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  • 10 Nov 2016

    Quick comment: James Curran on Trump and Australia

    John Gooding
    Donald Trumps's election victory has prompted immediate speculation about the future of the US-Australia alliance and of the US presence in Asia.
  • 10 Nov 2016
    • India
    • The 2016 US Presidential Election

    What Donald Trump means for India

    Shashank Joshi
    Most Indian policymakers would probably have preferred a Clinton victory, given her long engagement with India.
  • 10 Nov 2016

    Trump victory signals US decay, not a popular revolt

    Sam Roggeveen
    The idea that America must always play a dominant role in upholding the 'global rules-based international order' is under serious threat.
  • 9 Nov 2016

    Trump: The rogue candidate's shock victory

    Emma Connors
    It was 1.50am. The AP had tweeted Trump was the next president. One of the most divisive presidential campaign cycles in history was over.
  • 9 Nov 2016
    • The 2016 US Presidential Election

    In Cuyohoga County, two reactions to the US election results

    Emma Connors
    ‘I don’t think of Donald as a Republican president, I think of him as a businessmen. None of those effing politicians have a clue'
  • 9 Nov 2016
    • The 2016 US Presidential Election

    Election night with the Republicans in Ohio

    Emma Connors
    Spirits are high at the Cuyahoga County Republican watch party in Cleveland City.
  • 9 Nov 2016
    • Pacific Islands

    Pacific Island links: Abbott and Wong in PNG, Grasberg mine, Zika in Palau and more

    Harriet Smith
    Cyclone season in Fiji, a federal constitution in the Solomon Islands, Fiji's police commissioner taking a year off, and more.
  • 9 Nov 2016
    • The 2016 US Presidential Election

    There's more at stake than the White House

    Emma Connors
    The American way is to make sure no authority is foisted upon the people, which means said people face a very long list of choices at the polling booth.
  • 8 Nov 2016
    • Cyber Security
    • The 2016 US Presidential Election

    How the US election is setting cyber-security precedents

    Brendan Thomas-Noone
    US officials are signaling that any cyber attack that impacts the election could result in a proportional response.
  • 8 Nov 2016
    • Papua New Guinea

    Australia needs to invest in its relationship with PNG

    Penny Wong
    We cannot passively rely on our historic and geographic closeness. If we fail to advance our relations with PNG, other actors will overtake Australia.
  • 8 Nov 2016

    Did the FBI swing the US election?

    Norman Bell
    What effect has the 10 days of uncertainty had? Clearly Comey’s initial comments helped Trump. Was his 6 November finding too late to help Clinton?
  • 7 Nov 2016

    Clinton in Ohio: All red with one blue spot

    Emma Connors
    Ohio always figures prominently in electoral college maths. No Republican has won the White House without it and no Democrat since John F Kennedy in 1960.
  • 7 Nov 2016
    • Japan

    Japan’s golden opportunity

    Jeffrey Hornung
    The fissure that has opened between Manila and Washington has given Tokyo an opportunity to play a larger regional role.
  • 7 Nov 2016
    • Australian Foreign Aid

    Aid & development links: Unskilled migrants, security partnerships, UN peacekeepers and more

    Jonathan Pryke
    Venezuela's implosion, the US foreign assistance budget, Zimbabwe going cashless, and more.
  • 7 Nov 2016
    • The 2016 US Presidential Election

    Donald Trump: Straight from Plato's nightmares

    Robert E Kelly
    Trump is a demagogue straight out of Thucydides or Plato’s fears about democracy: unstable, vindictive, lazy, short-tempered, self-aggrandising, and narcissistic.
  • 7 Nov 2016
    • Global Economy
    • Russia
    • Energy

    TurkStream: Putin’s latest triumph over the West? (Part 2)

    Elizabeth Buchanan
    At its heart, TurkStream is a project aimed at further entrenching European dependence on Russian gas
  • 7 Nov 2016
    • The Americas
    • United States

