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

Strategy and geopolitics; global governance; Australian foreign policy; Southeast Asia; Data analysis

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

Southeast Asian politics and economic security.

Australian foreign policy news; long-form research publishing 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

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; counterterrorism; 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, and broader international relations across the Pacific region.

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

James Paterson is the Research Assistant for the Transnational Challenge Program at the Lowy Institute. He holds a PhD from Monash University where his research focuses on insurgent dynamics and legitimacy.

Indo-Pacific strategy; Australian foreign policy; Southeast Asia.

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

International economic policy; Asia Pacific economies; macroeconomics; economic development; aid and development finance; globalisation; geo-economics.  

Australian foreign and defence policy, China’s military forces, US defence and foreign policy, drones and other military technology. Also, 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

Southeast Asian defence and security