Global Outlook

The Indian Ocean Region is one of the fastest-warming oceans in the world, heating at an unprecedented rate, and is projected to experience near-permanent marine heatwave conditions in the coming decades, with dire consequences.

In 2025, a startling spectacle emerges: the nation that proclaimed itself democracy's global arbiter now displays the very symptoms of authoritarianism it once denounced.

Pyongyang sends mixed signals: It is open to talks – under the condition that the US withdraws its demands to denuclearize

In Australia, as elsewhere, legitimate concerns about housing and economic fairness can be, and increasingly are exploited by anti-democratic actors who frame migration not as a policy issue but as a cultural threat.

In its attempt to outcompete China, the United States under Donald Trump is increasingly deploying tactics long associated with its rival: coercive economic tools, executive overreach, surveillance logic, and disregard for diplomatic norms.

On 29 September, President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a joint press conference to announce a peace plan for Gaza. The plan’s title could well have been “Gaza: Today, Tomorrow and the Day After”.