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17 Dec 2015
The 2016 US Presidential Election
GOP debate: A lot of sound and fury but short on practical foreign policies

Emma Connors
17 Dec 2015
The State Grid Corporation of China: Its Australian engagement and military links

Geoffrey Wade
16 Dec 2015
Australian Perspective

Australia and the Pacific
Pacific Island links: COP21, New Caledonian nickel, PNG education system and more
16 Dec 2015
Lowy Institute's books of the year 2015, part 3
16 Dec 2015
How China's world views are manifested in the South China Sea

Merriden Varrall
16 Dec 2015
Australia's air force in the South China Sea: Flying quietly and carrying a medium-sized stick

Nick Bisley
16 Dec 2015
Australia's air force in the South China Sea: Flying quietly and carrying a medium-sized stick

Nick Bisley
15 Dec 2015
The 2016 US Presidential Election
Who votes, who doesn't, and why it might hurt Trump

Emma Connors
15 Dec 2015
Has the media oversold the Paris climate deal?

Sam Roggeveen
15 Dec 2015
Lowy Institute's books of the year 2015, part 2
15 Dec 2015
Asia and Pacific

The Asia Pacific's Economies

Institutions

Regional relationships
How Australia can use economic diplomacy to get closer to Asia

Stephen Grenville
14 Dec 2015
Global Issues

Sustainability

Climate change
The Paris agreement: a global turning point requires domestic realignment

John Connor
14 Dec 2015
Aid & development links: financing COP 21, microlending, Australia's MYEFO and more

Jonathan Pryke
14 Dec 2015
Global Issues

Sustainability
What's happening on the lower reaches of the Mekong River?

Milton Osborne
14 Dec 2015
How to improve political forecasting

Sam Roggeveen
14 Dec 2015
Europe
Putin's popularity, explained

Matthew Dal Santo

When protests broke out in Moscow four years ago against his return to the presidency, many in the West wrote Putin off. However, in December 2015 Putin delivered yet another 'State of the Nation' address as President. Rarely has he been so popular.
12 Dec 2015
Weekend catch-up: Terrorism threat, A Larger Australia, COP21, cyberwar and more

Brendan Thomas-Noone
11 Dec 2015
Digital Asia links: ISIS recruits in Chinese, South Korean hackers, Indonesia tech and more

Danielle Cave
11 Dec 2015
The inner circle: A larger Australia requires a strong Melanesia

Hamish McDonald
11 Dec 2015
Lowy Institute's books of the year 2015, part 1
11 Dec 2015
Global Economy

Australian Perspective
The Korea FTA, one year on: Those touting the benefits are cherrypicking results

Leon Berkelmans
10 Dec 2015
The US-Singapore enhanced defence agreement: A third upgrade for bilateral collaboration

Euan Graham , Tim Huxley
10 Dec 2015
Progress in Paris but next 24 to 36 hours crucial for COP21

Erwin Jackson
10 Dec 2015
Defence & Security

Australian Defence Intelligence and Security

Cyber Security
Australia needs calibrated deterrence against cyber attacks

Ben FitzGerald
10 Dec 2015
The day Angela Merkel, TIME's Person of the Year 2015, called out Vladimir Putin

Emma Connors
10 Dec 2015
A larger Australia: Situation, size and strategy

Allan Behm
9 Dec 2015
Sustainability

Climate change
Wanted: An authoritative and encompassing information source on climate change

Bronwyn Lo
9 Dec 2015
'Australia Centres': Why we need our own Goethe Institut in Asia

Glyn Davis
9 Dec 2015
Pacific Island links: Ciobo, Tuna crisis, COP21, Vanuatu elections and more
9 Dec 2015
The media battle for Syria heats up as Assad government counterattacks

Rodger Shanahan
9 Dec 2015
A larger Australian Defence Force? Reflections on the Boyer Lectures

Euan Graham
8 Dec 2015
The 2016 US Presidential Election
Conservatives are learning there's no bumping Trump

Emma Connors
8 Dec 2015
Global Economy

Australian Perspective

Global Economic Governance
Australia and the US: good friends can sometimes differ in global economic diplomacy

Stephen Grenville
8 Dec 2015
Foreign policy hits home: A globalised economy requires a larger Australia

Susan Harris Rimmer
8 Dec 2015
At war with ISIS: Australia's aim should be victory, not just participation

Jim Molan
8 Dec 2015
Diplomacy

Australian Diplomacy

International Relations
Plenty of challenges await Joe Hockey as Australia's new ambassador to the US

James Curran
8 Dec 2015
Sustainability

Climate change
The finishing straight in Paris: Why the ratchet mechanism is (almost) everything

Fergus Green
7 Dec 2015
Australian Perspective

Australian Development Assistance

Development Assistance
Aid & development links: 'lazy' aid recipients, Australian charity, malaria fund and more

Jonathan Pryke
7 Dec 2015
COP21 midpoint: How are we tracking?

John Connor
7 Dec 2015
Thoughts on Obama's White House terrorism address

Sam Roggeveen
7 Dec 2015
Australian Perspective
Liberty, equality, fraternity: Three dimensions of Australian foreign policy

Andrew Leigh
7 Dec 2015
Defence & Security

Australian Defence Intelligence and Security

Cyber Security
China's puzzling defence agreement with Australia

Euan Graham
5 Dec 2015
Weekend catch-up: COP21, Australia-PNG, China's military base in Djibouti, memory chips and more

Brendan Thomas-Noone
4 Dec 2015
Global Economy
The tyranny of technology: time to change old systems to align with new realities

Samir Saran
4 Dec 2015
Global Issues

Sustainability

Climate change
COP21, China's role and developed nations' obligations as reported in Chinese media
4 Dec 2015
This week in Jakarta: Boats, votes and bad jokes

Catriona Croft-Cusworth
4 Dec 2015
Middle powers hedge against China
3 Dec 2015
Global Economy
Memory loss: China's high stakes gamble in the tech industry's bloodiest segment

Julian Snelder
3 Dec 2015
Global Economy

Australian trade, investment & economy
Why DFAT is wrong on the opportunity cost of FTAs

Leon Berkelmans
3 Dec 2015
The new Cold War in Syria

Hussain Nadim