ASEAN Summits are largely defined by what is left unresolved and unsaid, rather than what is acknowledged in the chair statements.

How development professionals think Mark Zuckerberg should direct his charity dollars, the latest foreign aid stats and sweatshops: a road to nowhere.

The reasons behind Japan's about-face on a TPP-11 may become clearer later this month.

Australia’s regional engagement in the years ahead can never be conceived within the US/China framework alone.

Relative peace and stability is entirely possible without US dominance. But this will require an honest evaluation of the limits of US power and influence.

China's new aircraft carrier, Ivanka Trump at W20, India's Quad concerns and more.

The combined power of beauty, politics and celebrity is extraordinary, if utterly depressing to witness firsthand. Will that exposure translate to more support for the W20 agenda?

To mark 100 days of the Trump presidency, we've updated our timeline of all Lowy Institute research papers, opinion pieces, media interviews and Interpreter posts.

The economic uncertainty that faces Nauru when offshore detention inevitably ceases again is another chapter in an unfolding experiment of statehood.

The results of the first round of the French Presidential elections create new uncertainties for the French Pacific, particularly in New Caledonia.

The myth told and re-told in the West is that North Korea, the 'hermit kingdom' and 'pariah state', is cut off from the outside world.

Can Beijing act as a guarantor of regional security and stability? North Korea may provide the litmus test.

Why Trump's border wall won't happen, 'hot spot' approaches to irregular migration in Italy and Greece, and more.

Myanmar's first year of (disciplined) democracy should not be written off. For all its faults, Suu Kyi's NLD government has made modest progress in some areas.

China's carrier program is symbolic of the power shift in the Asia Pacific. Short of an economic or political crisis in China, this shift probably can't be stopped; it can only be managed.

It's not often in politics that a window of opportunity opens as wide as the one Theresa May is looking into right now.

Indian policymakers still shy away from a grand maritime alliance in the Indo-Pacific.

Should Macron win, you won't need to be a supporter of Le Pen's to believe that French democracy will be worse off.

Prabowo may want a rematch with Jokowi, but there’s no reason that Baswedan must toe the line.

Unlike its missile and nuclear programs, which North Korean leaders proudly parade and test, Pyongyang denies it possesses chemical weapons. So what are North Korea's capabilities?

On Anzac Day it is worth spending just a little time thinking about the tasks we may call on our present and future service members to perform.

As China turns its attention to the provision of regional public goods, Australia and New Zealand have a strategic opportunity to shape these activities.

The most destabilising outcome from the current tensions would be if Kim concludes that Trump's bluff can be called, consequence-free.

Elections across the world, what Australian businesses want from Australia's foreign policy, and more.

Links on the growing collection of international actors using and manipulating cyberspace to fulfil international ambitions and shape global developments.

As long as China doesn't challenge the fundamental system of rule in Russia (as the US does), then it will remain a preferred partner if not an ally.

Jakarta election signals rising intolerance and demonstrates the influence of hard-line Muslim groups, spelling trouble for President Jokowi.

The auguries could not be better for Theresa May to smash a divided Labour and put Tory troglodytes back in their cave.

Trump’s signature mix of tough talk and feeble action is having exactly the effect his critics always expected and feared. It weakens America’s position in Asia, and strengthens China’s.

Duterte's visit to the Gulf, climate change and population movement, Global Compacts and more.

If the Conservatives are returned with a large majority, EU negotiators will know there is a limit to how far they can push Britain.

Business group submissions for the Foreign Policy White Paper will provide the first big test of the Australian Government's 'economic diplomacy' rhetoric.

Western interests and norms are challenged less by the Sino-Russian partnership than by China and Russia acting individually.

Western conservatives and free-market liberals appear to be losing their ideological and moral bearings when it comes to French politics in this dramatic election year.

British Prime Minister Theresa May's political calculation is so simple, and the polls are clear. Surely nothing could go wrong.

Non-citizen technical advisers in PNG, road safety across the Pacific, regional health challenges and more.

Instead of grasping the opportunity presented by anti-migrant sentiment across the world, the Turnbull Government yesterday decided to join the party.

Despite the excitement of the last few days, the fundamentals have not changed.

What should we make of Japan’s apparent U-turn on pursuing a Trans Pacific Partnership agreement without the US?

It’s been a strange few weeks at the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs.

On 19 May, Iranians will go to the polls to elect their next President. President Hassan Rouhani seems to be on his way to a victory, but not an easy one.

With populations displaced, land ownership is sure to feature as a key source of internal friction for years after the conclusion of hostilities.

Turkey’s democracy didn’t die on Sunday; it was already dead. Now the country must live with a democratically-elected dictator.

There is no rigorous evaluation or evidence to demonstrate that CVE programs have reduced radicalisation and extremism

The Swedish terrorist attack, the dissolution of the Australia-Timor-Leste maritime treaty, the future of China's economic rise and more.

Posting will be slow until Tuesday, when normal service resumes!

Moving the USS Carl Vinson intensifies pressure on China to break out of the current impasse. How will Beijing react to Trump’s gambit?

The Palestinian Authority's decision to reduce Gaza-based salaries by 30% is a direct result of fiscal constraints. However, mounting political pressures have compounded the problem.

Without an agreement, Timor-Leste will be left with very few sources of revenue outside its $16 billion petroleum sovereign wealth fund.