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  • 16 Aug 2024
    • Japan
    • South Korea
    • Australia
    • United States

    Farewell Fumio Kishida – regional foundations are stronger for your legacy

    Jane Hardy
    Too much focus on personality politics can obscure the enduring common interests between countries.
  • 16 Aug 2024
    • Southeast Asia
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security

    Interoperability: The missing link in Indo-Pacific security

    Jennifer Parker
    Settling on a definition of an overused buzzword is the first step for Australia to ensure successful military partnerships in Southeast Asia.
  • 15 Aug 2024
    • Australia
    • Intelligence and security
    • Terrorism

    Right-sizing the terror threat

    Ben Scott
    And living with risk.
  • 14 Aug 2024
    • China
    • Taiwan
    • Australia

    No, Taiwan is not PRC real estate

    Denny Roy
    There is no legal or moral justification to not support Taiwan’s survival as a democracy.
  • 14 Aug 2024
    • Australia
    • Diplomacy
    • Sex and Gender

    Wong’s century: A closer look at gender mix in Australia’s top diplomatic roles

    Daniel Flitton
    Female representation is near its highest. But some posts appear more equal than others.
  • 13 Aug 2024
    • Australia
    • Cyber Security
    • Digital Disruption
    • Technology

    Byte-sized diplomacy: Will governments ever reign in Big Tech?

    Miah Hammond-Errey
    Google took a hit in the courts last week, but the ruling might not be as important as the information revealed in the case.
  • 13 Aug 2024
    • Australia
    • Diplomacy
    • Climate change
    • Pacific Islands
    • The Americas

    Where to for Australia’s First Nations Foreign Policy?

    'Alopi Latukefu
    The climate is right to make environmental diplomacy a centrepiece of this new approach to the world.
  • 9 Aug 2024
    • Southeast Asia
    • Australia
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Energy
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    Is Australia too late to claim its green economy share?

    Trang Nguyen
    Playing a role in Southeast Asia’s green energy transition is an opportunity Australia must not let pass.
  • 8 Aug 2024
    • India
    • Australia
    • Energy
    • Resource security
    • Sustainability
    • Technology

    Mission possible: Making the most of Australia-India cooperation on critical minerals

    Titiksha Vashist , Zoe Jay Hawkins
    The Indian government has set itself a new ambition to meet green transition needs – and Australia is a perfect partner.
  • 6 Aug 2024
    • Australia
    • Global Economy

    Australian CEOs face a wave of geopolitical risks

    Philipp Ivanov
    The fences of trade restrictions are growing higher and the yards of national industry policies larger.
  • 5 Aug 2024
    • Australia
    • Australian Public Opinion
    • Defence & Security
    • Nuclear Weapons
    • Public Opinion
    • Public Opinion Polling

    Thinking the “unthinkable” again?

    Michael Clarke
    Security motivations alone rarely explain decisions to “go nuclear”. Australia’s history on the question is complex.
  • 2 Aug 2024
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Ukraine

    What Australia can learn from Ukraine's long-range strike weapons

    Mick Ryan
    Ukraine now has multiple options for strike operations at an affordable cost. This is exactly what the Australian Defence Force needs.
  • 1 Aug 2024
    • Australia
    • Islamic State
    • International law
    • War Crimes
    • Iraq
    • Syria

    The Yazidi still wait for justice

    Susan Hutchinson
    Australia also has obligations when its citizens are accused of the worst of all crimes.
  • 1 Aug 2024
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Diplomacy
    • Transnational Challenges

    Smuggling budgies? Australia’s fight against wildlife trafficking

    David M. Andrews
    Masters of soft diplomacy and flag-bearers for Aussie tourism, our native animals need all the protection they can get.
  • 26 Jul 2024
    • Australia
    • Diplomacy
    • Middle East
    • United States

    Remembering Martin Indyk, an American diplomat with Australian sensibilities

    The Interpreter
    “Few Australians have had such a large impact on the world, and for good”, said Lowy Institute Chairman Sir Frank Lowy.
  • 25 Jul 2024
    • Southeast Asia
    • Australia
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Geo-economics

