Neighbourhood

Why did the Aleppo fall so suddenly and what does it mean?

I was in Aleppo a few days before the city saw an “Uprising”

China remains a dominant force in civil war-torn Myanmar

The US will find it geopolitically challenging to engage with China-backed ethnic armed outfits operating in Myanmar

How South Asian workers land in modern slavery in the Middle East

For thousands from India, Bangladesh, Nepal and other countries, shadowy recruiters and online slave markets turn dreams into nightmares.

Bangladesh’s flood response turns crisis into cooperation

Bangladesh has shown how its ‘engineering diplomacy’ approach to managing a flood crisis could be a pathway to resilience.

China set to move in as Australian banks abandon Pacific

Bendigo Bank, Westpac and ANZ are the latest three banks to begin their exit from the Pacific Islands. Here are the five key reasons why that’s happening.