    Trump looks the part in final days of campaign

    Emma Connors
    Trump was at times boastful, when talking about his business success, and at times humble: ‘I am just a messenger’. People clapped and waved their signs but he wasn’t serious and they didn’t believe it.
  • 5 Nov 2016

    Weekend catch-up: US election 2016 edition

  • 4 Nov 2016

    Keeping expectations for the Australia-Indonesia relationship in check

    Aaron L Connelly
  • 4 Nov 2016
    • North Korea

    The Korea Peninsula: Time to recognise the new nuclear status quo

    Bernt Berger
    North Korea's nuclear deterrent needs to be acknowledged for talks to resume.
  • 4 Nov 2016
    • Australia in the World
    • The Americas

    Should Australia be more like Canada?

    Mike Callaghan
    When it comes to a comparison of economic performance, Australia comes out ahead of Canada.
  • 4 Nov 2016
    • Global Economy
    • G20

    Gloomy forecasts for economic cooperation in Moscow

    Hannah Wurf
    The ideas that are gaining traction globally do not bode well for international economic cooperation.
  • 3 Nov 2016
    • Migration

    Migration and border policy links: Calais, resettlement, cross-border linkages and more

    Disability among refugees, deaths in the Mediterranean, migrant smuggling and more.
  • 3 Nov 2016

    Crowdsourcing your views on gender equality in Australian international relations

    Jenny Hayward-Jones , Alex Oliver , Danielle Cave
    This new survey is an important part of a research project being undertaken by the Institute to better understand the nature of the gender balance in Australia’s international relations architecture.
  • 3 Nov 2016
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies

    Economic diplomacy brief: Train wars, ANZ exit, ASEAN talks, trade trouble, Bahasa lessons and more

    Greg Earl
    If the anti-trade rhetoric from the US election campaign looks bad, the reality is the numbers seem to be tracking even worse.
  • 3 Nov 2016
    • Russia
    • Energy

    TurkStream: Putin’s latest triumph over the West? (Part 1)

    Elizabeth Buchanan
    An avenue of Russian resurgence that has attracted little attention is Putin’s pipeline politics.
  • 3 Nov 2016

    Podcast: Bishop omits the Batavia

    John Gooding
    In their quick run-through, Bishop & Koenders understandably neglected to mention one of the more interesting & darker episodes of Dutch-Australian history.
  • 3 Nov 2016
    • The 2016 US Presidential Election

    The gloves are well and truly off in North Carolina

    Emma Connors
    US vice president Joe Biden is sick of foreign leaders looking him in the eye and asking whether he can deliver.
  • 2 Nov 2016
    • Defence & Security
    • China's Military

    PLA Air Force unveils its pride and joy

    Sam Roggeveen
    Yesterday at the Zhuhai Air Show, China's air force officially unveiled its worst-kept secret, the J-20 stealth fighter.
  • 2 Nov 2016
    • Middle East

    A very Lebanese presidency

    Rodger Shanahan
    After 29 months without a Lebanese president, a parliamentary vote has finally delivered one, in the form of Michel Aoun.
  • 2 Nov 2016
    • The 2016 US Presidential Election

    'Never Trump': How one Republican foreign-policy expert sees the race

    Emma Connors
    Peter D Feaver says exaggerated fears have elbowed out meaningful foreign policy debate during this race to the White House and that will make will make the job of the next president harder.
  • 1 Nov 2016
    • Indonesia

    China drives Australia and Indonesia into a closer embrace

    Gary Hogan
    Finding common ground in the Australia-Indonesia bilateral relationship is getting easier these days, driven by two shared strategic realities: China is coming; and the US is going.
  • 1 Nov 2016
    • Australian Foreign Aid

    Aid & development links: Poverty, tractors, Wonder Woman and more

    Jonathan Pryke
  • 1 Nov 2016
    • Asia
    • South China Sea

    Law of the sea: Activist judges open a pandora's box

    James Goldrick
    Judicial activism as a leading element of the evolution of the law of the sea will be something new and potentially destabilising.
  • 1 Nov 2016
    • Asia
    • Defence & Security
    • Islamic State
    • Terrorism

