Forty-five years after the cessation of the Vietnam War, relations behind Vietnam and the U.S. have improved markedly. But, as Dr Ivan V. Small writes, some issues, such as the legacy of Agent Orange and relations with former refugees, require delicate handling.

Despite recent cooperation between China and the West on climate change, David Uren writes that different paths pursued by the US, Europe and China signal conflict on the issue will arise before this year's UN Climate Conference in Glasgow.

Leading international political scholar and adviser to the US government Joseph Nye calls for a Marshall Plan-style program to ensure COVID vaccines reach the world's poor.

The Federal Government has ordered a review of Chinese company Landbridge’s 99-year lease over the Port of Darwin. But Ross Muir argues ownership is not the only issue – Darwin will soon need a new and larger seaport to meet future trade and security challenges in Asia.

In 2020, Eid-al-Fitri was a national superspreader event in Indonesia. But, as Syafiq Hasyim, Visiting Fellow at the ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute points out, this year the government and Muslim organisations were thankfully better prepared.

Australia’s neighbours are struggling with serious COVID-19 outbreaks. Which means, as Samuel Berhanu Woldemariam and Professor Lisa Toohey write, Australia needs to take seriously its obligations as a good neighbour in helping to secure COVID-19 vaccines for the region.

With almost one quarter of humanity living on the Indian subcontinent the COVID-19 pandemic there is each day exacting a devastating toll. Former prime minister Kevin Rudd argues developed economies need to do more to help as a deadly second wave of the coronavirus spreads to rural areas, where the scarcity of medical care will add to this humanitarian tragedy.