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  • 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.
  • 2 Aug 2024
    • Asean
    • Malaysia
    • BRICS

    Will Malaysia build ASEAN with BRICS?

    Shankaran Nambiar
    As the next chair of the Southeast Asian grouping, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will likely share the concerns of his new BRICS partners.
  • 1 Aug 2024
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Migration

    Nationalism vs globalism: Making the case for Indonesian dual citizenship

    Alldo Fellix Januardy , Agata Jacqueline Paramesvari
    A lack of rights for Indonesians living and working abroad means they cannot truly be citizens of the world.
  • 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.
  • 31 Jul 2024
    • China
    • China's Government
    • Hong Kong
    • Human rights
    • International law

    Long arm of the law: China’s extraterritorial reach

    Danielle Ireland-Piper
    Political as much as legal considerations dictate the way Beijing exercises its laws – from Hong Kong to beyond.
  • 31 Jul 2024
    • Europe
    • European Union
    • Energy
    • Environment
    • Sustainability
    • Technology

    Charging up: Europe’s bid for renewable energy independence

    Nina Marković Khaze
    A new deal with Serbia for one of the world's largest lithium mines is about breaking China’s stranglehold on the market.
  • 31 Jul 2024
    • Cyber Security
    • Intelligence and security
    • Technology

    Australia’s big tech defence cloud: Too big to fail?

    Cynthia Mehboob
    Trusting the country’s digital defence capabilities to one company is a potential threat to national security.
  • 30 Jul 2024
    • E-diplomacy
    • Digital Disruption
    • Technology

    Byte-sized diplomacy: Lessons from when the computer says no

    Miah Hammond-Errey
    The Blue Screen of Death outage this month underscores the need for a multilateral fix to vulnerable digital systems – and maybe more.
  • 30 Jul 2024
    • Aid & Development
    • Pacific Islands
    • Sex and Gender

    Gender equality, the Pacific way

    Mercy Masta , Elisabeth Jackson
    “Using culture to change culture” is how to make real progress in addressing a longstanding regional challenge.
  • 30 Jul 2024
    • Global Economy
    • Global Financial Crisis
    • Trade
    • United States
    • US Economy

    Made in the USA: America’s gambit to reclaim industrial primacy

    Jack Goldsmith
    Dominance in next-generation industry relies on people and partnerships to short-circuit China’s leading edge.
  • 29 Jul 2024
    • Energy
    • Resource security
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability
    • Technology

    Critical minerals, critical decisions

    Shannon Hobbs , Fiona David
    A new UN panel can help ensure the social and environmental risks of the energy transition are better understood.
  • 29 Jul 2024
    • Aid & Development

    The tricky delivery of aid and access in conflicts and crises

    Grace Stanhope
    Gaza is only the latest example of the logistical challenges in providing humanitarian relief.
  • 29 Jul 2024
    • Pacific Islands
    • New Caledonia

    The unheard potential of moderate voices in New Caledonia’s crisis

    Catherine Wilson
    Hope for a “common destiny” is not yet lost despite the violent unrest and hardening views.
  • 26 Jul 2024
    • Middle East Conflict
    • Middle East
    • United States

    Martin Indyk, peacemaker

    Ben Scott
    A scholar, a statesman, and a relentless policy entrepreneur. Above all, he was committed to a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian dispute.
  • 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.
  • 26 Jul 2024
    • G20
    • Sustainability
    • Sex and Gender

    Bring women to the table to talk ocean sustainability

    Cherry Hitkari , Genevieve Donnellon-May
    The upcoming G20 summit in Brazil must focus on what has so far remained neglected – women’s experience of ocean challenges.
  • 26 Jul 2024
    • United States
    • US Elections

    Deadpool & Wolverine can rescue America from Trump

    Daniel Flitton
    A superhero film to save a country in danger.
  • 26 Jul 2024
    • China
    • China's Government
    • Taiwan

    Why Taiwan should embrace multiculturalism

    Grant Wyeth
    With a birth rate below replacement level, Taipei has many reasons to boost its workforce from Southeast Asia.
  • 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.
  • 25 Jul 2024
    • Asean
    • Southeast Asia
    • Human rights
    • Migration

    Child marriage in Southeast Asia: When a harmful practice becomes an international crime

    Leisha Lister , Indira Rosenthal
    ASEAN can lead the way in tackling a practice that regularly results in the trafficking of persons.
  • 25 Jul 2024
    • Asean
    • Bangladesh
    • India
    • Myanmar
    • Asylum seekers and refugees

    Could BIMSTEC be the answer to the Myanmar question?

    Arkoprabho Hazra
    With a new charter and fresh ambition, a little-known regional organisation has as big summit coming up in September.
  • 24 Jul 2024
    • China
    • United States

    Don’t expect Trump 2.0 to be so tough on China

    Ben Scott
    Past behaviour is the best guide to future conduct.
  • 24 Jul 2024
    • France

    Rain in the Seine would be an Olympic-sized pain

    Neeraj Singh Manhas
    But the effort to clean up the famous waterway in Paris could hold international lessons.
  • 24 Jul 2024
    • Diplomacy
    • Review

    Shakespeare as life coach

    Mark Pierce
    Two new books examine how the Bard’s wit and wisdom can serve as guides for modern day policy and prophecy.
  • 24 Jul 2024
    • Europe
    • European Union
    • Ukraine
    • United Kingdom

    Good vibes only: Can Starmer make the European Political Community work?

