fellow, Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Professor and Director of the Policy Innovation Hub, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, UNSW Sydney
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Lecturer in Middle East Studies, Deakin University
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Professor of History and International Affairs, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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