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  • 6 Jul 2020
    • Trade
    • Australia
    • Indonesia

    Indonesia: Still caught between trade and protectionism

    Ben Bland
    There is little evidence Jokowi sees trade deals as a way to drive liberalising domestic economic reforms at home.
  • 6 Jul 2020
    • Australia
    • Technology
    • Coronavirus

    The cost of conspiracy in muddling public health messages

    Clare Murphy
    A Covid-19 outbreak in Victoria shows the need to counter hate speech, extremist content and misinformation online.
  • 3 Jul 2020
    • Australia
    • Myanmar
    • Cambodia
    • Indonesia
    • Thailand
    • Vietnam
    • Philippines
    • Southeast Asia
    • Coronavirus
    • Human rights

    Southeast Asian democracies in declining health amid Covid-19

    Melissa Crouch
    An illiberal turn across the region has been exacerbated by the pandemic. Australia should take note.
  • 2 Jul 2020
    • Global Economy
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australia
    • China
    • India
    • Coronavirus

    Economic diplomacy: Diversification dilemmas

    Greg Earl
    China, India and Australia are all dealing with the costs and risks of reshoring.
  • 2 Jul 2020
    • Defence & Security
    • Australia
    • Australia's Defence Challenges

    Defence Strategic Update 2020: A first assessment

    James Goldrick
    A candid assessment of Australia's challenges, but will the planned measures be enough?
  • 26 Jun 2020
    • United States
    • Australia

    Vale Owen Harries 1930–2020

    Michael Fullilove
    With admirable chutzpah, Owen believed he could influence the international relations of the most powerful country.
  • 26 Jun 2020
    • Australia

    Owen Harries: Never the ideologue

    Jacob Heilbrunn
    The Welsh-born Australian was a master controversialist who played a key role in Washington foreign policy debates.
  • 24 Jun 2020
    • India
    • Australia
    • Australian Public Opinion

    Australians look to India more – and don’t always like what they see

    Aarti Betigeri
    Doubts about Indian democracy and its politics suggest the Morrison government has some persuading to do.
  • 23 Jun 2020
    • Sustainability
    • United Nations
    • Australia
    • Coronavirus

    The goals for Australia to do better

    Leanne Smith , Claire E Brolan
    The Sustainable Development Goals are not only for poor nations – they offer a policy roadmap for Australia, too.
  • 22 Jun 2020
    • Australia
    • China
    • India

    Australia should support India in the Himalayas

    David Brewster
    If Canberra wants a “comprehensive strategic partnership” with New Delhi, some courageous steps are needed.
  • 19 Jun 2020
    • Asia
    • Australia
    • China

    Canberra vs Beijing: A response to Sam Roggeveen

    Alan Dupont
    Contrarian views are needed to assess the China risk. And we shouldn’t assume this century will be indisputably China’s.
  • 19 Jun 2020
    • Australia
    • Technology

    Morrison’s messages to the “sophisticated state-based cyber actor”

    Ben Scott
    The Prime Minister appears to be sending a warning – that Australia is on to you.
  • 17 Jun 2020
    • United States
    • Australia
    • China

    Canberra vs Beijing: A reply to Alan Dupont

    Sam Roggeveen
    We can’t base plans for the future on a chance China may fail. We are yet to internalise how successful it may be.
  • 17 Jun 2020
    • Multilateral Institutions
    • Australia
    • Coronavirus

    Marise Payne stakes a claim for cooperation

    Daniel Flitton
    The Foreign Minister’s China challenge will grab most attention – but what she said about multilateralism matters more.
  • 16 Jun 2020
    • Defence & Security
    • Global Issues
    • Australia

    It’s not OK: White supremacy and Australia’s security services

    Jennifer Percival
    A small gesture raises big questions about white supremacist ideology in Australian police and security forces.
  • 12 Jun 2020
    • Defence & Security
    • Europe
    • United States
    • Australia

    NATO: Rebranding exercise or new product launch?

