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14 Nov 2018
Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting

Australia
International broadcasting: raising Australia’s Pacific voice

Ian Macintosh , Bruce Dover

The solution isn’t to simply transmit, or worse, dump Australian content on unsuspecting regional audiences.
13 Nov 2018
Australia

China
Signalling a whole-of-Australia approach to China

Andrew Forrest

A federal system of government actively discourages state participation in foreign policy, this needs to change.
12 Nov 2018
Terrorism

Australia
Bourke Street: debating terrorism

Rodger Shanahan

Too often, the same debates dominate in the wake of a suspected terrorism attack, offering too little insight.
12 Nov 2018
Australia
Where the new US envoy fits in the ambassadorial type

Alan C. Tidwell

The nomination of Culvahouse leaves begging the question what kind of ambassador will he be?
1 Nov 2018
Pacific Islands

Australia
Labor’s ambitions in the Pacific

Jenny Hayward-Jones

Australia’s politicians are yet to explain why Pacific nations would want only one partner.
1 Nov 2018
Defence & Security

Australia
“Would you like thanks with that?”

Rodger Shanahan

Veterans are already well supported before shoehorning an American tradition to Australia and ignores service of others.
31 Oct 2018
Australia

China
Melbourne joins the Belt-and-Road

Nick Bisley

Maybe a state-level decision will be a circuit-breaker for Australia’s befuddled approach to China’s signature policy.
30 Oct 2018
Australia
Bill Shorten takes on the world

Kelsey Munro

It’s not Australia going it alone, but the Labor leader wants to chart a more independent course in foreign policy.
23 Oct 2018
United States

Australia

China
Friends like these … allies and the Pence speech

Iain Henry

The US may have to adjust its goals and means to obtain full allied support for its China policy, and what about Trump?
16 Oct 2018
Australia

Israel
Australia’s Israel-Palestine conflict

Daniel Flitton

This is actually one of those rare issues in Australian foreign policy where the two major parties quite often disagree.
15 Oct 2018
Australia
Encryption does not create privilege

Bret Walker

Eavesdropping, colloquially, has a bad name, but when justified by law and properly regulated, what’s the objection?
10 Oct 2018
Australia

Papua New Guinea
Australia-PNG: relationships are what matter

Ian Kemish

The size of the aid cheque is no where near as significant as personal connections and sustained neighbourly attention.
5 Oct 2018
Australia

Japan
Japan’s advice to Australia to co-exist with China

Yuichi Takatsuka

Stay firm and don’t be swayed by Beijing’s emotional accusations should be Shinzo Abe’s lessons for Scott Morrison.
2 Oct 2018
Australia
Indian migrants in Australia find political voice

Sukhmani Khorana

Not all migrants will be vocal about racism, but what is not recorded by polls might still register in a secret ballot.
28 Sep 2018
United States

Australia
Time to fill the big hole in US-Australia ties

Alan C. Tidwell

Arguments that Australia can relax about not having a US ambassador put a brave face on what is a missed opportunity.
28 Sep 2018
Diplomacy

Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting

Australia
Not just a pretty place: Australia’s soft power

Damien Spry

Australia's soft power review should focus on diaspora and international audiences, not indices.
21 Sep 2018
Australia's Trade

Australia
Spilt milk: protecting exports during drought

Tristan Kenderdine

Helping Australian dairy farmers in hard times is a job for insurance, not subsidies that could have international cost.
18 Sep 2018
Australia
The case for a foreign aid tsar

Jonathan Pryke

Creating a high-profile position with sole responsibility for the aid program would help balance competing priorities.
14 Sep 2018
Pacific Islands

Australia
We already have an agricultural visa

Stephen Howes

Existing Pacific and Timor Leste programs already meet the labour needs of Australian farms – so why change?
13 Sep 2018
Australia
What Canberra’s turmoil means for foreign policy

Allan Gyngell

Scott Morrison’s new government shows considerable continuity in both personnel and approach for Australia in the world.
11 Sep 2018
Australia

China

Papua New Guinea
PNG: new friend versus old, APEC and polio

Annmaree O’Keeffe

Australia and China are playing out an aid-funded geostrategic dance, with Port Moresby the chosen venue.
4 Sep 2018
Pacific Islands

Australia
Regional security dilemma in the Pacific

Jenny Hayward-Jones

Pacific leaders are openly despairing of Australia’s climate change policy and markedly differ on security priorities.
30 Aug 2018
Australia

Indonesia

Malaysia
Economic diplomacy: Indonesia, trade deals and TPP

Greg Earl

After a breakthrough with Jakarta, will Aussie-trained Indonesian workers be welcomed into Australia to improve skills?
30 Aug 2018
Australia
Australia right to question Manning visa

Rodger Shanahan

Manning is not a whistleblower. She is someone convicted of espionage who was given a long prison sentence.
29 Aug 2018
Australia
Julie Bishop: buffeted by headwinds

