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  • 9 May 2023
    • Türkiye

    Elections in Türkiye may herald a new foreign policy outlook

    William Gourlay
    After 20 years as a dominating political force Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is facing his biggest fight in the upcoming polls.
  • 9 May 2023
    • China
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Multilateral Institutions

    “Play defence” in any collective response to China’s economic coercion

    Victor Ferguson , Viking Bohman
    The cost of fighting back is unlikely to be spread evenly across any coalition, which risks undermining the effort.
  • 8 May 2023
    • Australia

    Curiosity and openness: Allan Gyngell’s light touch in the early days at the Lowy Institute

    Anthony Bubalo
    Experiment and evolve was the message, and he did it by putting trust in the next generation of voices.
  • 8 May 2023
    • Europe
    • Global Issues

    Lessons in sorrow: Serbia needs a gun buyback after mass shootings

    Valentina Pavlovic
    Australia’s example has shown decisive action can galvanise and protect a community in the wake of tragedy.
  • 8 May 2023
    • Thailand

    Does Thailand’s election matter?

    Susannah Patton
    The election won’t be free and fair but it could be highly consequential for the country and the region.
  • 5 May 2023
    • Aid & Development
    • Australia
    • Australian Foreign Aid

    Budget time: Will Labor rebuild Australia’s aid program, and how? 

    Roland Rajah , Riley Duke
    Global crisis and shifting economic realities mean Australia must both rebuild and modernise its development efforts.
  • 5 May 2023
    • Japan
    • Defence & Security

    Japan’s Article 9: Pacifism and protests as defence budget doubles

    Donna Weeks
    In the rush to applaud increased military ties between Japan and Australia, resistance to the idea is often overlooked.
  • 5 May 2023
    • Asean
    • China
    • Indonesia
    • South China Sea
    • Southeast Asia

    Indonesia’s dilemma as China pushes a “Global Security Initiative”

    Alfin Febrian Basundoro
    Existing regional mechanisms can accommodate diverse interests in Southeast Asia without the need for a new forum.
  • 4 May 2023
    • Global Issues
    • Sustainability
    • Pacific Islands

    The cost of crime and corruption on Pacific fisheries

    Jade Lindley
    The need for a well-funded response to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing has never been greater.
  • 4 May 2023
    • Global Issues
    • Migration
    • Africa

    Five potential global consequences of Sudan’s escalating conflict

    Aly Verjee
    Even distant Australia could feel knock-on effects of a refugee crisis, gold smuggling and disruption to wheat crops.
  • 4 May 2023
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Defence & Security
    • Pacific Islands

    The case for opening the ADF to citizens of Pacific Islands nations

    David Van
    The potential benefits in a contested region extend far beyond a military need.
  • 3 May 2023
    • Asia

    The “Indo-Pacific” is here. Yet “Asia-Pacific” lives on

    Sanchari Ghosh
    Debate over the shape of the region is far from settled – and with that lies the promise of ongoing rivalry.
  • 3 May 2023
    • Australia in the World

    Remembering Allan Gyngell, “the finest mind in Australian foreign policy”

    Daniel Flitton
    Analyst, diplomat, author. Few Australians could better judge Australia’s place in the world.
  • 3 May 2023
    • Global Economy
    • Global Economic Governance
    • IMF
    • Multilateral Development Banks

    International debt: Time for a global restructuring framework

    Stephen Grenville
    In domestic bankruptcy, a specialised institution settles creditors. Why can’t this be the case for emerging economies?
  • 2 May 2023
    • Asia
    • South Korea
    • Australia
    • Free Trade
    • Global Issues

    Choosing openness in the international economy

    Andrew Leigh
    As the region seeks to rebound from a global economic downturn, the free flow of goods and services is key.
  • 2 May 2023
    • China
    • Laos
    • Global Economy

    What price will Laos need to pay to be saved, and will China pay it?