    Gorana Grgic
    #NATO2030
  • 10 Jun 2020
    • Australia
    • Climate change
    • Coronavirus

    Climate change makes Covid-19 politics look easy

    Matt McDonald
    The coronavirus pandemic has led to all kinds of novel political calculations. Climate change needs even better ones.
  • 9 Jun 2020
    • Defence & Security
    • United States
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Australia
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • China

    The case for Australian strategic ambiguity

    Victor Abramowicz
    Loyalty has its place. But being a more uncertain ally can make you a better friend.
  • 4 Jun 2020
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • WTO
    • Australia
    • Coronavirus

    Economic diplomacy: Asian investment, super tension & the WTO hot seat

    Greg Earl
    World trade could be set to fall as much as 30% this year. Who is going to be in charge of fixing the problem?
  • 2 Jun 2020
    • India's Military
    • India-Australia Relations
    • Australian Air Force
    • Australia
    • India

    India-Australia strategic partnership: Leveraging aerospace capacity

    M Matheswaran
    The two countries have an opportunity to pursue air-power cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, where stability is essential.
  • 2 Jun 2020
    • United States
    • Australia
    • India
    • Japan

    Who really killed the Quad 1.0?

    Daniel Flitton
    Australia has borne the blame for sinking the first Quadrilateral Security Dialogue. The history is not so simple.
  • 2 Jun 2020
    • India
    • Australia

    Prospects for closer strategic ties between India and Australia

    Biren Nanda
    The partnership with Australia appears to lack the range and depth India has with other Quad partners.
  • 1 Jun 2020
    • Seychelles
    • Australia

    Seychelles: Truth, justice and Australia

    Ashton Robinson
    An Australian lawyer leads efforts to examine the political, human rights and legal legacy of a dictator.
  • 31 May 2020
    • Australia
    • Diplomacy
    • Multilateral Institutions
    • United States

    A G7+?

    Daniel Flitton
    Donald Trump’s offer to bring Australia into the G7 isn’t nearly so simple as pulling up a chair to the top table.
  • 22 May 2020
    • Middle East
    • Terrorism
    • Australia

    A Yazidi genocide trial commences – a Hezbollah ban contemplated

    Rodger Shanahan
    Two recent developments in Germany have implications for Australia’s security interests in the Middle East.
  • 22 May 2020
    • Trade
    • Australia
    • China

    Getting back to harvest: The way forward after China’s barley tariff

    Weihuan Zhou
    Australian growers are effectively banned from a huge market. But details of the decision show how it may be reversed.
  • 22 May 2020
    • United States
    • Australia
    • China
    • Coronavirus

    The battle for a Covid vaccine risks losing the “war”

    Geoff Kitney
    A quest to find the “magic bullet” is drawing dangerous political lines. Without cooperation, nobody wins.
  • 22 May 2020
    • Defence & Security
    • Australia
    • India

    Islands of opportunity: Where India and Australia can work together

    Darshana Baruah
    Joint access to Andaman and Nicobar islands and Cocos island offers a chance to extend patrols and strategic ties.
  • 21 May 2020
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Australia

    Economic diplomacy: Mood shift afoot

    Greg Earl
    Stung by the barley and meat export disputes with China, easy talk about diversifying export markets now gets real.
  • 20 May 2020
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australia
    • Indonesia
    • Human rights

    West Papua: Looking for an opening

    Johnny Blades
    Allowing more access would be an important first step to ending human rights abuses in the troubled Indonesian province.
  • 18 May 2020
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Australia
    • China

    The false dichotomy at the heart of Australia’s China debate

    Iain Henry
    The conventional wisdom emerging around “sovereignty” vs “surrender” may be more foolish than wise.
  • 15 May 2020
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australia
    • Coronavirus

    COVIDcast Episode 11: Dave Sharma MP on COVID-19 and Pacific relations

    Jonathan Pryke , Dave Sharma
    The latest episode in a podcast to discuss the implications of coronavirus for Australia, the region, and the world.
  • 14 May 2020
    • Australia
    • Technology
    • Singapore
    • Coronavirus
    • Human rights

    Covid-19 and the acceleration of state surveillance

    Muhammad Faizal Abdul Rahman
    The pandemic has suddenly made the unthinkable acceptable. Data and privacy may never be the same.
  • 14 May 2020
    • Public Opinion
    • Australia
    • Coronavirus

    Australians doubt either US or China will emerge stronger after Covid

    Natasha Kassam
    New Lowy polling shows Australians are disappointed in Beijing’s Covid-19 response and despairing about Washington’s.
  • 13 May 2020
    • Trade
    • WTO
    • Australia
    • China
    • Coronavirus

