Digital payments have transformed Australia, but global financial infrastructure for a cashless society still has some catching up to do.

A richer story is told by placing signals intelligence in historical and contemporary context.

Opponents of carbon capture plans need to look past ideology and think about the development costs to friends and neighbours.

Australia is persisting with a homemade mix of old and new financing tools to be the development dining partner of choice in the region.

Sporting ambassadors have previously helped with big international investments. Let’s go again.

Australia might find itself on a political and economic tightrope as China looks to diversify its options for the new oil of our times.

The government has taken a big step after listening to regional partners – now it has a chance to fill in the details.

Australian universities are vulnerable as open and collaborative institutions. With more sensitive research underway, they are also part of the solution.

Respect for female athletes “tearing it up on the pitch” must translate into respect off the field, too.

Australia faces tough choices from aid to energy in a new world of government intervention in trade and industry.

Extradition for the WikiLeaks founder to the United States looks likely unless Anthony Albanese can persuade Joe Biden otherwise.

Even illegal fishing is politicised amid growing China-US tensions.

Australia should spend less time worrying about American strength – and more time thinking about its resolve.

The movie missed a chance to galvanise a renewed campaign, to better protect against existential danger than rely on sheer dumb luck.

New modelling confirms an early Lowy Institute conclusion that Beijing’s bluster would cause minimal economic damage.

Health and education are where Canberra can help Dili the most. But language barriers require thinking outside the box.

At the heart of Australia’s Westminster democracy is an eclectic, eccentric, DIY political system.

More than hot air, economics is the essence of national security in Australia’s resource deficient closest Asian partner.

Northern Australia has long been viewed as a strategic vulnerability. The latest Defence review socialises a different idea.

With a change in language, has Washington over-promised on its allies’ appetite for conflict with China?

A regional value chain for battery production – with Australia to process critical minerals and export these products – is too good a chance to ignore.

A security pact, but not as we know it. How a commitment to uplift software security will reap benefits for all.

Honiara has successfully leveraged strategic competition to meet its security interests but there are worrying signs of friction.

Australia and Indonesia may be riding together in a new electric diplomatic limo, but they still have separate roadmaps.

If the PM won’t provide more than a few military off-casts in support, sending back the top envoy should be an easy step.

When PMs weigh in on the “spirit”, you might start to wonder about the effect on oft-cited shared values.

Sovereignty concerns about the American deal will create additional hurdles for Australia-PNG Defence Treaty currently under negotiation.

Despite the flourishing bromance between Albanese and Jokowi, the Lowy Institute Poll shows an ongoing need to deepen public understanding and familiarity on both sides.

Confidence in the quality of traded goods and services relies on certification that agreed standards are met. That’s a regulation challenge, too.

The President has a roadmap for economic success that could also set bilateral relations on the right path.

A tumultuous couple of years in relations can settle to a new acceptance – seeing opportunities as well as risks.

The latest Lowy Poll should be a warning about the risk of not debating the end goal in a conflict.

Just like Pacific nations themselves, the public are waiting to see pledges by new government translated into outcomes.

The incoming High Commissioner has big shoes to fill after a remarkable time of rekindled relations.

The latest Lowy Institute Poll reveals Australians are no more convinced about the merits of the subs deal than last year.

Sustainable Aviation Fuel – whether for Defence or commercial aviation requirements – can help fix a national problem.

Education links are a weak spot in the Australia-Japan Special Strategic Partnership. Both countries can fix this.

The fallout from the Ben Roberts-Smith case is only the beginning of a reckoning about justice in war.

Modi won’t be prime minister for ever, so finding ways to air concerns now will actually strengthen relations long term.

Labor has adopted a status quo attitude to the world, lacking a vision for reshaping global affairs.

A record of abuses in conflicts from Ukraine to Africa makes designating the Russian group the right choice.

Australia must not to repeat the mistake of allowing the promise of trade to override a need to stand up for values.

Joe Biden won’t decide the future of the Quad. But he and the other engaged leaders can help foster it.

If stronger “people-to-people” links are the aim, experience from the world’s oldest living culture offers a guide.

The first disruption was to the business model of journalism. Australia has yet to heed the warning.  

New Zealand has dropped off the radar in modern strategic discussions despite the long history of trans-Tasman ties.

Bailing on Australia and PNG highlights the growing risk of disappointment when leaders are clambering to summits here, there, everywhere.

The referendum is a pivotal moment for global perceptions of Australia. Diplomats must be ready whatever the outcome.

The cost of development measures is being spread across government in creative ways, making coordination harder.

An integrated National Security Strategy could consider all the tools of statecraft rather than a defensive mindset.