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  • 29 Nov 2024
    • Asia
    • China
    • Japan
    • Malaysia
    • South Korea
    • Australia
    • United Kingdom
    • United States

    As traditional “Anglo” international education destinations falter, Asia-Pacific countries look closer to home

    Angela Lehmann
    Chinese students are largely driving the surge in international students choosing universities across the region.
  • 26 Nov 2024
    • Australia
    • Migration

    How Australia risks losing global talent

    Intifar Chowdhury
    High costs and closed doors means Australia could lose its value as a destination of choice.
  • 22 Nov 2024
    • India
    • Australia

    This summer, could Australia vs India take cricket’s greatest rivalry out of the Anglosphere?

    Aarti Betigeri
    Talk of cricket diplomacy often prompts a collective eyeroll. Only, it cuts through.
  • 21 Nov 2024
    • Japan
    • Australia
    • Space exploration

    Working together in space can enhance worldly ties between Australia and Japan

    Andre Kwok , Cassandra Steer
    And the region stands to benefit, too.
  • 20 Nov 2024
    • Australia
    • United States

    She won’t be right: Trump’s return and Australia’s red lines

    Ben Scott
    The lessons from his first term hold limited relevance for what is on the way.
  • 18 Nov 2024
    • India
    • Australia

    Why India’s festive season could hold the key to soft power gains

    Aarti Betigeri
    Governments the world over are harnessing the positivity of the Indian festival of lights.
  • 14 Nov 2024
    • Australia
    • Australia's Economy
    • Free Trade
    • Trade
    • United States
    • US Economy

    Economic diplomacy: It’s populists vs plutocrats in Trump Take 2

    Greg Earl
    Australia’s hopes of a modest economic impact from the Trump administration’s actions will require navigating the financial tensions at its heart.
  • 14 Nov 2024
    • Australia
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Climate change

    Who holds a hose? Climate change as a national security risk in Australian federalism

    Danielle Ireland-Piper
    The lines on a map might not be the sole legal determinant for an effective response to disasters and the consequences of climate change.
  • 11 Nov 2024
    • Australia
    • Sex and Gender

    Study exposes gender gap in foreign affairs reporting

    Andrea Carson
    Not only with male reporters, but the experts likely to be quoted or appear on opinion pages.
  • 11 Nov 2024
    • Indonesia
    • Australia

    The cost of Albanese skipping Prabowo’s inauguration

    Susannah Patton
    Bilateral ties won’t be adversely affected, but errors like this change the way Australia is seen in the region.
  • 8 Nov 2024
    • Australia
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Climate change

    Climate calamity: The fine line between fact and fiction

    Tom Barber
    A post-apocalyptic Australia, ravaged by unliveable temperatures, isn’t that far-fetched.
  • 7 Nov 2024
    • Australia
    • United States

    Penny Wong is quizzed about Trump, again, again and again

    Daniel Flitton
    And her main message was to be confident about Australia.
  • 6 Nov 2024
    • China
    • Australia
    • Energy
    • Resource security
    • BRICS

    New players on the bloc: Is BRICS+ a critical challenge?

    Marina Yue Zhang
    A growing roster of countries lined up in the grouping carries implications for Australia’s minerals policy.
  • 31 Oct 2024
    • Australia
    • Cyber Security
    • Technology

    This is what elections look like in 2024: Is Australia ready?

    Meg Tapia
    “Deepfakes”, “weaponisation” and “covert campaigns” are surely not the terms that should be most associated with democracy.
  • 30 Oct 2024
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security

    Costs vs benefits in Pat Conroy's new missile age

    Sam Roggeveen
    Missiles are expensive, and the further they need to travel, the dearer they get. That should be good news for Australia.
  • 30 Oct 2024
    • Aid & Development
    • Australia
    • Australian Foreign Aid

    Pooled funds give Australia’s new humanitarian strategy a boost

    Grace Stanhope
    Flexibility is essential when responding to a crisis – especially those far from home.
  • 24 Oct 2024
    • Asia
    • Australia

    Australia: Migration no easy fix for Asia literacy

    Leigh Howard
    The business community – not just those exporting or operating within the region – needs to keep pace with the scale of change.
  • 23 Oct 2024
    • Australia
    • Pacific Islands

