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  • 17 Mar 2021
    • United States
    • Iran's Nuclear Program

    The US and the Rules-Based Order: Testing the plan

    Ben Scott
    A frank new guidance document shows that in directing his foreign policy, Joe Biden still has to resolve means and ends.
  • 16 Mar 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • United States
    • Australia
    • India
    • Japan
    • Southeast Asia
    • Coronavirus

    The Quad gives a boost to India’s vaccine diplomacy

    Teesta Prakash
    Countering China’s influence is one thing. But fostering regional cooperation plays to the strengths of the grouping.
  • 16 Mar 2021
    • United States
    • North Korea
    • South Korea

    Troubles ahead for the US–South Korea alliance

    Khang Vu
    Biden’s efforts to nudge Seoul into the Quad may be self-defeating unless Moon Jae-in’s North Korea hopes are engaged.
  • 16 Mar 2021
    • Technology
    • Coronavirus

    Unpacking vaccine passports

    Dominic Meagher
    Proof of Covid vaccination for travel is a reasonable expectation, but is tech the only answer?
  • 15 Mar 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • United States
    • Multilateral Institutions
    • Asean
    • Australia
    • China
    • India
    • Japan

    A new “concert” to govern the Indo-Pacific

    Pang Zhongying
    For Quad leaders emphasising an “inclusive” region, there may be a ready-made example for involving China.
  • 15 Mar 2021
    • Middle East Conflict
    • Iran
    • Israel

    An oil spill nobody owns

    Rodger Shanahan
    A clandestine operation? Environmental terrorism? Israel and Iran both deny responsibility for a mysterious event.
  • 15 Mar 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • Russia

    Russia wants to be a power to be reckoned with in the Indian Ocean

    Alexey Muraviev
    No public strategy is defined, but a list of Moscow’s military and paramilitary activity in the region is revealing.
  • 12 Mar 2021
    • Diplomacy
    • Australia
    • Iran

    Iran: Could Australia’s hostage diplomacy have been better?

    Ian Parmeter
    A public campaign by Australia’s government to try to shame Iran into freeing Kylie Moore-Gilbert would not have worked.
  • 12 Mar 2021
    • China
    • Review
    • China – Belt and Road Initiative

    The Belt and Road, and the pandemic detour

    Stephen Minas
    An important book illustrates the different hopes and dreams of partners to Beijing’s big infrastructure drive.
  • 12 Mar 2021
    • Global Issues
    • United States
    • US Elections
    • Institutions
    • Myanmar

    A smarter use of voting technology to stop election-related violence

    Iona Main
    Maybe in the search for efficiency we sometimes overcomplicate things, and the better solution is to get back to basics.
  • 11 Mar 2021
    • Asia
    • Global Economy
    • Myanmar
    • China

    Economic diplomacy: The business of coups and China’s Quad response

    Greg Earl
    Companies are finding themselves torn between conscience and keeping the lights on when it comes to Myanmar.
  • 11 Mar 2021
    • Papua New Guinea
    • Human rights
    • International law

    When will PNG establish a National Human Rights Commission?

    Moses Sakai
    Papua New Guinea has launched a commission to fight corruption. Now it needs to do the same to protect human rights.
  • 11 Mar 2021
    • Myanmar

    Myanmar’s personalised politics

    Andrew Selth
    It can be simplistic to reduce complex problems to two stubborn people, but we can wonder about what might have been.
  • 10 Mar 2021
    • Australia
    • European Union
    • Coronavirus

    Covid vaccines: Charity begins at home

    David Ritchie
    Italy’s block on a vaccine shipment to Australia looks suspiciously like Europe’s version of the “America first” policy.
  • 10 Mar 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • India's Navy
    • Australian Navy
    • Australia
    • India

    Sea denial is not enough: An Australian and Indian perspective

    James Goldrick , Sudarshan Y. Shrikhande
    Debates over naval policy need to be mounted with a full understanding of just what a nation needs to do at sea.
  • 9 Mar 2021
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Chinese Trade
    • China

