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  • 23 Aug 2024
    • Asia
    • Southeast Asia
    • Australia and Asia
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    Key questions for reform of the New Colombo Plan

    Ly Tran
    A boost to the ties that bind Australia and the Indo-Pacific is essential to humanising public diplomacy and building life-long connections.
  • 10 Sep 2019
    • Global Issues
    • Regional relationships

    At sea, safety is just as important as security

    Sam Bateman
    The Indian Ocean region needs stronger measures for maritime safety.
  • 26 Apr 2019
    • Regional relationships
    • Australia and Asia

    Culture cringe: Laughter links Australia and Asia

    Melissa Conley Tyler
    <p>Field research on Asian comedians’ views of Australia reveals some surprising commonalities.</p>
  • 15 Dec 2015
    • Asia and Pacific
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Institutions
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    How Australia can use economic diplomacy to get closer to Asia

    Stephen Grenville
  • 20 Nov 2015
    • Defence & Security
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    • Asia and Pacific
    • Maritime Security
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • Foreign Policy
    • Asia and the Middle East
    • US-China

    Much at stake for Turnbull and the region at East Asia Summit

    Elliot Brennan
  • 29 Oct 2015
    • China and the Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • South China Sea
    • Regional relationships
    • US-China

    Why Australia must send its navy to assert the freedom to operate in the South China Sea

    James Goldrick
  • 9 Oct 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Regional relationships
    • US-China

    The TPP is not a containment strategy

    Aaron L Connelly
  • 9 Oct 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Maritime Security
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • China-India Relations
    • US-China

    Malabar: Modi Government misses an opportunity as annual exercise slumps

    Shashank Joshi
  • 30 Sep 2015
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Cyber Security
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • International Relations
    • Australia and Asia
    • US-China

    Xi in America: China's poor grasp of public diplomacy on full display

    Kerry Brown
  • 17 Sep 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • US-China

    As China marches forward, Japan and Russia watch with worry

    Julian Snelder
  • 3 Sep 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • Intelligence and security
    • Asia and the Middle East

    Reflections on the 2015 Lowy Lecture: Greater Asia

    Euan Graham
  • 18 Aug 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Maritime Security
    • Emerging Threats
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • US-China

    Hegemon: Wargaming the South China Sea

    Julian Snelder
  • 3 Aug 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Terrorism
    • Emerging Threats
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships

    India's Gurdaspur terrorist attack: Location, timing and method

    Shashank Joshi
  • 30 Jul 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships

    Taiwan-China relations (part 2): Beijing is the determining factor

    J. Michael Cole
  • 29 Jul 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Maritime Security
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • US-China

    The growing militarisation of the South China Sea

    Bonnie S Glaser
  • 28 Jul 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Maritime Security
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • US-China

    Japanese defence normalisation: Progress on three fronts

    Malcolm Cook
  • 23 Jul 2015
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Regional relationships
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Australia and Asia

    A frank and refreshing assessment of Australia-Indonesia relations

    Greta Nabbs-Keller
  • 17 Jul 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Institutions
    • Regional relationships
    • Country And Regional Studies
    • Asia and the Middle East
    • Geo-economics

    Russia gives way to China in BRICS and SCO

    Sarah Lain
  • 9 Jul 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Regional relationships
    • Sustainability
    • Asia and the Middle East
    • Energy
    • Nuclear energy

    Sino-Pakistan civil nuclear cooperation: A growing challenge to the global nuclear order

    Matthew Cottee
  • 9 Jul 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Regional relationships
    • Australia and Asia
    • US-China

    Is China ready for global leadership?

    Kerry Brown
  • 8 Jul 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Institutions
    • Regional relationships
    • Multilateral Institutions
    • China-India Relations

    SCO summit marks steady rise of India in China's worldview

    Dirk van der Kley
  • 2 Jul 2015
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • Australia and Asia
    • US-China

    How the Chinese media covered the US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue

  • 30 Jun 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Regional relationships
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • US-China

    Is the US Congress the main impediment to a rules-based order?

