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  • 17 Nov 2021
    • Myanmar

    Myanmar: Totalitarian terror shouldn’t fly on our watch

    David Fawcett
    Australia should join applying sanctions ­– and if necessary, support a no-fly zone ­– to stop killings by the junta.
  • 17 Nov 2021
    • Europe

    A brewing crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Samantha Wong
    Ethnic and political frictions haven’t disappeared and threaten to turn deadly.
  • 17 Nov 2021
    • China's Economy
    • China

    China’s digital currency: Next stop, Africa?

    Cornelia Tremann
    Beijing’s new electronic payment system has major implications for the global economy.
  • 16 Nov 2021
    • Australia
    • Migration

    A good idea gone nowhere? Diaspora policy in Australia

    Andrew Rosser
    Politics has made it hard to keep outward migration/diaspora engagement on the agenda.
  • 16 Nov 2021
    • Australia
    • China

    Cautiously optimistic: Chinese students keen to get back to Australia

    Anna Boucher , Elisa Choy
    A data analysis of internet sources from within mainland China shows positive sentiment towards education in Australia.
  • 16 Nov 2021
    • Timor-Leste

    Planning for progress in Timor-Leste

    Joao da Cruz Cardoso
    Protecting a growing population in Dili from disasters requires a cross-community effort – not just government.
  • 15 Nov 2021
    • United States
    • Australia
    • China
    • Southeast Asia
    • Singapore

    Is Australia relevant?

    Susannah Patton
    Neighbours in Southeast Asia may not be “forced to choose” but rather “left behind”.
  • 15 Nov 2021
    • Thailand

    Thailand’s regressive royal insult law

    David Hopkins
    The kingdom’s youth and others are speaking out about their monarchy, at great personal expense.
  • 15 Nov 2021
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Human rights
    • Identities

    Framing globalisation

    Anthea Roberts , Nicolas Lamp
    How governments and policymakers address global opportunities and threats is all down to perspective.
  • 12 Nov 2021
    • Australia
    • Space exploration

    It’s not rocket science, Australia needs a stronger space strategy

    Tristan Moss
    The contested and congested nature of space means this vital arena cannot be approached in a fragmented fashion.
  • 12 Nov 2021
    • Asia
    • United States

    Jake Sullivan on the challenges “no one country can solve” 

    Daniel Flitton
    The White House National Security Adviser stressed the chance for cooperation even in a challenging global era.
  • 12 Nov 2021
    • Australia

    Australia’s aid ambition should rise with its geo-political status

    Dane Moores
    Canberra should embrace expectations to play a prominent role in helping solve the big global challenges.
  • 11 Nov 2021
    • Climate change
    • Environment

    What climate change means for mosquito-borne diseases

    Philippa Nicole Barr
    Already the most lethal creature to humans, environmental and urban changes may spread the danger to billions more.
  • 11 Nov 2021
    • United States
    • Australia
    • Australia-United States Relations

    Australia and the American far-right conspiracy

    Erin Hurley
    Covid tyranny? Could the fevered imaginings of the post-2016 Trump era end up colouring the US-Australia relationship?
  • 10 Nov 2021
    • Sustainability
    • Australia
    • Indonesia

    Australia-Indonesia: burn the boats

    Aristyo Rizka Darmawan
    Protecting ocean resources can sometimes require extreme measures from which there is no way back.
  • 10 Nov 2021
    • Europe
    • European Union
    • Migration

    The forest for the trees: trouble at the Poland-Belarus border

    Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo
    A migrant crisis is the next episode in an ongoing Russian and Belarusian project to undercut the European Union.
  • 10 Nov 2021
    • Sustainability
    • China

    China: rejecting rubbish

    Shaun Cameron
    Far from trashing its reputation, Beijing did the world a favour by swinging the sword.
  • 9 Nov 2021
    • China
    • India
    • Sri Lanka

    India’s answer to China’s ports in Sri Lanka

    Chulanee Attanayake
    Adani’s multimillion-dollar investment in Colombo not only makes commercial sense, it’s a strategic game-changer, too.
  • 9 Nov 2021
    • Diplomacy
    • Australia

    Do Comprehensive Strategic Partnerships matter?

