China's rise creates strategic concerns for Australian defence. Three alternative solutions are emerging.

A strongman song and dance as the region puts on a summit season show.

Rachael Buckland, a Research Associate with the Migration and Border Policy Project, with links on developments across the field.

China has not actually taken any action to prompt Silent Invasion being pulled.

It's rare win-win for anyone not working in Huawei’s Pacific branch.

Manila summit again showed the limits of a consensus model, yet wins can be seen.

A modern concert of great powers could fall apart as quickly as its 19th century cousin

A voluntary process did not stop young Australians participating.

Euan Moyle, an intern with the Lowy Institute's Pacific Island Program, with links on developments across the Pacific.

Of a turnout of 79.5% of eligible Australians, 61.6% said 'Yes' to the question of whether the law be changed to allow same-sex couples to marry.

Greed for resources steered five decades of Australia's policy towards East Timor.

Business is shy of investing in the Pacific without a framework to resolve cross-border commercial disputes.

A decade ago, Coral Bell foresaw the emergence of a new multipolar order.

One group hoping for the return of sanctions on Iran are the smugglers of Musandam, across the Strait of Hormuz.

A posting was never on the cards for Julian Assange – and he likely knew it.

A few extra dollars from Australia could encourage greater habits of cooperation in the Pacific.

Jonathan Pryke, Director of the Pacific Islands Program, with links on updates across the aid and development field.

A stuff-up stops agreement in Vietnam but not hope of an ambitious final deal.

The Chinese delivered a masterful display of pure spectacle, ego flattery, and diplomatic theatre.

The week that was on The Interpreter.

Too much time on problems without solutions will doom ASEAN to paltry progress.

Cyber-crime is big business for Pyongyang, and a ripe target.

It is sobering that Indian diplomats are talking of the Quad as a way to stiffen Australia’s spine.

Rachael Buckland, a Research Associate in the Migration and Border Policy Project, with links on developments across the field.

Using inflation prospects as the sole criterion for policy-setting was always a convenient simplification for central banks.

Riyadh’s man in Beirut is gone but seemingly not in some careful Saudi plot.

Organising a loose strategic coalition might upset Beijing, but that's no reason not to forge ahead.

Euan Moyle, an intern with the Lowy Institute's Pacific Islands Program, with links on developments across the region.

Asian leaders are looking for clues as to which America will show up in the remaining three-plus years of Trump’s term.

A high degree of diplomatic difficulty awaits as Australia debates its foreign policy future.

It will surely not be long before King Salman abdicates for his son. But the future ruler confronts serious obstacles.

A North Korean atmospheric nuclear test could well spark a rolling ‘summer of 1914’-style crisis.

Unrest plays into Russia’s geopolitical vision, yet Moscow has now assumed the obligation to provide a stable Syrian government.

PNG is Australia’s nearest neighbour, former colony and one of Australia’s most important bilateral partners.

The Trump Administration will be the clear villain at the Bonn climate change talks.

Were Seoul or Tokyo to acquire nuclear-weapons capacity, the region would not instantly become any more or less secure.

Links on updates across the aid and development field.

Many overseas Chinese feel the eyes and arms of the Party state all around them.

The Japanese PM doesn't need an untrusted US President setting his international security agenda.

The week that was on The Interpreter.

Ternate's history is a reminder that globalisation and 'free markets' are not always exactly the same.

Australians are obsessed with cyberspace but wary of the consequences.

New Zealand’s new government is reported to be considering creating a visa category to assist those displaced by climate change.

New statistics reveal Asian trade dependency on the US and Europe.

Australia was once a global inflation champ, but no more.

Macron's strategy of presenting France as a bridge between the US and Iran faces hurdles.

Both Orwell and Huxley's fears could be realised simultaneously in President Xi Jinping's China.

To deter China from operating in the Indian Ocean, Indian naval commanders need to leverage China’s vulnerability in its near seas.

Japan-Philippine relations under Duterte are testament to a meeting of fears.

Euan Moyle, an intern with the Lowy Institute's Pacific Islands Program, with links on developments across the Pacific.