    Malcolm Jorgensen
  • 15 May 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • Geo-economics

    China-Russia: An uneasy friendship

    Julian Snelder
  • 4 May 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • US-China

    Unquestioned beliefs on both sides of US-China divide

    Merriden Varrall
  • 20 Apr 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • US-China

    China's dream scenario for Asia

    Julian Snelder
  • 17 Apr 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • US-China

    America's China consensus slowly unravels

    Hugh White
  • 17 Mar 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • Australia and Asia
    • China-India Relations

    Modi builds India's sphere of influence in the Indian Ocean

    David Brewster
  • 17 Mar 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Institutions
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    • Global Economic Governance
    • IMF
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • Foreign Policy
    • US-China

    China and the AIIB: Towards a new rules-based order?

    Malcolm Jorgensen
  • 16 Mar 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • Australia and Asia
    • China-India Relations
    • US-China

    India is no ally of the US

    Crispin Rovere
  • 16 Mar 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Institutions
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    • Country And Regional Studies
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Australian Development Assistance
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    • Australia and Asia
    • US-China

    The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the rise of regionalism

    Stephen Grenville
  • 13 Mar 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • Australia and Asia
    • China-India Relations

    Would India go to war with China to help America?

    Hugh White
  • 11 Mar 2015
    • Public Opinion
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Regional relationships
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • Australia and Asia
    • China
    • India
    • Public Opinion Polling
    • China-India Relations
    • E-diplomacy

    Under the Dome and India's Daughter: Documentaries stir powerful online reaction in Asia

    Danielle Cave
  • 10 Mar 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • China-India Relations
    • US-China

    The consequences of the strengthening US-India partnership are still uncertain

    Shashank Joshi
  • 16 Feb 2015
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Regional relationships
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • China-India Relations

    Obama's India visit reveals weakness of US position in Asia

    Hugh White
  • 13 Feb 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Maritime Security
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Institutions
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    • China-India Relations
    • US-China

    The US-India convergence

    Shashank Joshi
  • 6 Feb 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Syria
    • Terrorism
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • Arab Uprisings
    • Asia and the Middle East

    Tough choices for Beijing following execution of Chinese ISIS militants

    Simone van Nieuwenhuizen
  • 21 Jan 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • China-India Relations

    Book review: The China-Pakistan Axis

    Shashank Joshi
  • 18 Dec 2014
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Regional relationships
    • Australia and Asia
    • China-India Relations

    India's new Asia-Pacific strategy: 'Act East'

    Danielle Rajendram
  • 22 Aug 2014
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships

    Should the US retrench from South Korea? Part 2: No

    Robert E Kelly
  • 22 Aug 2014
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships

    China-Japan competition: Hugh White responds

    Hugh White
  • 20 Aug 2014
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Regional relationships

    Should the US retrench from South Korea? Yes

    Robert E Kelly
  • 22 Jul 2014
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships

    MH17: Could a re-energised Europe rescue the Obama Doctrine?

    James Bowen
  • 9 Jul 2014
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • Australia and Asia

    Abe's Canberra speech: Dispelling doubts

    Malcolm Cook
  • 9 Jul 2014
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships

    Middle powers in Asia: The limits of realism

  • 25 Jun 2014
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Regional relationships

    Japan-ROK relations: History debate a dangerous indulgence

    Robert E Kelly
  • 19 Jun 2014
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • International Relations
    • US-China

    The US and the international power structure: Reviewing 'Still Ours to Lead'

    Elsina Wainwright
  • 2 Jun 2014
    • Global Issues
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • US-China

    Allure of normalcy: America's first-order foreign policy issues

    Jerry Nockles
  • 29 May 2014
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • US-China

    West Point speech neglects East Asian security

    Rory Medcalf
  • 28 May 2014
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Regional relationships
    • US-China

    Chinese foreign policy: Belligerence is internally motivated

    Robert E Kelly
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