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  • 13 Apr 2023
    • China
    • Taiwan
    • European Union
    • France

    Taiwan: Far from lost in translation, Macron said exactly what he meant

    David Vallance
    The French President’s comments are the latest example of his consistent call for Europe to set its own path.
  • 13 Apr 2023
    • Afghanistan
    • Diplomacy

    The urgent humanitarian need to get diplomats back to Afghanistan

    George Varughese , Daniel Madhani
    Aid workers are pressed enough to deliver much needed relief without a burden of also speaking for the global community.
  • 12 Apr 2023
    • China
    • Australia in the World
    • China-Australia Relations
    • United States

    Australia’s delicate dance with the United States and China

    Philipp Ivanov
    Could Canberra’s deft management of its Beijing relationship influence policy in Washington?
  • 12 Apr 2023
    • China
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    What does China want in Ukraine?

    Ved Shinde
    Beijing has reservations about Putin’s war, but seeing Moscow take a beating is not in China’s interests.
  • 11 Apr 2023
    • France
    • Pacific Islands
    • New Caledonia

    France tightens the screws in New Caledonia

    Denise Fisher
    Pro-independence leaders believe time is on their side, but the French government sees little room for compromise.
  • 11 Apr 2023
    • China
    • India
    • Russia
    • Türkiye
    • Africa

    Russia foreign policy: the search for new friends

    Ian Hill
    Shunned by the West, Moscow is wooing the rest of the world. And so far it’s finding success.
  • 7 Apr 2023
    • Administration

    ‘Cause I'm leavin’ on a jet plane

    The Interpreter
    “Don’t know when I’ll be back again …” Actually, we do. See you after Easter, Friday and Monday are public holidays here in ‘stralya.
  • 6 Apr 2023
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Review

    What “Utopia” got wrong about China and defence policy

    Sam Roggeveen
    If Australia didn’t have a Defence Force, would China have turned to force rather than economic coercion?
  • 6 Apr 2023
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Climate change

    Australia can no longer justify fossil fuel funding

    Christian Downie , Maxfield Peterson
    Canberra needs to sign onto the Glasgow Statement and join its allies in shifting public support to renewables.
  • 6 Apr 2023
    • China
    • India
    • Japan
    • Philippines
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security

    China is its own worst enemy

    Daniel R. DePetris
    Xi’s belligerence prompts classic balancing, an alignment among smaller states that would alone struggle to compete.
  • 5 Apr 2023
    • Myanmar
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • Human rights
    • International law
    • War Crimes

    What of the Rohingya? The ICC, Ukraine, and limits of “international” justice

    Aakash Chandran , Jennifer Keene-McCann , Emma Palmer
    The International Criminal Court will always be seen as a selective tool unless states agree to decide cases on need.
  • 5 Apr 2023
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Russia’s shifting far right: the war party

    Oleg Ignatov
    A powerful conservative movement in Moscow dictates that Russia only wins if an independent Ukraine ceases to exist.
  • 4 Apr 2023
    • India
    • Japan
    • Australia
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • United States

    To help end war in Ukraine, the Quad should back India to engage Russia

    Adarsh Badri
    India might be accused of playing both sides but also has the special relationships to lead a push towards a settlement.
  • 4 Apr 2023
    • China
    • Indonesia

    Indonesia-China: a smart city can make for clever politics

    Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat , Yeta Purnama
    With a new capital to build, Indonesia can benefit from directing Chinese investment.
  • 4 Apr 2023
    • North Korea
    • South Korea
    • United States

    North Korea keeps building more powerful weapons, with no end in sight

    Gabriela Bernal
    Diplomacy is desperately needed to avoid an irreversible escalation in nuclear capability and the excuse to use it.
  • 3 Apr 2023
    • India
    • Japan
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • United States

    What the Quad could learn from AUKUS

    Arzan Tarapore
    If the four powers decide to adopt a greater security role, they should go beyond empty signals.
  • 31 Mar 2023
    • Climate change
    • Pacific Islands

    Climate change: We know what to do, the Pacific needs us to act, now

    Meg Keen , Hamish Fejo
    Pacific Island nations are taking legal action as the latest IPCC report reveals things are still getting worse.
  • 31 Mar 2023
    • China
    • India
    • Russia
    • Multilateral Institutions

