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  • 26 Aug 2024
    • Transnational Challenges
    • Pacific Islands
    • Tonga

    The down-low on deportations and drugs in Tonga

    Henrietta McNeill
    The practice by Australia of sending criminals back to their home country can pose a risk to regional security without the proper reintegration support.
  • 23 Aug 2024
    • Asia
    • Southeast Asia
    • Australia and Asia
    • Diplomacy
    • Communities
    • Regional relationships

    Key questions for reform of the New Colombo Plan

    Ly Tran
    A boost to the ties that bind Australia and the Indo-Pacific is essential to humanising public diplomacy and building life-long connections.
  • 23 Aug 2024
    • Pakistan

    Why is Imran Khan running for chancellor of University of Oxford?

    Syed Fazl-e-Haider
    The former international cricketer is determined to play until the last ball of his political innings.
  • 23 Aug 2024
    • Indonesia
    • Southeast Asia
    • Resource security

    A glimpse into Indonesia's nickel policy

    Hilman Palaon , Robert Walker
    China has become a key partner, but locals pay the price and need more support to realise the benefits.
  • 22 Aug 2024
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Australia
    • Australia's Economy
    • Trade

    Economic diplomacy: Playing defence with Prabowo

    Greg Earl
    New security cooperation with Indonesia does not make up for the slow progress in building fresh economic links.
  • 22 Aug 2024
    • Asean
    • Indonesia
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    Southeast Asia’s great haze: Laggards and leaders

    Pia Dannhauer
    Indonesia is the region’s biggest producer of haze, so why was it the last to ratify ASEAN’s pollution prevention agreement?
  • 22 Aug 2024
    • Defence & Security

    AUKUS: The Singapore Strategy Redux

    Albert Palazzo
    Successive governments are making the nation vulnerable to a repeat performance.
  • 21 Aug 2024
    • Asia
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Australian Development Assistance
    • Australian Foreign Aid
    • Foreign Policy
    • Pacific Islands

    Australia takes a big first step to engage civil society in foreign policy

    Heather Wrathall , Jasmine Stephens
    With a new multi-million dollar fund, Canberra underscores the importance of robust and transparent democracy.
  • 21 Aug 2024
    • Climate change
    • United Nations
    • Pacific Islands
    • New Caledonia
    • Tonga

    Polycrisis in the Pacific: How leaders will respond at the PIF Summit in Tonga

    Mihai Sora
    A tiny capital will be host to a huge regional agenda.
  • 21 Aug 2024
    • Defence & Security
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Surprise and modern war

    Mick Ryan
    The Kursk offensive is a reminder of the enduring power of surprise. Prudence suggests that Australia needs be prepared.
  • 21 Aug 2024
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesian Elections

    Indonesia needs a strong opposition that can inspire hope, and look cool while doing it

    Alldo Fellix Januardy , Abigail Limuria
    Democratic backsliding in Southeast Asia’s largest country will set a poor example for the region.
  • 20 Aug 2024
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Resource security

    Looking back at Jokowi’s decade of resource nationalism

    Eve Warburton
    How successful were the Indonesian president’s efforts to localise and industrialise the country’s natural commodities?
  • 20 Aug 2024
    • Asean
    • Australia and Asia
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • International law

    Australia–ASEAN maritime cooperation: A focus on the whole risks losing sight of the parts

    Thư Nguyễn Hoàng Anh
    Tailored programs accounting for individual country needs will have greater influence.
  • 20 Aug 2024
    • Central Asia
    • Russia

    Central Asia's energy drive spurs regional integration

    Nikola Mikovic
    No longer in the “middle of nowhere”, Central Asian countries are collaborating and diversifying, often away from Russia.
  • 19 Aug 2024
    • Australia
    • Migration
    • Multiculturalism

    Labor squanders a multicultural mandate

    Emily Foley
    An emphasis on border protection can overshadow the social and economic benefits of migration.
  • 19 Aug 2024
    • Japan

    The race to be Japan’s next prime minister: The chances for a first woman in the top job

    Tan Ming Hui
    If the long-ruling party wants to signal a fresh start, a big first might be the answer.
  • 19 Aug 2024
    • Indonesia