    Henry Storey
    Scott Morrison is an enthusiast. But Australia’s one with China proved little more than the proverbial “scrap of paper”.
  • 8 Nov 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • United States
    • Australia
    • Indonesia
    • United Kingdom

    Indonesia-Australia: Deeper divide lies beneath AUKUS submarine rift

    Benjamin Herscovitch , Gatra Priyandita
    Indonesia is committed to “standing in the middle” between the United States and China and using ASEAN as a buffer.
  • 8 Nov 2021
    • Diplomacy
    • Australia
    • France

    Sinking trust

    Sian Troath
    Sparing between Scott Morrison and Emmanuel Macron is about more than a broken deal but the manner it was conveyed.
  • 5 Nov 2021
    • South China Sea
    • Asean
    • Australia
    • Southeast Asia

    Australia’s chance to dream with Southeast Asia

    Huynh Tam Sang , Pham Do An
    As a United States ally, Canberra can be a bridge between the region and Washington.
  • 5 Nov 2021
    • Australia
    • Coronavirus

    National self-interest cannot govern global vaccine distribution

    Nicholas Bugeja
    The “all” is the most important part of the message that we’re not safe until we’re all safe.
  • 4 Nov 2021
    • Global Economy
    • Pacific Islands
    • United States
    • Australia
    • Technology

    Economic diplomacy: Supply chains, sanctions, and Telstra Pacific

    Greg Earl
    From ports to productivity, the pandemic has only exposed longstanding economic resilience issues in Australia.
  • 4 Nov 2021
    • Technology
    • Review

    Regulate against the machine

    Xueyin Zha
    AI is becoming a routine aspect of daily life, but can the law – and informed social policy – truly keep pace?
  • 3 Nov 2021
    • Papua New Guinea
    • Coronavirus

    Politics and Covid-19 funds in Papua New Guinea

    Michael Kabuni
    Putting the money in the hands of MPs could mean it will never be known just how the funds were used.
  • 3 Nov 2021
    • Global Issues
    • Nuclear Weapons
    • Climate change

    It’s time to talk about existential risk

    Tom Barber
    There will be no chance to review the “lessons learned”.
  • 2 Nov 2021
    • Migration
    • Philippines

    Filipino migrants are agents of change

    Mina Roces
    Stereotypes tell of disenfranchised labour. But the experience of people abroad can seed change at home, too.
  • 2 Nov 2021
    • India
    • Pakistan

    Sport between India and Pakistan is not just that

    Jitendra Nath Misra
    Players – or countries – can send a message in victory and defeat.
  • 2 Nov 2021
    • United States
    • Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament
    • Russia
    • Vietnam

    Arms control is not just about arms

    Khang Vu
    Getting US-Russia arms control talks on track can weaken the Russia-China partnership and strengthen US-Vietnam ties.
  • 1 Nov 2021
    • Climate change

    The dynamics of dust

    Philippa Nicole Barr
    Climate change is producing and circulating more dust, with surprising impacts on river flows and the spread of disease.
  • 1 Nov 2021
    • Russia
    • Climate change

    Is Russia finally getting serious on climate change?

    Ian Hill
    Using hydrocarbon revenues to build green energy infrastructure would be a smart move. Don’t bet Moscow will take it.
  • 1 Nov 2021
    • Trade
    • WTO
    • Australia
    • China
    • Geo-economics

    Markets and resilience in the face of economic coercion

    Darren Lim , Victor Ferguson , Scott Waldron
    Calls for a “China plus” strategy rightfully draws business attention to the need to manage rising geoeconomic risks.
  • 29 Oct 2021
    • China
    • Climate change
    • Environment

    Just how serious is Xi about climate change?