    The Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme is helping some workers but harming others – it needs to be reformed

    Matt Withers
    Lopsided economic benefits are intimately linked to prevailing conditions of employment.
  • 22 Oct 2024
    • Australia
    • Cyber Security
    • Technology

    Understanding technology as an ecosystem is the first step to tackling online harms

    Miah Hammond-Errey
    Misinformation and disinformation are not challenges in isolation.
  • 21 Oct 2024
    • Australia
    • Pacific Islands
    • Papua New Guinea

    PNG’s NRL bid: Making the most of the high-stakes game

    Oliver Nobetau
    Accountability is not just a question for donors but for the recipient country, too.
  • 18 Oct 2024
    • Indonesia
    • Australia

    How Australia’s foreign student cap could erode its regional influence: An Indonesian view

    Hangga Fathana
    Indonesians educated in Australian universities include senior ministers and officials. Goodwill has its own value.
  • 18 Oct 2024
    • Aid & Development
    • Australia
    • Australian Foreign Aid
    • Pacific Islands

    Can Australia’s new Humanitarian Policy deliver?

    Meg Keen
    The effort is laudable, and a step in the right direction, with more ambition and local engagement needed.
  • 16 Oct 2024
    • Cambodia
    • Australia

    Caught between giants: Why Cambodia looks to Australia

    Chhay Lim , Genevieve Donnellon-May
    With Phnom Penh aiming to diversify its strategic options, Canberra seems like a good bet.
  • 15 Oct 2024
    • Australia
    • Diplomacy
    • Papua New Guinea

    Three unanswered questions for Australia’s PNG Rugby League dream

    Hugh Piper
    Could Australian diplomacy enter novel terrain: professional sports administration?
  • 14 Oct 2024
    • Australia
    • Migration

    Amid a global aged care labour shortage, how will Australia address the challenge?

    Sophia Kagan
    International experience holds compelling lessons and points to important risks.
  • 14 Oct 2024
    • Aid & Development
    • Australia
    • Papua New Guinea

    How Australia can get better results in Papua New Guinea

    Peter O’Neill
    A former prime minister offers a frank appraisal of the neighbourly relationship.
  • 9 Oct 2024
    • Australia

    Peter Varghese on “constraining” China

    Daniel Flitton
    The former DFAT secretary captures a tension that bedevils Australian policy makers.
  • 8 Oct 2024
    • Australia
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Defence & Security
    • Europe

    Does Finland’s "total defence" doctrine hold lessons for Australia?

    Grant Wyeth
    Liberal democracy doesn’t defend itself. The Finns know a thing or two about protecting it.
  • 27 Sep 2024
    • Australia
    • Emerging Threats
    • Coronavirus
    • Transnational Challenges
    • United Nations

    Is the world ready for its next big health crisis?

    Rebecca Wakerman Powell
    Antimicrobial resistance will test global responses to health security, just as Covid-19 did.
  • 27 Sep 2024
    • Australia
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Climate change

    The logic of first mover disadvantage: Why Australia won’t save the planet

    Mark Beeson
    Acting on climate change will inescapably involve sacrifices for the collective good.
  • 26 Sep 2024
    • India
    • Japan
    • Australia
    • Quad
    • United States

    The Quad has solid foundations

    Kieran Thompson
    Questions of the group’s future after the leaders’ summit are misguided.
  • 26 Sep 2024
    • Australia
    • Africa

    Australia needs to take Africa seriously – really, this time

    Matthew Neuhaus
    Substantive engagement with the world’s next powerhouse region won’t carry big cost but will earn major returns.
  • 25 Sep 2024
    • Australia
    • Digital Disruption
    • Technology

    Byte-sized diplomacy: On social media for young people, Australia needs to aim higher

    Miah Hammond-Errey
    We have an opportunity to develop a social media approach for young people that is worthy of global export.
  • 24 Sep 2024
    • Asia
    • Asean
    • Timor-Leste
    • Australia

    Timor-Leste joins the Asia Power Index

    Jack Sato , Susannah Patton
    Despite its small size, the Southeast Asian nation should not be underestimated.
  • 23 Sep 2024
    • Australia
    • Diplomacy
    • Public Opinion
    • United States

