Daniel Flitton

Managing Editor, The Interpreter
Areas of expertise

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

Daniel Flitton
Biography
Publications
News and media

Daniel Flitton is one of Australia’s most experienced foreign affairs journalists and is now Managing Editor of the Lowy Institute’s international magazine, The Interpreter.

Before joining the Institute, he was diplomatic editor and senior correspondent at The Age in Melbourne and was posted as a political correspondent in the parliament house bureau in Canberra. Daniel previously worked as an analyst for the Office of National Assessments, Australia’s peak intelligence assessment agency. He has held academic positions at the Australian National University and at Deakin University, where he developed a breadth of knowledge on Asia, the Middle East, and the Pacific. As a Fulbright scholar in 2004, he researched the Australia–United States alliance at Georgetown University in Washington DC.

AUKUS, Trump and “values-driven leadership”: Unpacking Dutton’s foreign policy address
AUKUS, Trump and “values-driven leadership”: Unpacking Dutton’s foreign policy address
The opposition leader is betting that the public will see his style of leadership as necessary for the times.
“Is your job as Foreign Minister more difficult today than it was a week ago?”
“Is your job as Foreign Minister more difficult today than it was a week ago?”
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Your Top 10 most-read Interpreter articles in 2024
Your Top 10 most-read Interpreter articles in 2024
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Australia’s new chequebook diplomacy in the Pacific
The potential for a bidding war should be acknowledged.
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Hopefully, if I embarrass myself, a couple of colleagues will share their wonky mementos, too.
Shifting the mindset on global challenges
Shifting the mindset on global challenges
The 2024 Lowy Lecture reinforced the timeless wisdom of coordinated action to tackle international dangers.
Penny Wong is quizzed about Trump, again, again and again
Penny Wong is quizzed about Trump, again, again and again
And her main message was to be confident about Australia.
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