    Elliott Zaagman
    China should have much to gain from a decarbonising global economy yet displays a confusing ambivalence to the question.
  • 29 Oct 2021
    • China
    • Taiwan
    • International law

    The legal case for defending Taiwan

    Christopher R Hughes
    If a narrow interpretation of international law saw China attack Taiwan, a League of Nations-style crisis would ensue.
  • 29 Oct 2021
    • United States
    • Australia
    • Australia-United States Relations

    What Australia needs to ask itself about the United States

    Ethan Paul
    As the US embraces “strategic competition”, its impetuous nationalism has implications for Canberra.
  • 28 Oct 2021
    • Central Asia
    • China
    • Russia

    China’s education diplomacy in Central Asia

    Jon Yuan Jiang
    Where Russian universities once schooled the elite, students are increasingly changing preference.
  • 28 Oct 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • Australia
    • United Kingdom

    Britain and Australia aren’t actually treaty allies – they should be

    Ben Judah
    Only a formal deal will lock in the gains under AUKUS against future uncertainty.
  • 27 Oct 2021
    • Fiji

    The promise and peril of statistics in Fiji

    Mere Nailatikau
    The Pacific nation needs a new social contract on data for any meaningful change to occur in at-risk communities.
  • 27 Oct 2021
    • United States

    How to save the Summit for Democracy

    Ben Scott
    Another platform for meaningless democracy rhetoric would be a step backwards.
  • 27 Oct 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • United States
    • Australia
    • China
    • India
    • Japan
    • European Union

    AUKUS? Quad? FOIP? A fragmented approach cannot counter China

    Yatharth Kachiar , Priya Vijaykumar Poojary
    Only a coherent policy for the Indo-Pacific will work. The West needs to offer a strong economic balance to Beijing.
  • 26 Oct 2021
    • Migration
    • Climate change
    • Environment

    Protecting people who lose their homes to climate change

    Jane McAdam
    King tides, cyclones, floods and drought are already displacing large numbers of people each year – where will they go?
  • 26 Oct 2021
    • Coronavirus
    • Papua New Guinea

    Overcoming community resistance to vaccination in Papua New Guinea

    Mihai Sora
    Increasing public demand for vaccines is the key to improving the country’s economic prospects and public safety.
  • 25 Oct 2021
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australia

    Australia and Digicel: Hands-off no more?

    Shahar Hameiri
    Financing the takeover of a Pacific telco firm amounts to a marked shift in the government’s industrial philosophy.
  • 25 Oct 2021
    • Climate change
    • Environment

    Glasgow: a tipping point for serious action

    Anthony Burke
    Worrying signs suggest these most consequential of climate change talks are being set up for failure.
  • 25 Oct 2021
    • Global Issues
    • Multilateral Institutions

    There is life in the Non-Alignment Movement yet

    Nina Marković Khaze
    This 60-year-old Cold War relic is finding new voice as a venue separated from institutions of the West.
  • 25 Oct 2021
    • Australia
    • Coronavirus

    Assessing Australia’s role in global vaccine equity

    Roland Rajah , Alyssa Leng
    Australia has been more generous than most but as geopolitical as China.
  • 22 Oct 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • Europe
    • European Union

    “Strategic autonomy” is more dangerous for Europe than AUKUS

    Benjamin Tallis
    Breaking from the United States would militarise the European Union to the extent that it would become unrecognisable.
  • 22 Oct 2021
    • Asean
    • Myanmar

    ASEAN muddles through on Myanmar

    Ben Bland
    An interesting regional precedent is set by the decision to stop the junta leader attending upcoming summit meetings.
  • 22 Oct 2021
    • Trade
    • China's Economy
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australia
    • China

    China’s economic sanctions made Australia more confident

    Ye Xue
    Greed hasn’t left Canberra cowering in the face of Beijing’s attempted punishment.
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