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  • 4 Apr 2023
    • North Korea
    • South Korea
    • United States

    North Korea keeps building more powerful weapons, with no end in sight

    Gabriela Bernal
    Diplomacy is desperately needed to avoid an irreversible escalation in nuclear capability and the excuse to use it.
  • 3 Apr 2023
    • India
    • Japan
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • United States

    What the Quad could learn from AUKUS

    Arzan Tarapore
    If the four powers decide to adopt a greater security role, they should go beyond empty signals.
  • 31 Mar 2023
    • Climate change
    • Pacific Islands

    Climate change: We know what to do, the Pacific needs us to act, now

    Meg Keen , Hamish Fejo
    Pacific Island nations are taking legal action as the latest IPCC report reveals things are still getting worse.
  • 31 Mar 2023
    • China
    • India
    • Russia
    • Multilateral Institutions

    Great power rivalry is poisoning multilateralism

    Ved Shinde
    With India in summit season, New Delhi is banking on minilateral partnerships to counter China’s hegemonic ambitions.
  • 31 Mar 2023
    • Cyber Security

    Australia names and shames in its fight against foreign interference

    Mercedes Page
    Publicly attributing interference campaigns may become the new gold standard.
  • 30 Mar 2023
    • Cambodia
    • Thailand

    Paying for a new Thai democracy

    Greg Earl
    The real winners are far from clear, but Thailand’s populist, party jumping election is Asia’s vote to watch this year.
  • 30 Mar 2023
    • Pacific Islands
    • Fiji
    • Review

    Fiji: lessons under a dictator’s heel

    Ariela Zibiah
    Laisenia Qarase’s prison memoir after he was deposed in a coup tells a national story to cherish freedoms.
  • 30 Mar 2023
    • China
    • South China Sea
    • Australia
    • Resource security

    Climate change, ironically, reduces the heat in the South China Sea

    John Quiggin
    The days for oil and gas are numbered, so the economic case of a fight over undersea resources doesn’t stack up.
  • 29 Mar 2023
    • Japan
    • Japan's Economy
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • Sustainability

    Japan feels the pinch as fertiliser costs soar thanks to Russia’s war

    Yusaku Yoshikawa
    The country has for too long relied on foreign sources without cultivating domestic alternatives.
  • 29 Mar 2023
    • China
    • Sustainability

    China’s food dilemma

    Genevieve Donnellon-May
    The push for a “Food Silk Road” is telling of the superpower’s vulnerability – environmental and geopolitical.
  • 29 Mar 2023
    • Intelligence and security

    Contract cheating: How academic dishonesty could endanger national security

    Sascha-Dominik Dov Bachmann , Louis de Koker
    Essay-writing mills are more than just a blight on academic integrity, they open a door to the dark world of blackmail.
  • 28 Mar 2023
    • China
    • Pakistan
    • Iran
    • Saudi Arabia

    China trumpets the Saudi-Iran deal, yet much credit goes to Pakistan 

    Syed Fazl-e-Haider
    A little-heralded meeting in Islamabad set the stage for two arch rivals to set aside differences.
  • 28 Mar 2023
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security

    The economics of AUKUS

    Jenny Gordon
    A formal cost-benefit analysis wouldn’t go astray to help understand the benefits had a different decision been made.
  • 28 Mar 2023
    • Afghanistan
    • China
    • India
    • Pakistan

    India’s delicate dance with the Taliban

    Henry Storey
    With Afghanistan’s China pivot proving disappointing, the Islamist group is reprising its relationship with New Delhi.
  • 27 Mar 2023
    • India
    • Japan
    • Multilateral Institutions

    This year, India leads the G20, Japan the G7, and together can make a potent team

    Nazia Hussain , Tan Ming Hui
    The two nations share a chance to renew confidence in multilateral cooperation.
  • 27 Mar 2023
    • Digital Disruption
    • Review

    Binary error: How and why governments need a cyber security rethink

    Ben Scott
    Deterrence of hostile states in cyberspace misses the point when operations concentrate on only “offence” vs “defence”.
  • 27 Mar 2023
    • Philippines
    • Australia
    • Australian Navy
    • Defence & Security

