Australian foreign policy; US politics and foreign policy; Asia and the Pacific; Global institutions

Strategy and geopolitics; global governance; Australian foreign policy; Australia’s Alliance with the United States; human rights and democratic institutions

Development finance; foreign aid; human development

Macroeconomics; structural transformation; energy transition; Southeast Asia; economic development

Southeast Asian politics and economic security

Australian foreign policy; long-form research on strategy, security, geopolitics and economics

Politics and economics in Asia and the Pacific; aid and international development policy

Pacific Islands aid and development; development finance; sovereign debt; China’s foreign assistance and overseas lending

Australian foreign policy and politics; Australia’s intelligence services; international relations in Asia

Climate adaptation; foreign aid and finance; decarbonising development

Terrorism and violent extremism; digital technology; disinformation; authoritarianism; national security; emergency management and countering violent extremism; crisis and natural disasters; radicalisation; counter-terrorism; policy; Middle East; US national security

China’s political system and the workings and structure of the communist party; China’s foreign relations, with an emphasis on ties with Japan, the two Koreas, and Southeast Asia; Australia’s relations with Asia

Australian foreign policy and public opinion; climate change and sustainability; multilateral diplomacy; China and Hong Kong

Climate change; national security; PNG governance and politics; the Autonomous Region of Bougainville; international relations across the Pacific region

Digitalisation; digital economy; economic development and empowerment; innovation and technology; social welfare

Insurgent dynamics and legitimacy

Indo-Pacific strategy; Australian foreign policy; Southeast Asia

Climate change; loss and damage; climate change adaptation; international policy and climate finance; small island developing states

International economic policy; Asia-Pacific economies; macroeconomics; economic development; aid and development finance; globalisation; geoeconomics

Australian foreign and defence policy; China’s military forces; US defence and foreign policy; drones and other military technology; trends in global democracy

Russia-Ukraine war; military history and strategy; advanced technologies

Statistics

Australian foreign policy; geopolitics in the Pacific; Papua New Guinea; Solomon Islands; Fiji; conflict analysis and fragile states

Foreign aid; global development finance

Macroeconomic policy; economic reform; the role of financial institutions in economic development; Myanmar; Indo-Pacific

Australian defence policy; military capability

International economics and political economy; geoeconomics; growth and development; macroeconomics