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  • 1 Mar 2024
    • Asean
    • Southeast Asia
    • Global Economy
    • Trade

    The parts within the whole: Understanding Southeast Asia’s economies

    Hannah Denson
    The diversity within the region is as important to understand as the ways ASEAN seeks to build consensus.
  • 1 Mar 2024
    • Australia
    • Australian Navy
    • Defence & Security

    Australia's new navy: The Japanese option

    Peter Dean
    Japan and Australia have similar security strategies, so why not the same ships?
  • 1 Mar 2024
    • Middle East Conflict

    Reports the two-state solution is dead are greatly exaggerated

    Martin S. Indyk
    Enjoy free access to Martin Indyk’s analysis of Hamas-Israel conflict in the latest issue of Foreign Affairs.
  • 1 Mar 2024
    • India
    • Migration

    An Indian advantage abroad

    Ved Shinde
    Delhi is reinvigorating its outreach to overseas Indians - even as attracting talent from India is becoming an urgent necessity.
  • 29 Feb 2024
    • Defence & Security
    • United States
    • Review

    When war-planning and politics collide

    Erin Hurley
    The rhythms of the electoral cycle are too often overlooked in the conduct of conflict.
  • 29 Feb 2024
    • Asean
    • Australia

    What to watch at the ASEAN-Australia summit

    Susannah Patton
    The summit will succeed if the prime minister can build relationships, articulate a clear narrative, and avoid controversy.
  • 29 Feb 2024
    • Global Economy
    • Climate change

    A new global climate finance goal must balance need with political reality

    Georgia Hammersley , Melanie Pill
    Support from rich countries to poor ones is at the heart of the Paris Agreement – still the question remains how much?
  • 29 Feb 2024
    • Asean
    • Defence & Security

    Southeast Asia's preferred military exercise partner

    Rahman Yaacob , Jack Sato
    The US is at the top of the list for both the quantity and quality of its military exercises. Here's why.
  • 28 Feb 2024
    • China
    • Myanmar

    Could Myanmar become Beijing’s quagmire?

    Henry Storey
    The imperative to protect Chinese victims of transnational crime has set off a chain reaction that could jeopardise Beijing’s longer-term objectives.
  • 28 Feb 2024
    • Asean
    • Australia
    • Energy
    • Climate change

    ASEAN-Australia cooperation in the clean energy transition

    Sharon Seah
    Big ambition is the order of the day.
  • 28 Feb 2024
    • Pakistan
    • Technology

    Pakistan pulls the data plug

    Adnan Aamir
    Online censorship in the wake of extraordinary elections is the latest challenge to cost the country.
  • 28 Feb 2024
    • China
    • North Korea
    • South Korea
    • Russia
    • United Nations
    • United States

    Can South Korea become a global pivotal state?

    Gabriela Bernal
    With non-permanent member status on the UN Security Council, Seoul has a long list of goals to help make its mark.
  • 27 Feb 2024
    • Australia
    • Australian Navy
    • Defence & Security
    • United Kingdom
    • United States

    AUKUS is a Trump-style deal

    Patrick Triglavcanin
    He rebels against the language of a “rules-based order” but he is happy to talk business.
  • 27 Feb 2024
    • China
    • Nuclear Weapons

    By the numbers: China’s nuclear inventory continues to grow

    Amrita Jash
    Power, prestige and shifting estimates of what makes for a credible minimum deterrent help explain a growing arsenal – but more lies behind the move, too.
  • 27 Feb 2024
    • Japan
    • Pacific Islands
    • United States

    Japan and the United States should pool efforts to improve health in Pacific Island countries

    Eileen Natuzzi , Rieko Hayakawa
    A coordinated “health as diplomacy” partnership could mobilise the Quad, PBP, and other multinational partnerships to do the same.
  • 27 Feb 2024
    • Antarctica
    • International law

    Antarctic diplomacy and the critical role of inspection mechanisms

    Jeffrey McGee , Richard Rowe
    The future of the Antarctic Treaty System relies on laws that both foster cooperation and manage tensions.
  • 26 Feb 2024
    • India
    • Ukraine
    • Identities

    You name it! Are country name changes necessary?

