Thursday 20 January
If Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits the Georgian capital Tbilisi this year, he might feel somewhat uncomfortable as his motorcade speeds down the main road from the airport to the city centre – it’s called George W Bush Street…
Wednesday 25 May
Barbecues and ping-pong: President Barack Obama’s week-long European trip has hardly been a standard one, not least for the choice of destinations.
Wednesday 19 January
The US-Japan relationship has not always been an equal one. However, a bruising visit to China last week made US Defense Secretary Robert Gates see Japan in an especially favourable light.
Monday 5 September
When Pakistan allied itself with America after 9/11, the country was rejuvenated.
The challenges facing Bogota's new mayor, a Canadian waterfront drama, and a Q&A with the head of the group spearheading Manhattan's transformation.
Dennis Shanahan of The Australian discusses APEC, we look at the Qantas and Emirates airline alliance, and check out the Indian art market.
NATO notices the Cold War is over and devises a new navy strategy. The US Army eyes the phone app market and in Ukraine, Russia is allowed to train its jet pilots.
We discuss Qantas and Emirates airlines’ new alliance, get journalism news from Arion McNicoll, and hear more on the Marikana miners with Alex Duval Smith.
Friday 19 November
Much like in the rest of Europe, the 22nd Nato summit has been dominating the news agenda in Portugal – but not just because of the alliance’s new Strategic Concept, nor the likely announcements on missile defence and…
A look at China’s long-term plans for Africa, the consequences of Sweden and Turkey deepening their alliance, and why Tokyo’s bid for the 2020 Olympic Games differs from the city’s previous unsuccessful attempt.
Traversing the top of the globe, what we have dubbed the Nippon Nordic alliance, there are a clutch of bike companies quietly tinkering away in their workshops and producing the highest quality two-wheelers in the world.…
Last year’s C40 summit in New York was a good start but the leaders of the world’s major cities need to get out even more to keep an eye on the competition and form alliances. London is facing a thin field for its upcoming…
Friday 22 October
This week NATO unveiled a draft version of its long-awaited New Strategic Concept – dubbed “NATO 3.0”.
Saturday 11 December
The two weeks following Wikileaks’ release of secret US embassy cables have been intensive ones for Sweden.
Sunday 11 July
Visby, the main town on the Swedish island of Gotland, has a schizophrenic life. In the winter, it’s quiet and isolated, with only 25,000 residents.
Wednesday 22 August
The celebratory gunfire and Allahu Akhbars that accompanied the rebel advance into Tripoli on Sunday all but drowned out a subtler undertone to the long-awaited breakthrough: the sighs of relief at Nato headquarters.
Friday 16 April
One is a remote archipelago with its own eco-system.
Thursday 29 October
There may be good reasons to condemn Israel for its incursion into Gaza last December: some 1,400 Palestinians were killed as Israel got tough on Hamas a month before parliamentary elections.
Monday 21 February
A rare battle for the UN presidency is gaining momentum between two Asian nations whose situations couldn’t be further apart.
Thursday 1 September
Smokers looking to buy a pack of Marlboro Lights in Sydney or Winfield Blues in Perth will soon have a hard time telling the difference at the cash register.
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