    Philippines: The best friend for AUKUS in Southeast Asia

    Richard Javad Heydarian
    Manila has stood apart on Australia’s nuclear-powered subs deal as a sympathetic democracy seeking to balance China.
  • 24 Mar 2023
    • Australia
    • Antarctica
    • Sustainability

    Krill campaign less than thrilling

    Claire Young
    Sea Shepherd should widen its net beyond activism by diversifying efforts to support sustainable fishing.
  • 24 Mar 2023
    • China
    • India
    • Russia
    • Technology

    A Catch-22 for India’s tech ambitions

    Divyanshu Jindal
    With Russian supply chains under stress, New Delhi explores indigenous capabilities.
  • 24 Mar 2023
    • North Korea

    North Korea: The state versus the people

    Khang Vu
    If the regime is sincere about alleviating the latest food crisis, why ban market sales of foodstuffs?
  • 23 Mar 2023
    • Australia
    • Climate change
    • Public Opinion

    Ending the climate wars: the public’s mandate

    Ryan Neelam
    Australians understand the need to act. As global scientists issue the clearest warning yet, can Labor deliver?
  • 23 Mar 2023
    • Pacific Islands
    • Papua New Guinea

    Papua New Guinea: media under threat

    Thierry Lepani
    A new draft government policy is set to put journalistic freedoms to the test.
  • 23 Mar 2023
    • International law
    • Space exploration

    A new battlefield: the need for regulations to govern Near Space

    Rebecca Connolly
    International space agreements do not define “outer space” for the purpose of space activities – and that’s a problem.
  • 22 Mar 2023
    • China
    • Taiwan
    • Australia
    • Australian Navy
    • Defence & Security
    • United States

    AUKUS commits Australia to fight China if America does, simple

    Hugh White
    Whatever the flag, Washington would not sell nuclear-powered boats unless it could count on them in war over Taiwan.
  • 22 Mar 2023
    • Cambodia

    Enter Cambodia’s Hun Manet

    Jack Sato
    Numbers tell the story of a military leader working overtime on a leadership succession game plan.
  • 22 Mar 2023
    • Asean
    • Indonesia
    • Myanmar
    • Australia

    Can ASEAN forge a political solution in Myanmar?

    Rebecca Barber
    Indonesia and Australia have different but equally critical roles in bringing the junta to the negotiating table.
  • 21 Mar 2023
    • Indonesia
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Maritime Security
    • International law

    Could Indonesia legally stop transit by nuclear-powered AUKUS subs?

    Dita Liliansa
    International law includes passage rights for all vessels in archipelagic waters – during peace or wartime.
  • 21 Mar 2023
    • Australia in the World
    • Australian Navy

    James Goldrick, navies, oceans, trade, law, danger and history

    Justin Burke
    A man of both humility and tremendous intellect was an immeasurable asset to Australia’s naval know-how.
  • 21 Mar 2023
    • Asean
    • Japan
    • Southeast Asia

    Japan seeks an improved climate in relations with ASEAN

    Sam Baron
    A new blueprint for economic ties between Tokyo and Southeast Asian nations has a focus on sustainable development.
  • 20 Mar 2023
    • China
    • China's Military
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia's Defence Challenges
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Australian Navy
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Defence & Security

    Australia, China, AUKUS and the squandered advantage

    Sam Roggeveen
    Canberra appears to have overlooked the tyranny of distance as its chief asset in regional military deterrence.
  • 20 Mar 2023
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Pacific Islands

    AUKUS in the Pacific: Calm with undercurrents

    Meg Keen
    Pacific neighbours understand the drivers behind Australia’s bid for nuclear-powered subs, but still harbour concerns.
  • 20 Mar 2023
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Energy
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability
    • Technology

    Indonesia’s nickel superhighway

    Ronald Eberhard Tundang
    There are vast opportunities to build new industries when you’re sitting on the globe’s largest reserve of rare earth.
  • 17 Mar 2023
    • Australia
    • Australian Navy
    • Defence & Security

    AUKUS: The pillars of Hercules

    Peter Tesch
    Wishful thinking will not make the world more benign. Ambition carries a cost, but Australia has a responsibility, too.
  • 17 Mar 2023
    • Australia
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australian Navy
    • Defence & Security

    The limits on Australia’s submarine industry

    John Edwards
    Long before the last boat is delivered, the business will be winding down.
  • 17 Mar 2023
    • Afghanistan
    • China
    • Al Qaeda
    • Islamic State
    • Terrorism
    • Russia
    • United States

    Is a stable Afghanistan where China, Russia and the US cooperate?