    Mariza Cooray
    The debt-burdened Southeast Asian nation offers China a chance to recast its reputation.
  • 2 May 2023
    • Japan
    • Australia
    • Energy
    • Climate change

    Managing Japan-Australia energy tensions in a time of transition

    James Bowen
    Australia can’t afford to support Japan’s carbon emissions anymore than its own.
  • 1 May 2023
    • Myanmar

    Chinese spy bases on Myanmar’s Great Coco Island? Here we go again

    Andrew Selth
    A little history should help dampen some wild speculation about eavesdropping facilities in the Indian Ocean.
  • 1 May 2023
    • Asia
    • Australia
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Energy
    • Climate change

    Finding opportunity in Asia’s net-zero transition

    Muyi Yang
    Australia will miss out if it doesn’t prepare for lower coal and gas exports.
  • 1 May 2023
    • Defence & Security
    • New Zealand

    AUKUS + NZ = win-win

    Reuben Steff
    New Zealand can make creative contributions to the technology sides of the partnership – and greatly benefit, too.
  • 28 Apr 2023
    • Indonesia
    • Climate change

    How Indonesia can afford to cut coal-fired power – and faster

    Tiza Mafira
    The Just Energy Transition Partnership can be a model for other countries to accelerate energy systems transformation.
  • 28 Apr 2023
    • South Korea
    • Climate change
    • Sustainability

    South Korea can’t afford to be a Wally with water

    Genevieve Donnellon-May
    And neither can the rest of the world.
  • 28 Apr 2023
    • Philippines
    • Defence & Security
    • United States

    Marcos has turned the Philippines towards America – not without risks

    Andrea Chloe Wong
    An expanded US military presence will benefit efforts to stand up to China. But Filipinos are wary of the social cost.
  • 27 Apr 2023
    • South Korea
    • Nuclear Weapons
    • United States

    Will US reassurance be enough to halt South Korea’s nuclear ambition?

    Eva Mackinley
    Seoul has won extra support from Washington, but not for the goal of global disarmament.
  • 27 Apr 2023
    • Japan
    • Australia
    • Energy
    • Trade

    Economic diplomacy: Friends, rivals and diplomatic gaslighting

    Greg Earl
    Money still talks in a new world of tighter security alliances when Japan and China can align against Australia on energy.
  • 27 Apr 2023
    • Pacific Islands

    Bringing the Blue Pacific and Indo-Pacific narratives together

    Sandra Tarte
    More than a distraction, geopolitical competition shapes the regional security agenda – and that carries opportunity.
  • 27 Apr 2023
    • Global Economy
    • Multilateral Development Banks
    • Multilateral Institutions

    Shaky foundations for the New Development Bank

    Filipe Porto , Genevieve Donnellon-May
    A new president for BRICS groupings finance arm must steer geopolitical storms from outside – as well as within.
  • 26 Apr 2023
    • China
    • Taiwan
    • Australia

    The two big flaws in Penny Wong’s talk of deterrence over Taiwan

    Hugh White
    It’s wishful thinking to dismiss debate on the most difficult and important foreign policy question as a “parlour game”.
  • 26 Apr 2023
    • Asean
    • China
    • India
    • Japan
    • Australia
    • United States

    Quad should ask ASEAN to a diplomatic dance

    Ved Shinde
    For all the talk of hedging, Southeast Asian nations have long worried about China’s ambition to dominate the region.
  • 25 Apr 2023
    • Administration

    Public holiday: ANZAC Day

    The Interpreter
    Tuesday is a public holiday in Australia. Normal publishing will resume on Wednesday.
  • 24 Apr 2023
    • Australia in the World
    • Defence & Security

    Defence Review: DFAT gets a boost

    Melissa Conley Tyler , Hugh Piper
    For the first time, a major Defence policy statement recommends more diplomatic funding.
  • 24 Apr 2023
    • Australia in the World
    • Defence & Security

    Defence Strategic Review: Strong chords, with one jarring note

    Sam Roggeveen
    A promising strategy, but is there tension with AUKUS?
  • 24 Apr 2023

    Robert O’Neill: on war, strategy and history

    Peter Edwards
    Remembering a doyen of Australian strategic studies.
  • 24 Apr 2023
    • India
    • United Kingdom

    To India, spoils of empire a less sparkly side of Charles’ coronation

    Aarti Betigeri
    Narendra Modi has set out to erase a colonial mindset in public life, but its replacement has generated its own unease.
  • 21 Apr 2023
    • Indonesia
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security