    Elizabeth Ames
    Europe’s newest strategic forum has the chance to rally regional leaders around common defence and security challenges.
  • 23 Jul 2024
    • United States
    • US Elections

    America’s election: It’s not foreign policy, stupid

    Victoria Cooper
    For all the noise of the campaign, the next few months will be a quiet time in America’s approach to international affairs.
  • 23 Jul 2024
    • Iran

    The curious international silence about Iran’s new reformist president

    Kourosh Ziabari
    A surprise victory in elections hasn’t raised international hopes of change, even if that was the message Iranian people intended to send at the ballot box.
  • 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.
  • 22 Jul 2024
    • United States
    • US Elections

    Bye Biden

    Daniel Flitton
    The rollercoaster quality of politics and political coverage seems to ensure the head-jerks will continue.
  • 22 Jul 2024
    • China
    • Europe's Economy
    • European Union

    A weaker Europe on China – at the worst time

    Dominique Fraser
    European governments increasingly wary of the popular turn against incumbents will be more susceptible to economic inducements and pressure from Beijing.
  • 22 Jul 2024
    • Japan
    • South Korea
    • United States

    Japan, South Korea and United States: Let’s hope for a robust, lasting pact

    Jane Hardy
    The new framework for security cooperation will have important consequences for the region – if it survives domestic politics among the partners.
  • 22 Jul 2024
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • International law

    The deadly consequences of misclassifying foreign fighters in Ukraine

    Shannon Bosch
    Russia calls them mercenaries to deny international legal protections. Accountability is essential.
  • 19 Jul 2024
    • China
    • Diplomacy
    • Russia
    • BRICS
    • Human rights
    • International law
    • Multilateral Institutions

    Does democracy still matter in the ‘New Cold War’ between the US and China?

    Sushil Aaron
    Contradictions between the two models of governance make coexistence among superpowers difficult.
  • 19 Jul 2024
    • International law
    • United Nations
    • Space exploration

    Rising tensions over outer space – a new diplomatic hot zone

    Rebecca Connolly
    There is concern over the growing threat of space and counterspace weapon capabilities.
  • 19 Jul 2024
    • Southeast Asia
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    The uncertain future for Southeast Asia’s great sea nomads

    Mohd. Yunus
    The seafaring tribes that crisscross the region’s waters are vital to ocean conservation but climate change is taking a toll.
  • 18 Jul 2024
    • Japan
    • Philippines
    • Defence & Security

    Philippines-Japan security pact puts China on notice

    Richard Javad Heydarian
    Though both nations recognise the indispensability of Washington, they are also hedging against future uncertainties.
  • 18 Jul 2024
    • Iran

    IRGC Navy flexes its long-range threat capability

    Jonathan Campbell-James
    Converted container ships might not last long in a hot war, but could vastly expand the range of trouble that Iran seeks to stir.
  • 18 Jul 2024
    • Japan
    • Quad
    • Technology

    Japan’s 5G ambitions with the Quad

    Kieran Thompson
    Tokyo is using the four-way grouping to champion its local tech companies against behemoths from Europe and China.
  • 17 Jul 2024
    • China
    • China's Military
    • South China Sea
    • Defence & Security
    • Maritime Security

    Moving beyond the grey zone: The case for ICAD

    Adam Lockyer , Yves-Heng Lim , Courtney J Fung
    Why some Indo-Pacific nations are renaming the place between peace and war.
  • 17 Jul 2024
    • Asia
    • United States

    Has Biden “checkmated” China?

    Susannah Patton
    The President is rightly proud of having bolstered US alliances. But claims of beating China are overreach.
  • 17 Jul 2024
    • Australian Navy
    • Defence & Security

    A second suitable piece of real estate

    John Blaxland
    The geostrategic significance of revamped submarine facilities off the WA coast echoes its utility from 80 years back.
  • 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.
  • 16 Jul 2024
    • Pacific Islands

    The role for Pacific media in charting a pragmatic global outlook

    Shailendra Bahadur Singh , Amit Sarwal
    Journalism from the region is essential in shaping views of the region.
  • 15 Jul 2024
    • United States
    • US Elections

    Trump attack will bolster his dark vision of America

    Lydia Khalil
    For a candidate that has themselves incited violence while playing the victim, Trump now clearly is the victim.
  • 15 Jul 2024
    • Europe's Economy
    • European Union
    • United Kingdom
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Trade
    • WTO

    What next for UK trade relations with the EU?

    Justin Brown
    The ushering in of new blood in Westminster promises less ideology on trade, but no fewer red lines.
  • 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.
  • 14 Jul 2024
    • United States

    Immediate questions after the attack on Trump

    Daniel Flitton
    Fairly or not, blame for political violence will now be levelled by both sides.
  • 12 Jul 2024
    • Defence & Security
    • Europe

    NATO’s collective power – and Australia’s role

    Jane Hardy
    Moscow should be alarmed.
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