As the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in the southern Philippines nears its inaugural elections on 14 September 2026, there is a lot on the line. The Indo Pacific’s newest democracy will have its first…
In May 2017, armed factions fighting under the Islamic State banner – or Dawlah Islamiyah - laid siege to Marawi City in Mindanao, southern Philippines. Hundreds were killed and over a million…
“We’ll defend ourselves. If you defend and help us, good. If you don’t, well, too bad. We wanted to show everybody that we are capable and we are willing to stand up for ourselves.”“The Philippines…
Political volatility is deepening in the United States, domestic extremism is on the rise, and global terrorism threats are surging in regions like the African Sahel. After months of delays, the White…
The Sahel region in Africa is now the world’s epicenter of global jihadist activity. According to the Global Terrorism Index, four of the top ten countries most impacted by terrorism are from the…
The cybersecurity landscape is evolving fast.What once required highly skilled human operators can now be accelerated (or even automated) by increasingly sophisticated AI systems.It seems like we are…
China’s extraordinary economic transformation and rise to global economic superpower has too often obscured a troubling human rights record. We spoke to Yaqiu Wang, a Chinese human rights and…
Stay tuned for our forthcoming episode with human rights advocate and world-renowned scholar, Yaqiu Wang. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get…
On this episode of Behind the Decisions, Gordon Peake lends us more insights into his time in the Solomon Islands and the legacy of Australian-led interventions. Gordon’s many years as a researcher,…
The Solomon Islands may not be the first location that you think of as a “theatre of strategic competition.” The tiny archipelagic nation, consisting of almost a thousand islands with a population of…
