Each week, we search for the most exciting and thought-provoking shows, screenings, and events, both digitally and in-person in the…
In the 19th century, the phrase “The Great Game” was used to describe competition for power and influence in Afghanistan,…
As the Taliban takes control of the country, Afghanistan has again become an extremely dangerous place to be a woman.…
The Taliban have taken control of Afghanistan, occupying the capital Kabul after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country. Taliban forces…
This piece is part of a new series in collaboration with the ABC’s Saturday Extra program. Each week, the show…
This week marks nine years since Australia re-introduced a policy of offshore processing for asylum seekers arriving by boat. Nine…
A U.S. District Court in New York has ordered the craft chain Hobby Lobby to forfeit the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet, a…
Is the Morrison government’s COVID vaccination rollout program one of Australia’s biggest ever public policy failures? As COVID-19 infection numbers…
The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts has voted to approve Japanese artist Hiroshi Sugimoto’s proposed redesign of the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture…
The imminent fall of Afghanistan is more than a national disaster. It is not just that the gains made in…
Afghanistan is teetering on the brink of an almost unimaginable disaster. The withdrawal of US and allied forces, scheduled by…
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) plans to formally trigger the budget reconciliation process on Wednesday, setting Democrats up to…
What a difference a year makes in international diplomacy. A year ago, then-US President Donald Trump was obliged to abandon…
While many of us continue to work from home, we’re checking in with artists about the creativity they’ve been cooking…
University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Paddy Nixon discuss the week…
Scott Morrison, who was embraced as a bro’ by Donald Trump, now seeks to become one of Joe Biden’s besties.…
The U.S. will donate 750,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Taiwan, Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) announced after arriving in the capital,…
Even by the standards of previous Israeli coalitions, the new government that’s just been announced includes strange bedfellows. The eight…