    Economic diplomacy: Looking beyond a 30-year anomaly

    Greg Earl
    Divining economic statecraft is animating international relations roundtables but unnerving the money managers.
  • 23 Jul 2024
    • Asean
    • Indonesia
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security

    ASEAN centrality stands in the way of an Indonesia-Australia alliance

    Pia Dannhauer
    While Jakarta’s non-alignment approach makes a pact unlikely any time soon, common strategic objectives can still be achieved.
  • 16 Jul 2024
    • Australia
    • Technology

    Byte-sized diplomacy: Privacy is alive and clicking

    Miah Hammond-Errey
    The nature of a globally connected network means international solutions are needed – provided we don’t give up.
  • 16 Jul 2024
    • Australia
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    To pick winners, be willing to discard losers

    Stephen Grenville
    Converts to industry policy will find success by drawing on the experience of success in other countries.
  • 15 Jul 2024
    • India
    • Australia
    • Climate change
    • Sustainability

    Time to jumpstart Australia-India clean energy cooperation

    Lisa Singh , Ujjwal Krishna
    A clear understanding of the policies, capabilities and trade and investment opportunities will help regain momentum.
  • 10 Jul 2024
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Maritime Security
    • Technology

    Cable ties: Defending seabed lines of communication

    Samuel Bashfield
    Underwater vulnerabilities need to be far more prominent in the conversation.
  • 8 Jul 2024
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Europe

    The NATO summit in Washington will be critical to Australia’s interests

    Jane Hardy
    Prime Minister Anthony Albanese should have gone.
  • 5 Jul 2024
    • Australia
    • Global Economy
    • Global Issues
    • The Americas

    Why Australia needs more flights to Latin America

    Kazimier Lim
    Australia’s civil aviation sector needs to be an effective tool for connection and diplomacy in signalling political interests.
  • 4 Jul 2024
    • Indonesia
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security

    The time has come for an Australia‑Indonesia military pact

    Sam Roggeveen
    An effective alliance is founded on a common vital interest which can only be met together. Australia and Indonesia have one.
  • 3 Jul 2024
    • Australia
    • Cyber Security
    • Digital Disruption
    • Technology

    Byte-sized diplomacy: AI-enabled elections or deepfake democracy?

    Miah Hammond-Errey
    Having an election doesn’t guarantee a democracy, but you cannot have a democracy without an election.
  • 27 Jun 2024
    • Australia
    • Australia's Economy
    • Global Economy
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    Economic diplomacy: Ringfencing the Lucky Country

    Greg Earl
    Some key Australian economic figures are embracing the new economics of national resilience in distinctive ways.
  • 27 Jun 2024
    • Australia
    • Intelligence and security
    • Diplomacy
    • United Kingdom
    • United States

    Julian Assange: Some consular cases are more equal than others

    Ian Kemish
    It’s hard to think of a case that has consumed more official hours and dollars.
  • 27 Jun 2024
    • Australia
    • Intelligence and security
    • United States

    Assange’s guilty plea “crucial” for many in US intelligence community: James Clapper, former DNI

    James Clapper
    Justice has been served and an irritant in US relations with Australia resolved.
  • 27 Jun 2024
    • Aid & Development
    • Australia
    • Australian Foreign Aid
    • Africa

    Aid discrepancies: Australia’s modest help to the Horn of Africa

    Christopher Burke
    The optics of such a small aid package against significant need could undermine Australia’s image as a significant player in international humanitarian assistance.
  • 24 Jun 2024
    • Australia
    • Migration
    • Public Opinion

    Australians get the benefits of migration, even the doubters

    Emily Foley
    The latest Lowy Institute Poll captures the nuanced attitude of the public to a hotly contested political theme.
  • 24 Jun 2024
    • Japan
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia
    • Energy
    • Climate change
    • Sustainability

    Gas and the difficult path to net zero

    Stephen Grenville
    As a major supplier of global energy, Australia’s external challenges will be formidable.
  • 20 Jun 2024
    • Indonesia
    • Australia

    A Prabowo presidency will be good for Australian interests

    Max Walden
    Even though it might not be so for Indonesia’s democracy.
  • 19 Jun 2024
    • Australia
    • Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament
    • Nuclear Weapons

    Nuclear subs, nuclear power … could nuclear weapons be next?

