3 Jul 2018
Nauru ABC ban: Australia damned by faint criticism
Authoritarian dangers encroaching on the Pacific have been a theme of late – but not for Australia about Nauru.
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3 Jul 2018
Australia’s Women, Peace and Security policy
The new National Action Plan needs to account for developments regarding the rights of women in conflict settings. -
28 Jun 2018
The Huawei way
Speaking with insiders and outsiders offers a remarkable insight into this famously mysterious company. -
26 Jun 2018
Exceptional access: Australia’s encryption laws
The search is for a technical solution that reconciles the national security imperative with personal privacy. -
26 Jun 2018
An empty chair vs the risk of a crazy Trump crony
<p>A politically stupid choice as next US Ambassador to Australia would hurt public confidence in the relationship.</p> -
21 Jun 2018
Australia and Germany should work together on China
Both regions would benefit from exchanges to strengthen democratic resilience in the face of Chinese influence. -
19 Jun 2018
Time to denounce China’s Muslim gulag
Australia should use an important opportunity at the UN Human Rights Council to condemn the extrajudicial detention of up to one million Uyghurs in Xinjiang, China. -
12 Jun 2018
A new path to dispute settlement
The novel mechanism that solved the Timor Sea dispute may not have the same success in other complex and highly contested cases across the region. -
8 Jun 2018
Time for reason, not emotion, in the “China influence” debate
Australians have been passengers, if not active participants, in our own polarisation. -
4 Jun 2018
A study in controversy: Chinese students in Australia
A love of country is not always synonymous with an endorsement of the government when speaking with Chinese students in Australia. -
31 May 2018
A stocktake of Australia’s China policy debate
The relationship is getting harder to manage, but this difficulty is not an inherently bad thing. -
29 May 2018
Building a paved runway in Antarctica
Scrutiny of the environmental cost is needed before plans for a runway in Australian Antarctic Territory are realised. -
21 May 2018
Missed opportunities in the internationalised university
The majority of Chinese students leave Australia’s universities disappointed with the social experience. -
8 May 2018
Banks misbehaving everywhere
Huge fines for mistakes or malfeasance seem unlikely to change financial system as currently structured. -
27 Apr 2018
Clamorous response to a Silent Invasion
Instead of generating a sense of common concern, Clive Hamilton’s book could spark discord, sow the seeds of suspicion, and feed ingrained paranoia. -
26 Apr 2018
Australia’s Chinese ballistic missile problem
China’s new islands and missiles have changed our regional strategic balance. -
25 Apr 2018
Harry Harris and the ambassadorial absence
Alliance sentimentalists are wrong to judge the entire heath of the US–Australia relationship through one diplomatic appointment. -
25 Apr 2018
Anzac Day and the matter of meaning
In modern and multicultural Australia, sustaining a tangible connection to a national day of remembrance poses a challenge. -
23 Apr 2018
The Beijing way of trade punishment
China has a bigger adversary to contend with before picking fights with Australia. -
20 Apr 2018
Australian warships challenged in South China Sea
Clearly, someone in Australia’s defence and security establishment wanted China’s challenge to be made public. -
19 Apr 2018
China influence: in defence of parliamentary sovereignty
For a party with no interest in popular elections at home, the Chinese Communist Party shows remarkable curiosity about electoral democracies elsewhere. -
13 Apr 2018
New trans-Tasman vision needed
In a world of significant change, Australia and New Zealand will need each other more than ever. -
11 Apr 2018
Australia vs China, Europe vs Russia
Surprising parallels in international relations appear to lead to similar replies. -
10 Apr 2018
The lack of appeal in Nauru
Australia should question why final court appeals have been scrapped in the tiny Pacific nation before an alternative was set up. -
10 Apr 2018
Getting our maritime security effort right
The time has clearly come for a careful examination of what Australia needs in a civil maritime security organisation. -
10 Apr 2018
The many questions about China’s Vanuatu ambition
Talk of a Chinese military base in Vanuatu should provoke tough questions in Australia, but not undue alarm. -
6 Apr 2018
Watching on: Australia and the Korean Peninsula talks
Australia has put its trust in Donald Trump and his transactional, “deal-making” style of diplomacy. -
29 Mar 2018
Economic diplomacy brief: TPP trade reform, remaking aid, and Indonesian relations
Talk of new aid cuts raise new questions about what sort of serious alternative can be fashioned to China’s Belt and Road Initiative. -
29 Mar 2018
Timor Trough: the rumpled carpet on the sea floor
A Timor Sea maritime boundary beyond the median line was never reasonable. -
29 Mar 2018
The exciting prospects of a strong defence industry
Australia will never be able to compete globally making T-shirts. But we can compete with high-end, world-beating defence equipment. -
21 Mar 2018
What next for the anti-whale hunters?