    Prabowo puts the “i” in foreign policy

    Ahmad Rizky M. Umar
    Indonesia’s president-elect has already put his personal touch on display.
  • 16 Aug 2024
    • Japan
    • South Korea
    • Australia
    • United States

    Farewell Fumio Kishida – regional foundations are stronger for your legacy

    Jane Hardy
    Too much focus on personality politics can obscure the enduring common interests between countries.
  • 16 Aug 2024
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Explaining Ukraine’s hopes with a bold attack in Kursk – and how it might backfire, badly

    Ian Hill
    In a calculated gamble, the purpose appears as much political as military: a positive shift to the narrative, directed at multiple audiences.
  • 16 Aug 2024
    • Bangladesh
    • Human rights

    Bangladesh: Finding justice and reconciliation

    Roshni Kapur
    International experience holds lessons for the interim government to deliver on the change demanded.
  • 16 Aug 2024
    • Southeast Asia
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security

    Interoperability: The missing link in Indo-Pacific security

    Jennifer Parker
    Settling on a definition of an overused buzzword is the first step for Australia to ensure successful military partnerships in Southeast Asia.
  • 15 Aug 2024
    • Thailand

    Thailand loses a prime minister

    Susannah Patton
    Srettha Thavisin was not important, nor will his successor be.
  • 15 Aug 2024
    • Japan

    Kishida's abrupt resignation: Japan leaves a decade of Abe's influence behind

    Yuma Osaki
    But there is an unprecedented uncertainty about who will take up the Japanese leadership next.
  • 15 Aug 2024
    • Australia
    • Intelligence and security
    • Terrorism

    Right-sizing the terror threat

    Ben Scott
    And living with risk.
  • 14 Aug 2024
    • China
    • Taiwan
    • Australia

    No, Taiwan is not PRC real estate

    Denny Roy
    There is no legal or moral justification to not support Taiwan’s survival as a democracy.
  • 14 Aug 2024
    • China
    • Defence & Security
    • Cyber Security
    • Digital Disruption
    • Technology

    Beijing’s Baltic confession exposes undersea vulnerability

    Cynthia Mehboob
    While China claims a blunder, its ship cutting a pipeline and cable last year leaves transparency questions aplenty.
  • 14 Aug 2024
    • Australia
    • Diplomacy
    • Sex and Gender

    Wong’s century: A closer look at gender mix in Australia’s top diplomatic roles

    Daniel Flitton
    Female representation is near its highest. But some posts appear more equal than others.
  • 13 Aug 2024
    • Australia
    • Cyber Security
    • Digital Disruption
    • Technology

    Byte-sized diplomacy: Will governments ever reign in Big Tech?

    Miah Hammond-Errey
    Google took a hit in the courts last week, but the ruling might not be as important as the information revealed in the case.
  • 13 Aug 2024
    • Caucasus

    Forgotten front: The South Caucasus contest

    Ian Hill
    Energy, security, and geostrategy again find this crucial region at the crossroads.
  • 13 Aug 2024
    • Australia
    • Diplomacy
    • Climate change
    • Pacific Islands
    • The Americas

    Where to for Australia’s First Nations Foreign Policy?

    'Alopi Latukefu
    The climate is right to make environmental diplomacy a centrepiece of this new approach to the world.
  • 12 Aug 2024
    • United Kingdom

    Starmer’s Labour sets out to sustain Indo‑Pacific ties

    Patrick Triglavcanin
    A change of government has refreshed the message, but the overall direction remains the same. 
  • 12 Aug 2024
    • Bangladesh

    The binary trap after Bangladesh’s unrest

    Yanitha Meena Louis
    A careful balancing act for a country that stands as a bridge between South and Southeast Asia has been upended.
  • 12 Aug 2024
    • North Korea

    Family ties? How Kim Jong‑un is going his own way

    Khang Vu
    Every leader wants a legacy.
  • 9 Aug 2024
    • Global Issues
    • Coronavirus
    • Technology

    Olympics doping controversies show global bio governance failures

    Dirk van der Kley
    From Covid to genetically modified foods or DNA databases, the world is not cooperating enough on pathogens and biological technology regulation.
  • 9 Aug 2024
    • Southeast Asia
    • Australia
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Energy
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    Is Australia too late to claim its green economy share?