    In beef over barley, Chinese economic coercion cuts against the grain

    Darren Lim , Victor Ferguson
    Beijing has become adept at punishing countries with legally “dressed up” informal economic sanctions.
  • 12 May 2020
    • United States
    • Australia
    • Coronavirus

    For Australia, a testing friendship

    Daniel Flitton
    It’s not a question for polite conversation, but PMs will always wonder, just how reliable is Australia’s big ally?
  • 11 May 2020
    • Defence & Security
    • Australia

    What’s missing from the Strategic Update

    Sam Roggeveen
    Cute but not cuddly – the goal for defence should be to impose unacceptable costs on a predator that tries to attack.
  • 8 May 2020
    • Australia
    • Myanmar

    Under cover of Covid-19, conflict in Myanmar goes unchecked

    James Barklamb
    Repression and violence against ethnic minorities carries on, even in the face of international investigations.
  • 7 May 2020
    • United States
    • Australia
    • China
    • Coronavirus

    Wuhan lab claims: Is Australia questioning China? Or the US? Both?

    Sam Roggeveen , Natasha Kassam , Ben Scott
    Leaked claims, supposed intelligence dossiers, angry outbursts. Lowy experts look to make sense of a Covid controversy.
  • 7 May 2020
    • Global Economy
    • Australia
    • New Zealand
    • Coronavirus

    Economic diplomacy: Lifting the doona on a post-pandemic world

    Greg Earl
    Australia can boast success in containing the virus. But its economy may still shrink more than other G20 nations.
  • 7 May 2020
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australia
    • Coronavirus

    Creating a Pacific bubble

    Joe Rafalowicz
    Australia’s special ties with Pacific Islands and New Zealand offer a chance to ensure mutual safety and prosperity.
  • 5 May 2020
    • China's Economy
    • Australia
    • China
    • Coronavirus

    The prospects for China’s post–Covid-19 economy

    Rowan Callick
    Big questions loom around how China can jump-start growth after the coronavirus crisis and the US trade war.
  • 4 May 2020
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Australia
    • Papua New Guinea

    Notes on representing Australia in Papua New Guinea

    Ian Kemish
    A former High Commissioner to PNG reflects on the “high highs and low lows” of serving in a unique diplomatic role.
  • 30 Apr 2020
    • Diplomacy
    • Australia
    • China
    • Coronavirus

    Foresight and pragmatism missing in Australia’s relations with China

    Alistair Nicholas
    Beijing’s man in Canberra misjudged our tolerance for a bully. But why is Australia alone pushing for a Covid inquiry?
  • 29 Apr 2020
    • Australia
    • Technology
    • Coronavirus

    Back to the future: Keeping Australian air lines of communication open

    David Brewster
    Not for the first time Australia is cut off from the world. Government has an essential role in preserving a connection.
  • 24 Apr 2020
    • Australia
    • Coronavirus

    105 years on, a digital commemoration marks a very different Anzac Day

    Federica Caso
    Covid-19 might make traditional gatherings impractical, but individual commemoration was already gaining traction.
  • 20 Apr 2020
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australia
    • Coronavirus

    Australia needs a comprehensive plan for Covid-19 in the Pacific

    Pat Conroy
    A region of great power rivalry and critical to Australia’s physical security ­– that gave help when we needed it, too.
  • 17 Apr 2020
    • Diplomacy
    • Australia
    • Coronavirus

    International Covid cooperation: Lessons from HIV/AIDS

    Annmaree O’Keeffe
    Australia’s responded to the viral killer in the 1980s not only with health measures but a crucial diplomatic campaign.
  • 15 Apr 2020
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Australia
    • Indonesia
    • Coronavirus

    Australia should offer Indonesia crisis insurance ­– quickly

    Roland Rajah
    With little to no cost at home, a multi-billion “standby” loan will help restore economic confidence in a big neighbour.
  • 9 Apr 2020
    • Global Economy
    • Foreign Investment in Australia
    • Australia
    • Coronavirus

    Economic diplomacy: foreign investment under Covid, supply chain kinks

    Greg Earl
    Australia might worry about opportunistic takeover bids at home, but investment restrictions will hit the region more.
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