Publications

This report summarises the outcomes of the workshop on The potential for rugby league to connect Australia and Papua New Guinea

Originally published in The Australian. 

Originally published in the East Asia Forum. 

Originally published in the Australian Financial Review on 18 March 2017. Photo: US Navy. 

Jakarta's efforts to retake control of the country's natural resources are going to be costly for taxpayers, wrote Matthew Busch for the Wall Street Journal on 15 March (Photo: Flickr/Nasa

There's a momentum towards greater cooperation among India, Japan, and Australia, writes James Curran in CFR's Asia Unbound blog on 9 March. Photo: Flickr/Us State Department

More than anything, President Joko Widodo's brief recent visit to Australia showcased a warm, personal rapport between him and Malcolm Turnbull, and the Prime Minister is to be commended for his efforts to forge the connection, wrote Matthew Busch in the Australian on 3 March

On 2 March, French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault addressed the Lowy Institute on France’s outlook on global, regional and bilateral challenges, and its convergence with Australia's views and actions in this region and on the international stage. Photo: Sydney Heads/Peter Morris

Originally published in the Australian Financial Review

We must think seriously about the region again, writes Euan Graham in the Australian Financial Review on 15 February. Photo: Getty Images

The US president could find this weapon to be less effective than he thought, writes Stephen Grenville for the Nikkei Asian Review on 9 February

Australians have benefited from the liberal order that the US president wants to dismantle, writes Michael Fullilove in the Financial Times on 4 February. Photo: Getty Images/Andrew Renneisen

Malcolm Turnbull was right to stand his ground over his refugee deal with the US but the episode reveals the limitations of his interpretation of the new administration, writes James Curran for the Guardian on 3 February

Originally published in the Australian on 1 February 2017. 

Avoid tit-for-tat; keep integrating, writes Stephen Grenville in the Nikkei Asian Review

The showman now has to govern, writes James Curran in the Australian on 14 January. Photo: Getty Images/The Washington Post

Originally published in the Australian on 20 December 2016. 

Sam Roggeveen writes in the Australian Financial Review on how to choose your pundits. Photo: Flickr/Will Fisher

The long-term development prospects for the Pacific are bleak, yet it is an integral region for Australia’s strategic and development interests. One proposal that has the potential for transformational change in the region is enabling greater Pacific access to Australia’s labour market. This

This edited extract from James Curran's Lowy Institute Paper Fighting with America first appeared in The Australian on 3 December 2016

On 6 December, Natasha Stott Despoja AM, Australia’s Ambassador for Women and Girls, looked at destinations reached and travels still to be undertaken in the global journey towards gender equality. 

Euan Graham writes in the Nikkei Asian Review on the seizure of several Singaporean armoured vehicles being shipped through Hong Kong. 

While Indonesia under Jokowi can be expected to continue to take unilateral action to reinforce the Indonesian position around the Natuna Islands, Jokowi has not played an active diplomatic role on the broader South China Sea issue. In the longer term, Indonesia is better off investing in diplomatic

In an opinion piece in The Australian, Rodger Shanahan writes that rebels need to concede Aleppo to save civilian lives. Photo: Getty Images/Anadolu Agency