    Great power rivalry is poisoning multilateralism

    Ved Shinde
    With India in summit season, New Delhi is banking on minilateral partnerships to counter China’s hegemonic ambitions.
  • 31 Mar 2023
    • Cyber Security

    Australia names and shames in its fight against foreign interference

    Mercedes Page
    Publicly attributing interference campaigns may become the new gold standard.
  • 30 Mar 2023
    • Cambodia
    • Thailand

    Paying for a new Thai democracy

    Greg Earl
    The real winners are far from clear, but Thailand’s populist, party jumping election is Asia’s vote to watch this year.
  • 30 Mar 2023
    • Pacific Islands
    • Fiji
    • Review

    Fiji: lessons under a dictator’s heel

    Ariela Zibiah
    Laisenia Qarase’s prison memoir after he was deposed in a coup tells a national story to cherish freedoms.
  • 30 Mar 2023
    • China
    • South China Sea
    • Australia
    • Resource security

    Climate change, ironically, reduces the heat in the South China Sea

    John Quiggin
    The days for oil and gas are numbered, so the economic case of a fight over undersea resources doesn’t stack up.
  • 29 Mar 2023
    • Japan
    • Japan's Economy
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • Sustainability

    Japan feels the pinch as fertiliser costs soar thanks to Russia’s war

    Yusaku Yoshikawa
    The country has for too long relied on foreign sources without cultivating domestic alternatives.
  • 29 Mar 2023
    • China
    • Sustainability

    China’s food dilemma

    Genevieve Donnellon-May
    The push for a “Food Silk Road” is telling of the superpower’s vulnerability – environmental and geopolitical.
  • 29 Mar 2023
    • Intelligence and security

    Contract cheating: How academic dishonesty could endanger national security

    Sascha-Dominik Dov Bachmann , Louis de Koker
    Essay-writing mills are more than just a blight on academic integrity, they open a door to the dark world of blackmail.
  • 28 Mar 2023
    • China
    • Pakistan
    • Iran
    • Saudi Arabia

    China trumpets the Saudi-Iran deal, yet much credit goes to Pakistan 

    Syed Fazl-e-Haider
    A little-heralded meeting in Islamabad set the stage for two arch rivals to set aside differences.
  • 28 Mar 2023
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security

    The economics of AUKUS

    Jenny Gordon
    A formal cost-benefit analysis wouldn’t go astray to help understand the benefits had a different decision been made.
  • 28 Mar 2023
    • Afghanistan
    • China
    • India
    • Pakistan

    India’s delicate dance with the Taliban

    Henry Storey
    With Afghanistan’s China pivot proving disappointing, the Islamist group is reprising its relationship with New Delhi.
  • 27 Mar 2023
    • India
    • Japan
    • Multilateral Institutions

    This year, India leads the G20, Japan the G7, and together can make a potent team

    Nazia Hussain , Tan Ming Hui
    The two nations share a chance to renew confidence in multilateral cooperation.
  • 27 Mar 2023
    • Digital Disruption
    • Review

    Binary error: How and why governments need a cyber security rethink

    Ben Scott
    Deterrence of hostile states in cyberspace misses the point when operations concentrate on only “offence” vs “defence”.
  • 27 Mar 2023
    • Philippines
    • Australia
    • Australian Navy
    • Defence & Security

    Philippines: The best friend for AUKUS in Southeast Asia

    Richard Javad Heydarian
    Manila has stood apart on Australia’s nuclear-powered subs deal as a sympathetic democracy seeking to balance China.
  • 24 Mar 2023
    • Australia
    • Antarctica
    • Sustainability

    Krill campaign less than thrilling

    Claire Young
    Sea Shepherd should widen its net beyond activism by diversifying efforts to support sustainable fishing.
  • 24 Mar 2023
    • China
    • India
    • Russia
    • Technology

    A Catch-22 for India’s tech ambitions

    Divyanshu Jindal
    With Russian supply chains under stress, New Delhi explores indigenous capabilities.
  • 24 Mar 2023
    • North Korea

