The climate is warming. Ice is melting. Storms are brewing. We are at five minutes to midnight, with disasters set to increase in frequency and intensity. Climate change is now widely accepted, ...

As part of our holiday series, we are re-publishing The Interpreter's most popular articles of 2025. This piece was originally published on 26 March. The Interpreter will return with new articles from ...

As part of our holiday series, we are re-publishing The Interpreter's most popular articles of 2025. This piece was originally published on 7 May. The Interpreter will return with new articles from 7 ...

As part of our holiday series, we are re-publishing The Interpreter's most popular articles of 2025. This piece was originally published on 17 September. The Interpreter will return with new articles ...

Over the years, countless attempts have been made to estimate the size of Myanmar’s armed forces (or Tatmadaw). However, the fact remains that no-one really knows. Despite the Tatmadaw’s critical role ...

China is currently undertaking the largest military expansion in its modern history. According to a recent US Intelligence Community assessment, Beijing’s objective is to become the “preeminent power ...

The small, remote Mauritian island of North Agalega, located in the south-western Indian Ocean, 1,122 kilometres north of Mauritius, is currently a hive of construction activity. India sought access ...

This 60-year-old Cold War relic is finding new voice as a venue separated from institutions of the West. Yet it was actually the summit’s chair, Azerbaijan, who seemed to pull the strings behind the ...

Just as India was marginalised from regional economic integration sweeping Asia after the end of the Cold War – with its exclusion from APEC (established in 1989), the ASEAN+3 (formed in 1997), the ...

With Indonesia on course for political transition ahead of current Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto’s inauguration on 20 October, speculation is rife about what foreign policy themes the new ...

North Korea has rarely admitted the presence of its troops in foreign battlefields, let alone in an ongoing conflict. However, in late April, it did just that. The effort to reassure the public does ...

In his essay for The Interpreter, Evan Laksmana set out three key sources of divergence between Indonesia and Australia: views of the United States, tensions between the role of ASEAN and new ...