    Why Indonesian extremists are gaining ground

    Sidney Jones
    No one dares draw a line and recognise religiously-inspired incitement for what it is, let alone condemn it or take measures to stop it.
  • 1 Nov 2016

    Dien Bien Phu: Digging into history

    Stephen Grenville
    The French strong-points at Dien Bien Phu in north-west Vietnam are falling again. Not, as in 1954, to Viet-Minh attacks, but rather to the bulldozers of progress.
  • 31 Oct 2016
    • Asia
    • China

    What's next for Xi Jinping?

    Merriden Varrall
    There has been considerable speculation about whether Chinese President Xi Jinping might be secretly planning to extend his time in power.
  • 31 Oct 2016
    • Defence & Security
    • Terrorism

    Correcting for market failure in terrorism insurance

    Anthony Bergin
    There has been little research on terrorism insurance, and it's fair to say that not all academic contributions in this area have been well-informed by current insurance practice.
  • 31 Oct 2016

    Fly through the ISS in ultra high-definition

    Sam Roggeveen
  • 31 Oct 2016
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia and the Pacific

    Australia's marriage-equality debate reverberates through the Pacific

    As the LGBTQ+ community in Australia continues the struggle for marriage equality, some are asking what impact this will have for our neighbours, especially in nations which still criminalise homosexuality.
  • 29 Oct 2016

    Weekend catch-up: Barnaby, Hillary, Duterte and more

    Gillard's prospects, civilian deaths in Yemen, Indonesia's energy ministers, Trumpism in Europe, the Canada-EU trade deal, and more.
  • 28 Oct 2016
    • Asia
    • Australia in the World
    • China-Australia Relations
    • China's Economy
    • Australia and Asia

    Barnaby Joyce's mixed messaging on property rights

    James Laurenceson
    Joyce made headlines this week for criticising Labor on vegetation management and land clearing, but welcomed Morrison's decision to prevent the Kidman sale.
  • 28 Oct 2016
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia-United States Relations

    Gillard and Clinton: The pull of an old friendship

    Geoff Kitney
    Clinton is said to have been impressed, in the time that Gillard was Australian Prime Minister, with her toughness on policy issues.
  • 28 Oct 2016
    • Asia

    Digital Asia links: Cyber pivots, Xinjiang netizens, Jakarta elections, Facebook in China & more

    Danielle Cave
    The Asia Pacific is the most dynamic digital landscape in the world, home to the fastest adopters of new technologies and the largest concentration of mobile and social media users.
  • 28 Oct 2016

    A no-fly zone for Yemen?

    Rodger Shanahan
    Washington has leverage over Saudi behaviour in Yemen that it doesn’t have over Russia and Iran in Syria.
  • 27 Oct 2016

    Migration and border policy links: Post-hurricane Haiti, Mosul fighting and more

    Australian migration stats, DPKR and China cross-border cooperation, WP border protection infographic and other links to the week's news.
  • 27 Oct 2016
    • South China Sea

    South China Sea: What Labor should (not) do

    Crispin Rovere
    Fissures have erupted within Labor over whether Australia should join the US in conducting freedom of navigation operations (FONOPs) in the South China Sea.
  • 26 Oct 2016

    CETA breakdown highlights need to share the spoils of globalisation

    Stephen Grenville
    Now that the anti-globalisation forces have been mobilised, how can they be placated?
  • 26 Oct 2016

    Pacific Island links: Calls to cancel APEC in PNG, dengue fever outbreak and more

    Harriet Smith
    PNG opposition wants to cancel APEC hosting in 2018; tax-free salaries for Solomon Island MPs to stay, 14 jailed MPs in Vanuatu may be released, talk of a coalition to oppose Bainimarama and more
  • 25 Oct 2016

    Two great reads on Trumpism

    Sam Roggeveen
    Rolling Stone's Matt Taibi penned an essay a week ago about the Trump phenomenon, which builds to a stirring close.
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