The USA pulls out of Syria and Turkey promptly invades it. The implications for the region, even the world, are potentially huge.

William Dalrymple on how a mighty empire in India fell hostage to a private company based in London.

Hundreds have fled xenophobic attacks in South Africa this month, while Jokowi enters his second term amid student protests, burning forests and deadly violence in Papua province. Join our September A Foreign Affair panel as they unpack these international developments

George Friedman, Founder and Chairman of Geopolitical Futures, says Iran is responsible for last weekend's drone attack. And Australia has grappled to find its true place in the Asia-Pacific

A year and half into the regime of Prime Minister Mahathir, sensationally elected at the age of 93, much-touted reforms are proving hard to deliver.

Families no longer on speaking terms, a country at war with itself - Brexit appears to have unleashed a giant identity crisis as much as a political one.

It was Emmannuel Macron's show this month. What's behind Japan and South Korea's recent stand off? And...what the world missed in the fight against Islamists in Indonesia.

Join Geraldine Doogue and her panel of experts for sharp insights on the world.

Mexico, under immense pressure from the American Government to stop migrants getting to the US, has militarised its southern border; and growth in Chinese demand for international education from Australian universities has come with enormous benefits, but also greater risks. How can these be mitigated?

Venezuela remains paralysed, with two men, Nicolas Maduro and Juan Guaido, each claiming that they are the rightful president - since January this year.

Seven months down the track, US sanctions against Venezuela have been intensified, and reports have emerged of torture, and the killing of at least one rebel member of the military, by the Maduro regime.

Moderate or progressive? Woman or man? Young or old? As the US Democrats head into election season they're grappling with an existential question - can they find a candidate to defeat Trump - and also unite their own party?