    Endorsing “self-reliance”, Beijing raises the geopolitical stakes

    Bates Gill
    The “dual circulation” strategy announced at the National People’s Congress could shift global economics and politics.
  • 8 Mar 2021
    • Poverty
    • Coronavirus
    • Sex and Gender

    Food security and Covid-19: Recognising women’s leadership

    Over half the world’s farmers and food producers are women. A study will look at their experiences in the covid crisis.
  • 8 Mar 2021
    • Pacific Islands
    • Sex and Gender

    Private sector progress in women’s leadership in the Pacific

    Sarah Boxall
    Women’s representation in politics across the region still lags. But a positive change is occurring in business.
  • 8 Mar 2021
    • Afghanistan

    Something has to give: The cost of no peace in Afghanistan

    Susanne Schmeidl
    Wavering US commitment, a weak government and a waiting Taliban keep Afghans’ future at risk.
  • 8 Mar 2021
    • Australia
    • Sex and Gender

    Advancing the Women, Peace and Security agenda in Australia

    Laura J. Shepherd , Kit Catterson
    A second National Action Plan is overdue. It’s not too late to integrate concerns about causes of gender-based violence.
  • 5 Mar 2021
    • Diplomacy
    • Australia
    • Review

    Her brilliant career

    Michael Wesley
    An entertaining and informative memoir about a woman’s career through a deeply patriarchal profession in diplomacy.
  • 5 Mar 2021
    • Papua New Guinea
    • Coronavirus

    Vaccine hesitancy and the risks in rural Papua New Guinea

    Mikaela Seymour
    Another vaccine drive could cause resentment among those who feel they don’t need it because “they are not sick”.
  • 4 Mar 2021
    • Global Issues

    An endless game of whack-a-mole?

    Jennifer Percival
    The efficacy of proscribing extreme-right groups is debated. How to keep ahead of their evolution is also challenging.
  • 4 Mar 2021
    • WTO
    • Africa

    Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the WTO, and what’s next?

    Anthony Maliki
    It was a high hurdle to take charge, but Nigeria’s former finance minister has only just begun her run.
  • 3 Mar 2021
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Australia
    • Australian Public Opinion
    • China

    The politics of being Chinese in Australia

    Jennifer Hsu
    A new Lowy Institute survey reveals a wide range of experiences and views around the Australia-China relationship.
  • 3 Mar 2021
    • Global Issues
    • Iraq

    “Repair and Build”: Pope Francis’ visit to Iraq

    Fabrizio Bozzato
    A papal visit helps focus world attention. It also deals the Vatican in to the crowded “great game” in the Middle East.
  • 3 Mar 2021
    • India
    • Russia

    Cracks beginning to appear in the Russia-India relationship

    Henry Storey
    But Washington’s interests might actually be served by New Delhi and Moscow muddling through.
  • 2 Mar 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • India
    • Africa

    Agalega: A glimpse of India’s remote island military base

    Samuel Bashfield
    Satellite imagery reveals the transformation of an Indian Ocean island into a strategic outpost. Many questions remain.
  • 1 Mar 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Australia
    • International law

    How far would Australia go in defence of the rules-based order?

    Sam Roggeveen
    The way the defence force is structured and the weapons deployed sends a message beyond the words.
  • 1 Mar 2021
    • Papua New Guinea

    Farewell, Grand Chief

    Ian Kemish
    A unifier, Michael Somare always had Papua New Guinea’s independence in mind in dealing with Australia, or any nation.
  • 1 Mar 2021
    • China

    Erasing memory in China’s Tibet

    Graeme Smith
    The Chinese Communist Party is employing familiar tactics to assert its rule. When co-opting fails, coerce or silence.
  • 26 Feb 2021
    • Philippines

    A Duterte dynasty?

