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

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.

No playing games with Australia’s reputation
No playing games with Australia’s reputation
The Commonwealth Games – like its diplomatic counterpart – belongs to a different age.
The Fix: Spies and ties
The Fix: Spies and ties
In this new Interpreter feature, we’re inviting short observations about issues or resources that might otherwise be missed.
Lessons from history: Comparing Australia’s response to war crimes with the United States
Lessons from history: Comparing Australia’s response to war crimes with the United States
The fallout from the Ben Roberts-Smith case is only the beginning of a reckoning about justice in war.
Biden’s trip cancellations reveal pitfalls of a crowded diplomatic calendar
Biden’s trip cancellations reveal pitfalls of a crowded diplomatic calendar
Bailing on Australia and PNG highlights the growing risk of disappointment when leaders are clambering to summits here, there, everywhere.
DFAT: Show me the money
DFAT: Show me the money
Reports of a boost to spending to Australia’s diplomatic machinery need to be judged against what has been cut before.
Remembering Allan Gyngell, “the finest mind in Australian foreign policy”
Remembering Allan Gyngell, “the finest mind in Australian foreign policy”
Analyst, diplomat, author. Few Australians could better judge Australia’s place in the world.
AUKUS: Many questions, revealing answers
AUKUS: Many questions, revealing answers
What Lowy Institute’s analysts have so far made of the nuclear-powered submarine announcement.
“Amplify their voice”: Promoting gender equity in Asia and the Pacific
“Amplify their voice”: Promoting gender equity in Asia and the Pacific
The regional head of UN Women has a simple but crucial message on this International Women’s Day.
How to Interpret 2022: A Taiwan crisis
How to Interpret 2022: A Taiwan crisis
One of Asia’s flashpoints again tested regional relations, as well as analysts.
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