    Stéphanie Fillion
    The reasons behind rebranding a nation are myriad – from overt nationalism to anti-colonialism and everything in between.
  • 26 Feb 2024
    • Diplomacy

    Five surprises from Lowy’s Global Diplomacy Index

    Jack Sato
    Revealing the who, what and – just as importantly – where of foreign policy.
  • 26 Feb 2024
    • Southeast Asia
    • Middle East Conflict
    • Middle East

    Israel-Hamas: A globalised conflict

    Ben Scott
    The Palestinian issue has never lost its resonance beyond the Middle East, especially in the Global South.
  • 23 Feb 2024
    • Australia and the Pacific

    The bigger political game in the Pacific

    Meg Keen , Alan Tidwell
    It’s true there are many actors and issues unfolding in the region, but Australia, the United States and China play a central role in driving aid and strategic competition.
  • 23 Feb 2024
    • Climate change
    • Bougainville
    • China and the Pacific
    • Papua New Guinea

    Geopolitics, but what of other Pacific players?

    Nic Maclellan
    Politics is a missing element of a new Lowy Institute assessment.
  • 23 Feb 2024
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia
    • Australia's Defence Challenges
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australia's Trade
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Australian Development Assistance
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Australian Foreign Aid
    • Defence & Security

    Economic diplomacy: Strategic funding comes in from the cold

    Greg Earl
    A new review may cast a revealing light on how the government uses third-party institutions to shape the country’s strategic thinking.
  • 23 Feb 2024
    • Defence & Security

    Two years of war in Ukraine: Lessons for Australia

    Mick Ryan
    We are witnessing a wholesale transformation of warfare. Australia must learn the lessons for which the Ukrainians have paid such a high price.
  • 22 Feb 2024
    • Europe
    • Sex and Gender

    Out of the shadows: Women as partners resisting oppression

    Angela G. Palmer
    Yulia Navalnaya – widow of Alexey Navalny – follows in the steps of other brave women forced in sorrow to carry on a political cause.
  • 22 Feb 2024
    • Cambodia
    • Vietnam

    Can Vietnam and Cambodia build a lasting peace?

    Buu Nguyen
    Haunted by history, the two nations must go beyond official narratives for true reconciliation.
  • 22 Feb 2024
    • Review

    Words as weapons in the war of ideas

    Mark Pierce
    A new book explores the power of literature on history's battlefields.
  • 22 Feb 2024
    • Myanmar
    • Human rights
    • International law

    In defence of Aung San Suu Kyi

    Derek Tonkin
    Many in Myanmar have condemned what they perceive as seriously flawed Western criticism of the Burmese ex-leader.
  • 21 Feb 2024
    • China
    • Australia
    • Antarctica

    China has a fifth station in Antarctica

    Claire Young
    Keep calm and do science and inspections.
  • 21 Feb 2024
    • India
    • Public Opinion

    What younger voters in India think about the country’s foreign policy

    Abhishek Sharma
    A perception of shared characteristics – risk taking, aspirational – is connecting with a youthful audience.
  • 21 Feb 2024
    • China
    • North Korea
    • Russia
    • United States

    Open for business: North Korea welcomes back visitors

    Khang Vu
    Kim Jong-un has been on a charm offensive to rekindle trade and tourism links with friendly neighbours.
  • 20 Feb 2024
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesian Elections

    Prabowo’s challenge: Cabinet continuity

    Andree Surianta
    The incoming president’s ambition may be hostage to the influence of some big ministerial names.
  • 20 Feb 2024
    • Defence & Security

    AUKUS: A solution to the risky UK gambit

    Peter Briggs
    There are significant risks for Australia around both the Virginia-class submarine and the proposed AUKUS SSN. A change of plan is needed to the so-called 'optimal pathway'.
  • 20 Feb 2024
    • Japan

    Japan in the shadow of China

    Richard Javad Heydarian
    And it’s not just Beijing – the Japanese strategic elite is understandably anxious about the future of its alliance with America.
  • 19 Feb 2024
    • Australia
    • European Union
    • Trade
    • Environment