If Japan caused headaches, a fight with China about activists at sea will be very awkward for Australia. -
21 Mar 2018
Silent Invasion: the question of race
Clive Hamilton challenges Australians to recognise the true victims of the Chinese Communist Party’s actions. -
19 Mar 2018
ASEAN Summit wrap: living with neighbours, managing China’s alternative, and bridges to somewhere
From missed media moments to remarkable bridges, Greg Earl on the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit. -
19 Mar 2018
Resettlement in PNG was never a viable option
When funding stops for the Manus Island refugees, so does the ability to care. -
16 Mar 2018
What DFAT really thinks of Australia joining ASEAN
<p>An indiscreet former foreign minister gave a valuable insight into the costs of membership.</p> -
16 Mar 2018
Australia–Indonesia: strangers next door
Two-way tensions, fears, and misunderstandings signal that bilateral ties face a bumpy ride ahead. -
15 Mar 2018
ASEAN summit brief: joining the club, infrastructure games, Jakarta’s power team, and business links
<p>Regular The Interpreter columnist Greg Earl previews the special Australia-ASEAN summit.</p> -
13 Mar 2018
Arms export goal risks the standing of a good international citizen
Australia should exercise its good offices to prevent conflict, not seek to increase sales of weapons that cause death and destruction. -
13 Mar 2018
ASEAN is not South East Asia
Australia’s relations with the region are not mediated by a lightly institutionalised inter-governmental institution. -
12 Mar 2018
Australia’s fraught global arms ambitions
Australia’s defence export strategy could wind up being a $200-billion experiment gone wrong. -
8 Mar 2018
Gender equality in the Foreign Policy White Paper
International Women’s Day is important: it’s what we do the other 364 days of the year that will eventually achieve genuine gender equality. -
8 Mar 2018
Aid, poverty, and gender inequality in the Indo-Pacific
Gender equality remains a central and definitive Labor value, at home and internationally. -
7 Mar 2018
Timor Gap: a boundary, yet disputes linger
A landmark agreement has not yet resolved Timor-Leste's urgent need for the Greater Sunrise development. -
7 Mar 2018
Multilateral trade versus self-interest
Australia could chose an approach to minimise the political damage from failing to obtain an exemption to Trump’s tariffs. -
6 Mar 2018
The Timor Trough – two separate shelves
In maritime boundary negotiations with Indonesia, Canberra argued the seabed between Australia and Timor comprised two separate continental shelves. -
26 Feb 2018
When implementation falls behind research: the case of CVE
More research into countering violent extremism is required in Australia. -
23 Feb 2018
Joyce and the leadership churn: better get used to it
This may be the new normal for Australia: more frequent leadership changes, minority governments, and shorter incumbencies in government. -
20 Feb 2018
Defence exports and the Arms Trade Treaty – is Australia missing in action?
Increasing arms sales to countries with records of human rights and gender-based violence is not in the spirit of the ATT. -
19 Feb 2018
Sex, Russia ties, and guns debate – what Turnbull takes to Washington
The Prime Minister will need to field awkward questions on his US trip this week. -
16 Feb 2018
How Australia crossed a line in the Timor Sea
Canberra had evidence supporting Indonesia’s claim in maritime boundary negotiations – yet buried it.