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Patrick Wall

From Port Vila to the Peace Palace

Samuel Bashfield , Elena Katselli Proukaki

The British Indian Ocean Territory and the rules-based order

Shivangi Seth

Why India needs a refugee law

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Patrick Wall 5 Jul 2022 05:00

From Port Vila to the Peace Palace

Why and how Australia should support Vanuatu in taking climate change to the world’s highest court.
Peter Hooton 4 Jul 2022 14:00

Australia and the Nuclear Ban Treaty

If disarmament is to be truly realistic, the world needs to change the conversation about nuclear weapons.
Amita Batra 4 Jul 2022 03:00

India’s trade policy needs to prioritise the region

New Delhi’s economic integration with Asian neighbours will enhance global value chains and ensure its trade resilience.
Samuel Bashfield, Elena Katselli Proukaki 1 Jul 2022 12:00

The British Indian Ocean Territory and the rules-based order

In claiming sovereignty over Chagos, London privileges Western interests. And breaks international law.
Shivangi Seth 1 Jul 2022 09:00

Why India needs a refugee law

Adopting international standards will not only benefit people seeking asylum but India’s relations in the neighbourhood.
JJ Rose 1 Jul 2022 05:00

Taking on Cambodia’s “Lady Liberty”

An American human rights lawyer sentenced to six years in a Phnom Penh prison may cause Hun Sen no end of trouble.
Greg Earl 30 Jun 2022 15:00

Economic diplomacy: Names trump numbers in the new BRI debt battle

As G7 leaders talk up infrastructure spending, Australia’s Pacific family members contemplate how much they can take.
Jessica Collins 30 Jun 2022 09:00

What Australians fear with China pressing in the Pacific

Concern about a growing regional influence can be offset by faith in other actors to do the right thing.
Eglantine Staunton 30 Jun 2022 03:00

France-Australia: Moving beyond AUKUS

A change of PM has certainly helped, and the latest Lowy Poll suggests no enduring damage has been done to relations.

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Long Reads

Resetting Australia’s relationship with the Pacific – three ideas

Anna Gibert

Listen, for a start. Getting down to granular, person-to-person engagement is needed for effective regional diplomacy.
Back in the USSR – surprises in the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Tim Harcourt

It’d be funny, if it wasn’t so deadly serious.
Economic diplomacy: Slow dividends for Australia from ASEAN spending

Greg Earl

Amid the Ukraine sanctions showdown, an Indian trade deal looms as a pre-election win for the Morrison government.

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