    Kicking up a stink: Europe’s farmers, like those in Australia, are counting costs

    Genevieve Donnellon-May
    International turmoil is having mixed political consequences both near and far.
  • 19 Feb 2024
    • Russia

    Putin unrivalled

    Matthew Sussex
    Few expected Navalny to survive but his death shows how closed and suspicious Putin’s circle has become at home.
  • 19 Feb 2024
    • India

    Curbing foreign voices continues as India’s election looms

    Arkoprabho Hazra
    The government must oversee foreign civil society stakeholders responsibly, backed by evidence, upholding truly what it means to be the world’s largest democracy.
  • 16 Feb 2024
    • Defence & Security
    • Nuclear Weapons
    • Russia
    • United States
    • Space exploration

    Is there really a nuclear weapon in space?

    Cassandra Steer
    Calm down, Congressman.
  • 16 Feb 2024
    • Australian Navy
    • Defence & Security
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    The right lessons for Australia’s future warships

    Sam Roggeveen
    The war in Ukraine appears to be a revolution in naval warfare. Australia’s upcoming Surface Fleet Review must reflect on the consequences.
  • 16 Feb 2024
    • Australia
    • Diplomacy

    Putting “Australia” at the centre of the country’s foreign policy

    Melissa Conley Tyler , Grant Wyeth
    A “whole of nation” approach can better connect the various elements of Australia’s international engagement.
  • 16 Feb 2024
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesian Elections

    Prabowo is finally president in Indonesia – now what?

    Erin Cook
    While the incoming leader wants to focus on the future, the clues to his likely approach all lie in the past.
  • 16 Feb 2024
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Putin believes that time is on Russia’s side – and, sadly, he has a point

    Ian Hill
    Ukraine will be up against it maintaining Western support this year.  
  • 15 Feb 2024
    • Nepal
    • Human rights
    • Migration

    Dying to work abroad: Why Nepalese migrants are fighting other people’s wars

    Harris Amjad
    In Russia and beyond, those desperate for work are sacrificing their lives and livelihoods.
  • 15 Feb 2024
    • Asean
    • Southeast Asia
    • Australia
    • Climate change

    Go big or go home: Australia should invest at scale in Southeast Asia’s energy transition

    Michelle Lyons , Roland Rajah , Grace Stanhope
    The Paris Agreement will not succeed if the bid for net zero in Southeast Asia fails.
  • 15 Feb 2024
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Pacific Islands
    • Papua New Guinea

    The state of play in PNG: A momentous start to 2024

    Oliver Nobetau
    Domestic deals and political spills threaten to overshadow economic progress in the land of the unexpected.
  • 14 Feb 2024
    • Poverty

    Global poverty is still a massive problem – no matter how you count it

    Roland Rajah , Ahmed Albayrak
    Progress is at risk unless the world redoubles efforts at poverty eradication.
  • 14 Feb 2024
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesia's Economy

    Indonesians abroad exercise their right to vote

    Hilman Palaon
    Hopes for dual citizenship and promoting positive diplomatic relations with Australia is on the mind of the diaspora.
  • 14 Feb 2024
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security

    National security decision making: Learn from experience, and science

    Ben Scott
    The old way isn’t good enough anymore.
  • 13 Feb 2024
    • Japan
    • Japan's Economy
    • Review

    How to fix Japan

    John West
    Embracing the lost art of “creative destruction” will allow the once booming economy to flourish again.
  • 13 Feb 2024
    • Asean
    • Cambodia
    • Laos
    • Thailand
    • Australia

    ASEAN summit a chance for Australia to reach out to mainland Southeast Asia

    Hadrien T. Saperstein
    Melbourne gathering is a unique chance for Australia to relate to Cambodia, Laos and Thailand in ways that do not depend on geopolitical alignment.
  • 13 Feb 2024
    • India
    • Laos
    • Russia
    • International law
    • Africa

    Russia’s shadow tanker fleet runs into trouble

    Selwyn Parker
    Every day, millions of barrels of oil are being transported by ships with obscured ownership and origin. But is the game up?
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