    Strategic divergence with Indonesia: an Australian perspective

    Susannah Patton
    Despite expected differences with Indonesia, Australia also underplays how fast its regional approach has changed in just a decade.
  • 21 Apr 2023
    • Afghanistan
    • India
    • Russia

    India still needs to work with Russia on Afghanistan

    Kabir Taneja
    Proximity changes the priorities for India in a conflict on the doorstep.
  • 20 Apr 2023
    • Afghanistan
    • Sex and Gender

    Don’t reward the Taliban’s gender apartheid with recognition

    Farkhondeh Akbari , Jacqui True
    Returning diplomats to Afghanistan would send a terrible message to women and girls that the world has given up on them.
  • 20 Apr 2023
    • Indonesia
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security

    Embracing the different ways Indonesia and Australia view the region

    Evan A Laksmana
    It would be a mistake to assume enhanced defence cooperation means the two countries share a strategic outlook.
  • 20 Apr 2023
    • Aid & Development
    • Australia
    • Pacific Islands
    • Solomon Islands

    Questions about Australian aid to fund the Pacific Games

    Stephen Howes
    Australia is backing a sports tournament over urgent development needs, and doing so may break international aid rules.
  • 19 Apr 2023
    • China
    • Australia
    • United States

    Hugh White on the choice facing Penny Wong

    Hugh White
    How long can the Foreign Minister talk of a multipolar order in Asia in a government working to bolster US strategic primacy?
  • 19 Apr 2023
    • Australia
    • Public Opinion

    Chinese-Australians feel more at home

    Jennifer Hsu
    Despite tension in Australia-China relations, Chinese-Australians express stronger connection and trust in Australia.
  • 19 Apr 2023
    • Climate change

    Revisiting the Green Climate Fund in the Pacific

    Georgia Hammersley , Roland Rajah
    The Fund is providing important support but access remains a challenge. Australia re-joining could make the difference
  • 18 Apr 2023
    • Timor-Leste

    Rallies, flags and motorbikes: it’s election time in Timor-Leste

    Parker Novak
    Where do political dynamics stand as Southeast Asia’s youngest democracy kicks off parliamentary elections?
  • 18 Apr 2023
    • Pacific Islands
    • China and the Pacific
    • Melanesia
    • Papua New Guinea
    • Solomon Islands
    • United States

    Not the Indo-Pacific: a Melanesian view on strategic competition

    Patrick Kaiku
    The states of the southwest Pacific are not interested in a zero-sum contest between the United States and China.
  • 17 Apr 2023
    • Australia
    • Australian Navy
    • Defence & Security
    • Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament

    AUKUS: What to do with nuclear waste?

    Maria Rost Rublee
    Only by investing in community consent – “social licence” – can the government be certain about long-term storage plans.
  • 17 Apr 2023
    • Central Asia

    Kazakhstan in the middle

    Jeffrey Robertson
    The West hopes for a stable partner to deny Russia. Yet the Central Asian nation may seek equidistance from all.
  • 14 Apr 2023
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Europe

    No Albo at NATO, no worries

    Patrick Triglavcanin
    Australia’s diplomatic effort has been in overdrive. That doesn’t change by not sending a minister to Vilnius.
  • 14 Apr 2023
    • Australia
    • Diplomacy
    • Climate change
    • Multilateral Institutions
    • United Nations
    • Pacific Islands

    A strategy for engaging for small developing states

    Hamish Fejo
    If Australia is serious about climate change, it needs better relationships with island nations – near and far.
  • 14 Apr 2023
    • Laos
    • Southeast Asia
    • Sustainability

    Mekong River: Turning declaration into actions

    Andrea Haefner
    Millions rely on Southeast Asia’s biggest river and promises made in Vientiane last week must be kept.
  • 13 Apr 2023
    • Asia
    • China
    • Global Economy
    • IMF
    • United States

    Economic diplomacy: Counting the cost of decoupling

    Greg Earl
    US-China tensions are disrupting economic links for other countries as new forecasts of slow growth make change harder.
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