    Trang Nguyen
    Playing a role in Southeast Asia’s green energy transition is an opportunity Australia must not let pass.
  • 9 Aug 2024
    • Asia
    • Southeast Asia
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability
    • Africa

    Without money, the global biodiversity target is just an empty promise

    Mohd. Yunus
    Beyond social responsibility, funding conservation in developing nations is critical to the global economy.
  • 8 Aug 2024
    • Bangladesh

    Bangladesh: The economist turned saviour

    Aarti Betigeri
    Mohammad Yunus paid a hard price for his success after falling out with power. He now faces the most extraordinary test.
  • 8 Aug 2024
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Global Economy
    • Pacific Islands
    • China and the Pacific
    • Nauru
    • Solomon Islands
    • Tonga
    • Tuvalu
    • Vanuatu

    Economic diplomacy: Banking on the Pacific

    Greg Earl
    Rebuilding regional banking is unlikely to pay dividends without an underlying business revival.
  • 8 Aug 2024
    • India
    • Australia
    • Energy
    • Resource security
    • Sustainability
    • Technology

    Mission possible: Making the most of Australia-India cooperation on critical minerals

    Titiksha Vashist , Zoe Jay Hawkins
    The Indian government has set itself a new ambition to meet green transition needs – and Australia is a perfect partner.
  • 8 Aug 2024
    • India
    • United Kingdom
    • Identities
    • Review

    A reckoning with empire

    Ved Shinde
    Two very different volumes on the legacies of imperialism expose the parallax of coloniser and colonised.
  • 7 Aug 2024
    • Pacific Islands
    • United States

    Looking back at the Biden administration’s Pacific strategy

    Isabelle Zhu-Maguire
    Big promises haven’t always been backed up by delivery. But the main question is about enduring attention.
  • 7 Aug 2024
    • China
    • Middle East Conflict
    • Trade
    • Iran
    • Israel

    China’s high-stakes diplomacy: Managing Middle Eastern turmoil

    Joseph Webster
    Will Beijing exert more effort to calm the region and protect its economic interests and credibility?
  • 7 Aug 2024
    • Human rights
    • International law

    The dehumanisation danger

    Terry Hackett
    Language matters and the protections of international law are crucial for persons deprived of liberty.
  • 6 Aug 2024
    • Bangladesh

    Bangladesh’s new military-led government has a tough job ahead

    David Brewster
    The Army has little appetite to stay in power. But it will be a messy and drawn-out job to restore civilian rule.
  • 6 Aug 2024
    • China
    • Philippines
    • South China Sea
    • Defence & Security

    A respite for the Sierra Madre, but Philippines-China tensions remain

    Rommel Ong
    A provisional understanding is just that. Much now depends on China’s behaviour and its record is not encouraging.
  • 6 Aug 2024
    • Australia
    • Global Economy

    Australian CEOs face a wave of geopolitical risks

    Philipp Ivanov
    The fences of trade restrictions are growing higher and the yards of national industry policies larger.
  • 5 Aug 2024
    • Aid & Development
    • China – Belt and Road Initiative
    • United Nations

    What is China’s role in achieving the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals?

    Hannah McNicol
    It is time to think more seriously about the increasing relationship between Chinese and dominant international development models.
  • 5 Aug 2024
    • Australia
    • Australian Public Opinion
    • Defence & Security
    • Nuclear Weapons
    • Public Opinion
    • Public Opinion Polling

    Thinking the “unthinkable” again?

    Michael Clarke
    Security motivations alone rarely explain decisions to “go nuclear”. Australia’s history on the question is complex.
  • 5 Aug 2024
    • Philippines
    • Defence & Security

    Marcos vs Duterte: Domestic politics meets grand strategy

    Henry Storey
    Doubts linger regarding the longevity of Manila’s forward-leaning stance on regional security.
  • 2 Aug 2024
    • Global Issues
    • Review

    Shots around the world: The influence of assassins on international affairs

    Mark Pierce
    Leaders are always going to be hard to protect, especially if demonstrating a common touch means touching commoners.
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