    North Korea: The state versus the people

    Khang Vu
    If the regime is sincere about alleviating the latest food crisis, why ban market sales of foodstuffs?
  • 23 Mar 2023
    • Australia
    • Climate change
    • Public Opinion

    Ending the climate wars: the public’s mandate

    Ryan Neelam
    Australians understand the need to act. As global scientists issue the clearest warning yet, can Labor deliver?
  • 23 Mar 2023
    • Pacific Islands
    • Papua New Guinea

    Papua New Guinea: media under threat

    Thierry Lepani
    A new draft government policy is set to put journalistic freedoms to the test.
  • 23 Mar 2023
    • International law
    • Space exploration

    A new battlefield: the need for regulations to govern Near Space

    Rebecca Connolly
    International space agreements do not define “outer space” for the purpose of space activities – and that’s a problem.
  • 22 Mar 2023
    • China
    • Taiwan
    • Australia
    • Australian Navy
    • Defence & Security
    • United States

    AUKUS commits Australia to fight China if America does, simple

    Hugh White
    Whatever the flag, Washington would not sell nuclear-powered boats unless it could count on them in war over Taiwan.
  • 22 Mar 2023
    • Cambodia

    Enter Cambodia’s Hun Manet

    Jack Sato
    Numbers tell the story of a military leader working overtime on a leadership succession game plan.
  • 22 Mar 2023
    • Asean
    • Indonesia
    • Myanmar
    • Australia

    Can ASEAN forge a political solution in Myanmar?

    Rebecca Barber
    Indonesia and Australia have different but equally critical roles in bringing the junta to the negotiating table.
  • 21 Mar 2023
    • Indonesia
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Maritime Security
    • International law

    Could Indonesia legally stop transit by nuclear-powered AUKUS subs?

    Dita Liliansa
    International law includes passage rights for all vessels in archipelagic waters – during peace or wartime.
  • 21 Mar 2023
    • Australia in the World
    • Australian Navy

    James Goldrick, navies, oceans, trade, law, danger and history

    Justin Burke
    A man of both humility and tremendous intellect was an immeasurable asset to Australia’s naval know-how.
  • 21 Mar 2023
    • Asean
    • Japan
    • Southeast Asia

    Japan seeks an improved climate in relations with ASEAN

    Sam Baron
    A new blueprint for economic ties between Tokyo and Southeast Asian nations has a focus on sustainable development.
  • 20 Mar 2023
    • China
    • China's Military
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia's Defence Challenges
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Australian Navy
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Defence & Security

    Australia, China, AUKUS and the squandered advantage

    Sam Roggeveen
    Canberra appears to have overlooked the tyranny of distance as its chief asset in regional military deterrence.
  • 20 Mar 2023
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Pacific Islands

    AUKUS in the Pacific: Calm with undercurrents

    Meg Keen
    Pacific neighbours understand the drivers behind Australia’s bid for nuclear-powered subs, but still harbour concerns.
  • 20 Mar 2023
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Energy
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability
    • Technology

    Indonesia’s nickel superhighway

    Ronald Eberhard Tundang
    There are vast opportunities to build new industries when you’re sitting on the globe’s largest reserve of rare earth.
  • 17 Mar 2023
    • Australia
    • Australian Navy
    • Defence & Security

    AUKUS: The pillars of Hercules

    Peter Tesch
    Wishful thinking will not make the world more benign. Ambition carries a cost, but Australia has a responsibility, too.
  • 17 Mar 2023
    • Australia
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australian Navy
    • Defence & Security

    The limits on Australia’s submarine industry

    John Edwards
    Long before the last boat is delivered, the business will be winding down.
  • 17 Mar 2023
    • Afghanistan
    • China
    • Al Qaeda
    • Islamic State
    • Terrorism
    • Russia
    • United States

    Is a stable Afghanistan where China, Russia and the US cooperate?

    Adam H. Dehsabzi
    Three of the world’s most influential powers have skin in the game when it comes to preventing another civil war.
  • 16 Mar 2023
    • Fiji
    • Fiji Elections
    • Nauru

    Is the sun setting on the era of Bainimarama and FijiFirst?

    Shailendra Bahadur Singh
    A web of alleged interventions in university business has had a cascading effect on Pacific politics.
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