13 Aug 2024
Where to for Australia’s First Nations Foreign Policy?
The climate is right to make environmental diplomacy a centrepiece of this new approach to the world.
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5 Jul 2024
Why Australia needs more flights to Latin America
Australia’s civil aviation sector needs to be an effective tool for connection and diplomacy in signalling political interests. -
23 Jan 2024
Australia and Brazil must seize the chance for closer green cooperation
Distance should not be a barrier to recognising – and enhancing – shared interests. -
7 Dec 2023
Does the world have any energy left to cope with another war?
Talk of conflict between South American countries Venezuela and Guyana has suddenly flared over a longstanding border dispute. -
6 Dec 2023
The geopolitics of Argentina’s lithium trade
Will the new government redefine its trade ties with China – and at what cost? -
30 Nov 2023
Argentina: From beggar to chooser
Voters backed the promise of a functional economy with fewer restrictions, but the new administration will now need to convince the world. -
29 May 2023
What Thailand’s youth leaders can learn from Chile’s radical government
The Move Forward Party hope to remake politics but that means carrying people along. -
13 Dec 2022
2022: A global turning point
Looking at trends and contours that have coalesced this year to make international politics more contested and unpredictable. -
25 Nov 2022
Fruits of labour: Guatemala’s 30 minutes with the PM
With farmers in Australia crying out for more workers, some outside-the-box thinking could help. -
5 Sep 2022
If Brazil’s ambassador could seed a few ideas with the Prime Minister
Australia has a growing personal connection to the South American giant, with diplomatic ties yet to catch up. -
15 Mar 2022
The first millennial left-wing president, Chile’s Gabriel Boric
A pragmatic proponent of “radical democracy”, Boric ties to international change with careful statements at home. -
3 Dec 2021
Twenty years of BRICS
As analysis by acronym, it has been a stunning success. But for reorganising global economic governance? -
27 Jan 2021
Sovereignty and sensibility: What now for US-Mexico relations?
Mexico’s president developed a surprisingly cosy relationship with Donald Trump, but those days are over. -
10 Nov 2020
Small hope for justice in Mexico’s deadly “war on drugs”
Outrage over the 2014 disappearance of 43 students and the demand for national reckoning has far-reaching implications. -
26 Aug 2020
Where next for MIKTA?
Tacking the problems created by Covid-19 appear to be beyond this particular example of middle-power activism. -
14 Aug 2020
From Santiago to Sydney, opening Latin America with fibre-optic cable
While no panacea, a new cable link is an unexpected chance for greater trans-Pacific ties away from superpower rivalry. -
10 Aug 2020
Chinese trawlers in the Galapagos: The protection challenge
Locking off waters to protect biodiversity won’t work without recognising that fish don’t care for the lines on a map. -
9 Jun 2020
The gravity of China’s space base in Argentina
What the South American country stands to gain from the deal is something of a mystery. -
27 May 2020
A cry for help as Covid‑19 sweeps Latin America and hunger bites
Shortages are returning to a continent with literal red flags to show the virus is compounding poverty. -
18 Feb 2020
The politics of fire, from the Amazon to the bush
Brazil and Australia have treated recent continental infernos in some remarkably similar ways. -
3 Feb 2020
Where Latin America can learn from Australia in dealing with China
Rising Chinese influence has put South American capitals in a bind. Australia might provide them some useful lessons. -
27 Jun 2019
The Matildas and Socceroos vs. Marta and Messi
Australia’s growing interest and standing in the world game is opening unexpected and lucrative ties with Latin America. -
12 Mar 2019
China’s growing Latin America ties also matter for Australia
Australia should focus on the southern cone of Latin America to strengthen its own ties with China. -
3 Oct 2018
NAFTA to USMCA – what’s in a name?
In terms of the three members, Washington has come out on top – but this does not make it a “good” deal for the US. -
14 Feb 2018
The Monroe Doctrine revival
The US is again seeking to stamp its authority in Latin America. -
11 Apr 2017
Did ‘elites’ get the 2016 US election wrong?
Congratulations to Joe Hockey for anticipating Trump's win. But perhaps it was not simply a matter of elites being out of touch, as his analysis suggests. -
7 Nov 2016
Trump looks the part in final days of campaign
Trump was at times boastful, when talking about his business success, and at times humble: ‘I am just a messenger’. People clapped and waved their signs but he wasn’t serious and they didn’t believe it. -
4 Nov 2016
Should Australia be more like Canada?
When it comes to a comparison of economic performance, Australia comes out ahead of Canada.