    Michael Beltran
    A campaign by the daughter of the Philippines’ Rodrigo Duterte hovers somewhere between rumour and reality.
  • 26 Feb 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • India
    • Russia

    India must be realistic about Russia relations

    Anita Inder Singh
    New Delhi can talk up ties all it likes, but Moscow’s eyes are also looking east – to Beijing.
  • 25 Feb 2021
    • Asia
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Australia

    Why Aussie exporters won’t be toasting China or the US

    Greg Earl
    Wine exporters suffer a sour drop. Could a clever sales pitch deliver a new special vintage?
  • 25 Feb 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • United States
    • Australia
    • United Kingdom
    • Africa

    Australia’s silence on Chagos dispute doesn’t help

    Benjamin Herscovitch
    Ensuring a consistent approach to the “rules” would make it that much harder for China to break them.
  • 24 Feb 2021
    • North Korea
    • Vietnam

    The ups and downs of the Vietnam–North Korea relationship

    Khang Vu
    Hanoi and Pyongyang have had their share of differences, but they also have a long historical connection.
  • 24 Feb 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • South China Sea
    • China

    What are China’s leaders saying about the South China Sea?

    Oriana Skylar Mastro
    The rhetoric weaves between cooperative and competitive, leaving the question of what – and who – to believe.
  • 23 Feb 2021
    • Diplomacy
    • Islamic State
    • Terrorism
    • Australia
    • New Zealand

    Terrorism and New Zealand’s dual citizenship conundrum

    Rodger Shanahan
    This is an age in which dual nationality is widespread, and problems related to alleged ISIS members were foreseeable.
  • 23 Feb 2021
    • United States
    • Afghanistan War
    • Afghanistan

    Afghanistan: To leave or not to leave

    Syed Fazl-e-Haider
    Under the Doha deal, US forces are meant to be out of the country in mere weeks. Either way, peace appears far off.
  • 23 Feb 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • United States

    Democracy vs autocracy: Biden’s “inflection point”

    Sam Roggeveen
    If this really is a new Cold War, it’s off to a slow start.
  • 22 Feb 2021
    • Indonesia
    • Human rights

    Are Indonesia’s “rubber” laws limiting freedom of speech?

    Jim Nolan
    Jokowi’s call for “improved supervision” of criminal defamation laws won’t lead the media to stop the presses just yet.
  • 22 Feb 2021
    • Global Economy
    • The Trans-Pacific Partnership
    • Trade and Investment in the Asia Pacific

    Expanding the CPTPP: A form guide to prospective members

    Jeffrey Wilson , Hayley Channer
    South Korea? Britain? China? Which country would you bet on to be the next big winner?
  • 19 Feb 2021
    • Myanmar

    Myanmar’s coup will test the loyalty of the security forces

    Andrew Selth
    Don’t assume the various armed forces organisations are just a mindless mass prepared to do whatever they are told.
  • 19 Feb 2021
    • Australia in the World
    • Diplomacy
    • Australia

    What happened to Australia’s “soft power”?

    Melissa Conley Tyler
    A review of soft power was trumpeted as a chance to increase Australia’s persuasive force. So why was it abandoned?
  • 18 Feb 2021
    • India
    • Technology

    India’s Koo plots a digital coup

    Aarti Betigeri
    A Twitter clone is gaining ground, but where does the push to localise social media end up?
  • 18 Feb 2021
    • Russia

    Palaces and protests: Where to next for Russia?

    Ian Hill
    Popular support for Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny won’t bring down the Putin regime, but it has stripped off the façade.
  • 17 Feb 2021
    • South China Sea
    • China

    How China is bending the rules in the South China Sea

    Oriana Skylar Mastro
    Beijing’s misapplication of international law in the disputed waters is more complex than it seems on the surface.
  • 17 Feb 2021
    • Australia
    • New Zealand

    Allies but not friends? New Zealand and Australia

    Robert Ayson
    Trans-Tasman tensions have boiled up over a citizenship case, but this latest spat betrays deeper problems.
  • 17 Feb 2021
    • Europe
    • Russia
    • European Union
    • Germany
    • France

    Russia vs the EU

    Daniel Woker
    A visit to Moscow by Europe’s top envoy did nothing to calm a growing diplomatic spat. What if Washington weighs in?
  • 16 Feb 2021
    • Antarctica
    • International law

    Antarctica: Working a rules-based system

    Claire Young
    The frozen continent is not fully quarantined from an assertive China, yet myths should not be mistaken for reality.
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