    Daniel Flitton
    The Australian public has shown a willingness to go along with what was once unthinkable.
  • 19 Jun 2024
    • Aid & Development
    • Australia
    • Pacific Islands

    Is a new Australian police program what the Pacific needs?

    Danielle Watson
    Engagement on policing is crucial, but it must be regionally led.
  • 18 Jun 2024
    • Australia
    • Cyber Security
    • Technology

    Byte-sized diplomacy: Should Australia ban TikTok?

    Miah Hammond-Errey
    A new column to help understanding critical tech and national security.
  • 17 Jun 2024
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security

    Halfway, right: Australia’s approach to the Indian Ocean

    Samuel Bashfield
    The dividing line that splits the Indian Ocean in two is a pragmatic acknowledgement of Australia’s resources and strategy.
  • 12 Jun 2024
    • China
    • South China Sea
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security

    Deterring China’s military violence against Australians

    Peter Layton
    Options to respond should be made clear before the worst happens.
  • 11 Jun 2024
    • China
    • Australia
    • Energy
    • Resource security
    • Trade
    • Technology

    Rare earths vs rarer resources: Global ripples from Australia’s divestment decision

    Marina Yue Zhang
    Climate change is a challenge China and the United States are fighting together, making technological cooperation key.
  • 7 Jun 2024
    • Australia
    • United States

    Malcolm Turnbull makes a call to global leaders with advice on Trump

    Daniel Flitton
    Memories of an infamous falling-out have a former PM offering lessons.
  • 6 Jun 2024
    • India
    • Australia

    Modi 3.0: What India's election means for Australia and the world

    Lisa Singh
    Governing in coalition, the BJP may need to soften its hardline tactics to deepen ties with its strategic partners.
  • 5 Jun 2024
    • China
    • Australia
    • Global Economy
    • Public Opinion
    • United States

    The China alibi

    Jenny Gordon
    A geopolitical contest between the United States and China should not stop Australians assessing their own economic interests.
  • 4 Jun 2024
    • India
    • Australia
    • Public Opinion

    The brakes on Australia’s ambition with India

    Daniel Flitton
    The biggest challenge is convincing the public to turn up the temperature on a lukewarm relationship.
  • 4 Jun 2024
    • Philippines
    • South China Sea
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Public Opinion

    Not in the same boat? Perceptions of the Australia-Philippines security partnership

    Rahman Yaacob
    The closer and growing defence ties between the countries doesn’t appear to have permeated the public mind yet.
  • 3 Jun 2024
    • Australia
    • Pacific Islands
    • Public Opinion

    Australians watching Pacific with concern and care

    Meg Keen
    Chinese influence and Pacific migration pathways are on Australian minds this year, according to latest Lowy Institute Poll.
  • 3 Jun 2024
    • Australia
    • Public Opinion

    Lowy Institute Poll: The world according to Australians

    Ryan Neelam
    Looking over two decades of polling numbers, a nuanced view emerges about the changing international context.
  • 29 May 2024
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security

    Conscription doesn’t work for Australia

    William Leben , Tom Richardson
    It’s not clear how any national service scheme works if it isn’t compulsory, and compulsion is politically poisonous.
  • 29 May 2024
    • India
    • India's Economy
    • Australia
    • Australia's Economy
    • Trade

    A growth agenda for India-Australia economic ties

    Soumya Bhowmick , Nilanjana Das
    Recent steps forward on the trade front have also cleared the way for greater ambition in the partnership.
  • 28 May 2024
    • Australia
    • Australia's Economy
    • Defence & Security

    The cultural change needed to align security and economics

    Jennifer Jackett
    How the world works has changed, and so must we.
  • 24 May 2024
    • India
    • Japan
    • Philippines
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Quad
    • United States

    The “Squad” is a welcome spin-off, but the Quad is the main game

    Rahul Mishra
    India might not perfectly align with its partners in the minilateral group but its Indo-Pacific heft is much greater than that of the Philippines.
  • 24 May 2024
    • Aid & Development
    • Australia
    • Global Issues

    Should foreign aid be the government’s responsibility?

    Clay O’Brien
    A fair-go means everyone pitching in to help those in need. Plenty of options exist, if we choose to use them.
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