As competition rises amongst major powers of the Indo-Pacific, so do concerns around China’s increasing involvement in small Pacific nations and their economies, Bahauddin Foizee writes.

How do we do democracy in a time when voters’ relationships with political parties are increasingly strained? And could a citizens’ assembly fix Brexit better than Boris?

While debates around freedom and security are crucial to democracy, there are bigger issues around the role and behaviour of Australia’s government at stake, James Mortensen writes.

Amidst mounting tensions between China and the US, this year’s Shangri-La Dialogue saw several countries reveal their own hopes and dreams for the Indo-Pacific, as well as reinforcing the lack of trust existing in the region, Huong Le Thu writes.

With the increasing number of terrorist attacks carried out specifically in cities, more and more policymakers are adopting the term ‘urban resilience’. Whether this marks a step in the right direction, though, remains to be seen, Lukas Davis writes.

The government and opposition have both announced their Cabinet line-ups, but who will prevail in the individual match-ups of ‘the last profession of amateurs’?