    Adam H. Dehsabzi
    Three of the world’s most influential powers have skin in the game when it comes to preventing another civil war.
  • 16 Mar 2023
    • Fiji
    • Fiji Elections
    • Nauru

    Is the sun setting on the era of Bainimarama and FijiFirst?

    Shailendra Bahadur Singh
    A web of alleged interventions in university business has had a cascading effect on Pacific politics.
  • 16 Mar 2023
    • China
    • Chinese Trade
    • Laos

    Economic diplomacy: unlocked Laos looks for new links

    Greg Earl
    The once isolated and landlocked nation has become an unlikely partner in Australia’s latest push into the region.
  • 16 Mar 2023
    • Iraq War
    • Iraq
    • United States

    What went right in Iraq

    Paul Bremer
    Twenty years on, the former Coalition Provisional Authority head reflects on his year in charge of the country.
  • 15 Mar 2023
    • Multilateral Development Banks

    Greening the World Bank

    Roland Rajah
    Reform must deliver for both climate and development.
  • 14 Mar 2023
    • Defence & Security

    AUKUS: Many questions, revealing answers

    Daniel Flitton
    What Lowy Institute’s analysts have so far made of the nuclear-powered submarine announcement.
  • 14 Mar 2023
    • Japan
    • North Korea
    • South Korea
    • United States

    Japan and South Korea: a logical but uneasy alignment

    Robert E Kelly
    Is a compensation deal to right colonial-era wrongs part of a strategic shift towards rapprochement?
  • 14 Mar 2023
    • China
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Will China really funnel weapons to Russia through Belarus?

    Nikola Mikovic
    With war on his doorstep, the Belarusian president is juggling Beijing and Moscow to reap the benefits of geography.
  • 13 Mar 2023
    • India
    • India's Navy
    • Defence & Security

    The Indian Navy’s aircraft carrier dilemma

    Abhijit Singh
    Seen as a vital asset to maritime strategy, large “supercarriers” are nonetheless very expensive.
  • 13 Mar 2023
    • Australia in the World
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Diplomacy

    Taking Australian statecraft from good to great

    Hugh Piper , Susannah Patton
    To remain effective in Asia, Canberra must do more with less, multiplying the effects of its bureaucratic tools.
  • 10 Mar 2023
    • Australia
    • Australian Navy
    • Defence & Security
    • United Kingdom
    • United States

    AUKUS: Asking a veteran submariner what to think

    Justin Burke
    What are the big issues still lurking beneath the surface of the AUKUS debate?
  • 10 Mar 2023
    • Iran

    A tenuous tourniquet: Iran’s nuclear program

    Ali Vaez , Naysan Rafati
    Monitoring alone cannot overcome the reality that Iran’s capability remains potent, and a headache for the West.
  • 9 Mar 2023
    • India
    • Australia

    Finding the right approach to India as a “Civilisational State”

    Benedict Coleridge
    Australian diplomacy must be careful about the domestic political messages that accompany any complex relationship.
  • 9 Mar 2023
    • Australia
    • Diplomacy

    A first for Australia, and First Nations Australians

    Hamish Fejo
    Now the hard work begins to ensure a First Nations Foreign Policy amounts to more than words.
  • 9 Mar 2023
    • Indonesia

    Indonesia: the buck stops with Sri Mulyani

    Erin Cook
    Indonesia’s finance minister has built a brand for cracking down on corruption. Could she campaign all the way to the top?
  • 9 Mar 2023
    • Australia
    • Emerging Threats
    • Terrorism

    A strategy for securing Australian democracy

    Levi West
    Rising right-wing extremism threatens the liberties we take for granted, which means Canberra needs a new plan.
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