    Out of the way, USA

    Mark Pierce
    Focus on the United States might well reduce our bandwidth for what is going on in other regions.
  • 19 Sep 2024
    • Australia
    • Australian immigration
    • Migration

    International students: Australia has a good problem that may not last

    Frank Yuan
    Australia’s economic prospects and soft power may become the collateral damage of a narrow domestic debate.
  • 12 Sep 2024
    • Australia
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Australia's Economy
    • Pacific Islands

    The real risks of exploitation for Pacific workers in Australia

    Sophia Kagan
    While neither blackbirding nor systemic modern slavery, the PALM scheme has many loopholes that should be addressed.
  • 11 Sep 2024
    • Indonesia
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security

    A step, not a leap: Assessing the Indonesia-Australia Defence Cooperation Agreement

    Yohanes Sulaiman
    As a statement of neighbourly ties, the deal is a good one. But temper expectations.
  • 11 Sep 2024
    • Australia
    • Cyber Security
    • Technology

    Byte-sized diplomacy: The search for safe AI

    Miah Hammond-Errey
    How can Australia improve public trust in AI and what can Australia contribute to global AI safety efforts?
  • 9 Sep 2024
    • Cambodia
    • China
    • Indonesia
    • Japan
    • Malaysia
    • Southeast Asia
    • Thailand
    • Australia
    • Australia and Asia

    China’s rise in Southeast Asia is bringing in a golden age for Australia

    Susannah Patton
    Disquiet about Beijing’s growing presence is motivating countries across the region to seek deeper cooperation with Canberra.
  • 6 Sep 2024
    • Australia
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • International law
    • Transnational Challenges

    Russian sanctions: Why has Australia stayed quiet on reparations?

    Anton Moiseienko
    With strong rule of law credentials and expertise, Canberra should use its advantage in responses to war.
  • 5 Sep 2024
    • Asia
    • Southeast Asia
    • Australia
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    Economic diplomacy: Taking sides for an election

    Greg Earl
    From ANZUS, Indonesia, regional business and media reporting, Penny Wong seems to have legacy in mind.
  • 4 Sep 2024
    • Aid & Development
    • Australia
    • Multilateral Development Banks

    Australia should make a strategic investment in the World Bank

    Roland Rajah , Georgia Hammersley
    Geostrategic competition makes the multilateral advantage more vital than ever, especially in the Pacific.
  • 3 Sep 2024
    • Australia
    • Africa

    Australia needs to boost its engagement with Africa, but not for the reasons advocates say we should

    Kate O’Shaughnessy
    Africa’s demographic story won’t necessarily translate to economic opportunities for Australia. But the geopolitical tale matters more.
  • 2 Sep 2024
    • China
    • Australia
    • Resource security
    • Technology
    • United States

    Antimony: The hidden metal fuelling global competition

    Marina Yue Zhang
    China’s latest critical mineral restrictions have caught attention – but mooted solutions might not deliver.
  • 2 Sep 2024
    • Australia
    • Diplomacy
    • Public Opinion

    The patriot’s virtue in bringing the world back home

    Mark Pierce
    Whether gauging global attitudes or assessing international interests, it pays to think first of home.
  • 28 Aug 2024
    • Australia
    • Diplomacy
    • Human rights
    • International law
    • Migration

    Maid in Australia: When international relations and industrial law collide

    Daniel Flitton
    Two recent court cases have raised uncomfortable questions about diplomatic immunity.
  • 28 Aug 2024
    • Australia
    • Pacific Islands
    • Tuvalu

    The Falepili Union: A Pacific response to the greatest global challenges

    Pat Conroy
    A world-first treaty with Australia ensures Tuvalu’s statehood will continue, even in the face of a climate catastrophe.
  • 22 Aug 2024
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Australia
    • Australia's Economy
    • Trade

    Economic diplomacy: Playing defence with Prabowo

    Greg Earl
    New security cooperation with Indonesia does not make up for the slow progress in building fresh economic links.
  • 19 Aug 2024
    • Australia
    • Migration
    • Multiculturalism

    Labor squanders a multicultural mandate

    Emily Foley
    An emphasis on border protection can overshadow the social and economic benefits of migration.
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