James Curran

Bishop struggled at times to find the right tone in response to an inward-looking America and a muscular China.
28 Aug 2018
Australia
No, Australia has not caught the Trump bug

Sam Roggeveen

Rather than an outsider, Peter Dutton is a party loyalist who tried to rescue his party against a wealthy outsider.
27 Aug 2018
Australia
Julie Bishop and her place in the history books

Alex Oliver

Her achievements lie in the goals she chose to pursue, which she then pursued with determination and rigour.
24 Aug 2018
Australia
The world won’t wait for Scott Morrison

Daniel Flitton

After an extraordinary week at home, the new PM will need to contend with a pressing international calendar.
24 Aug 2018
Australia

China
Huawei in Australia: the 5G fear

Elliott Zaagman

Blocking Chinese telecommunications firms from the new mobile network again exposes a wider trust problem.
23 Aug 2018
Australia
How Peter Dutton changes Australian foreign policy

Daniel Flitton

He could soon be leading the country in volatile times but what does Peter Dutton think of the world beyond the border?
21 Aug 2018
Australia

Papua New Guinea
Prime Ministerial persistence: Australia vs PNG

Shane McLeod

So much for the “arc of instability”, a PM in Port Moresby now outlasts an Australian counterpart.
21 Aug 2018
Australia
Malcolm Turnbull: ruling the void

Sam Roggeveen

There is a malaise in Western politics of which Australia’s instability is merely one symptom.
15 Aug 2018
Australia
Wisdom of strangers: tackling racism in Australia

Daniel Flitton

Many nations suffer fools and Fraser Anning is merely the latest to spout prejudice under the guise of policy.
14 Aug 2018
Asia

Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting

Australia
Diplomacy in the post-broadcasting era

Wanning Sun

Projecting Australia’s interests now demands a very different suite of approaches from those of days gone by.
14 Aug 2018
United States

Australia
Who has been best for Australia: Trump or Obama?

Stephen Grenville

It should concern Australia that Trump treats his potential enemies better than his loyal long-time friends.
8 Aug 2018
Australia
Tips for DFAT: how to Facebook

Damien Spry

So much digital diplomacy is lost to the ether, but a few posts, in a few surprising places, are a real hit.
6 Aug 2018
Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting

Australia
International broadcasting: not so simple as ABC

Ian Macintosh , Bruce Dover

Australia’s future international public broadcasting should be placed in the hands of a new independent body.
2 Aug 2018
Asean

Australia

China
ASEAN might not be the way

Milton Osborne

Several Southeast Asian nations fall short of adhering to a “rules-based order” and may not be the hedge against China.
1 Aug 2018
Australia

New Zealand
NZ and Australia: Big Brothers or Distant Cousins?

Jon Fraenkel , Katharine Woolrych

New Zealand needs to stamp an identity on its new Pacific policy.
1 Aug 2018
Terrorism

Australia
Managing the release of convicted terrorists

Dirk van Graver

Australia is trialling new rehabilitation programs that balance the rights of convicted terrorists with public safety.
31 Jul 2018
Australia

New Zealand
When friends disagree: New Zealand and Australia

Robert Ayson

While New Zealand’s Prime Minister has been on leave, a new chapter in trans-Tasman relations has begun.
30 Jul 2018
Australia

Timor-Leste
Julie Bishop’s new Timor-Leste chapter

Sophie Raynor

Tension remains between Australia and its neighbour despite the minister’s optimistic words.
27 Jul 2018
Australia

Iran
Bomb, bomb Iran

Rodger Shanahan

Bombing Iran has been spoken of, allegedly planned and threatened for years, but there is no sign it is about to occur.
23 Jul 2018
Australia

Taiwan
Taiwan and Australia’s refugee treatment deal

Zoe Wang

The Taiwanese have expressed mixed attitudes towards arrangements for the medical treatment of asylum seekers on Nauru.
20 Jul 2018
India-Australia Relations

Australia

India
A blueprint for India–Australia economic relations

Shyam Saran

The strategic convergence between the countries is not matched by strong economic and commercial relations.
19 Jul 2018
Asia

Global Economy

Australia
Economic diplomacy brief: India ties, Labor on BRI

Greg Earl

Infrastructure wars in Asia, a Japan-Europe deal, and the Varghese India report got a surprisingly low-profile launch.
17 Jul 2018
Australia

India
Australia and India: different worlds

Alexander Davis

Australia wants India to support its “rules based order”, but does New Delhi want the same rules?
16 Jul 2018
Australia

Indonesia
Indonesian tourism booms, Australia misses out

Ross Taylor

Despite high visa compliance rates among Indonesians, Australian policies discourage them from holidaying down under.
9 Jul 2018
Australia

China
China business and China threats

Fraser Howie

Doing business with China means being able to say no when the conditions for Australia become too onerous.
6 Jul 2018
United States

Australian Diplomacy

Australia
“Patrons” of the alliance and the missing mates

Jenny Hayward-Jones

Australia’s public diplomacy is not advanced by excluding women and failing to recognise diversity.