26 Apr 2023 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 Public holiday: ANZAC Day The Interpreter Tuesday is a public holiday in Australia. Normal publishing will resume on Wednesday.
24 Apr 2023 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.
13 Apr 2023 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 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 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 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 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 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 ‘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 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 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 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 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’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 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 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 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 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: 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 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 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 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 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 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 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’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 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 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 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 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.