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.

Favourites of 2020: Women make excellent spies
Favourites of 2020: Women make excellent spies
Chauvinist assumptions are a big part of the reason the West lost its nuclear edge.
More pollies in more posts
More pollies in more posts
Are changing contours of global power or suspicions of the “swamp” driving more politicians to fill key diplomatic jobs?
Australia’s PM: “How good is international relations theory!”
Australia’s PM: “How good is international relations theory!”
Scott Morrison is adopting a philosophical approach to strategic challenges – but don’t confuse this with doing nothing.
Australia’s mission in Afghanistan – what was it again?
Australia’s mission in Afghanistan – what was it again?
Nothing can reduce the responsibility of individuals. But the political context for a “forever war” is relevant, too.
The New Biden Administration: A Lowy Institute Collection
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The New Biden Administration: A Lowy Institute Collection
On this page, we have curated the best publications, conversations and event recordings to help you understand the foreign policy implications of Joe Biden's presidency.
Joe Biden: Big questions and great expectations
Joe Biden: Big questions and great expectations
Will the world be receptive to a US attempt to reassert global leadership after the crassness of Trump’s America First?
The US, not China, is Australia's most difficult relationship
Commentary
The US, not China, is Australia's most difficult relationship
All the talk of “mateship” and ever “deepening ties” in relation to our alliance with the US tends to obscure the competitive nature of foreign policy. Originally published in the…
A Trump legacy?
A Trump legacy?
Trump or Biden, it’s clear there are far bigger foreign policy contests still to be settled.
Shocking abuse of female passengers in Doha demands resolute response
Shocking abuse of female passengers in Doha demands resolute response
Australia’s options to put Qatar on notice start with recalling its ambassador. The next step could go further.
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