John is a Senior Analyst with an interest in Indo-Pacific geopolitics. Master of International Relations (Australian National University) graduate with study focus on the Indo-Pacific. Qualified lawyer (University of Auckland, NZ) with experience in post-colonial Pacific & NZ legal systems.
Representatives of 55 African countries will congregate in Addis Ababa today for the AU executive council meeting to discuss, among
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India’s prime minister will present his globalist leadership credentials to a high-powered audience when the World Economic Forum in Davos
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Delegations from Seoul and Pyongyang will meet with the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne, Switzerland today to discuss the mechanics
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The National Bureau of Statistics will publish the 2017 economic growth report in Beijing today. Despite question marks over the
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A defence cooperation agreement will be top of the agenda today as Malcolm Turnbull begins his annual leader’s dialogue with
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Photo: AFP/KCNA Foreign ministers of various countries will meet in Vancouver, Canada today to address further efforts to apply pressure
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Islamabad’s parliamentary security committee will meet with high-level military leaders today in the wake of the suspension of $1.9 billion
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The initial phase of talks between Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc and Martin Schultz’s Social Democrats (SPD) end today—the parties
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Today, delegations from both Koreas will meet to discuss North Korea sending athletes to next month’s Winter Olympics in PyeongChang,
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Candidates for the March 18th presidential election are required to announce their nominations to compete by today. Vladimir Putin’s biggest
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Today, embattled Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Christian Democrats (CDU) begin a new round of coalition talks with their former
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The plan for the Chinese economic corridor to the port of Gwadar on Pakistan’s Indian Ocean coast will be revealed
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President Trump will announce a new national security strategy today. It will outline his administration’s foreign policy objectives around the
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PM Turnbull will attempt to satisfy several factions in his governing coalition as he announces a new front bench today.
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Tunisian municipal elections, originally scheduled for today, have been postponed to March 2018. The North-African country—where the Arab Spring started—has
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Days after meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping, ruling Democratic party leader Choo Mi-ae will give a keynote address at a
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Canada will decide whether it will advance a free trade deal with China when PM Justin Trudeau lands in Beijing
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The first Chinese tour group will arrive in Jeju Island today since Beijing punished Seoul over the deployment of the THAAD anti-missile
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Registering a 15-point lead in the last pre-election poll, incumbent Honduran President Juan Hernandez is likely to be the first president to
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The Saudi-led group of 41 Arab defence ministers will meet in Riyadh today to “fight extremism”—especially Shia extremists but also
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