Benedict Coleridge recently worked as a policy researcher for Jesuit Refugee Service Europe. He will soon begin graduate study at the University of Oxford.

Amy Schwebel is a research officer for the Australian Council of Trade Unions.

Mike Callaghan is Director of the Lowy Institute's G20 Studies Centre.

Annalisa Prizzon is an economist with the Overseas Development Institute, the UK's leading development think tank.

The Lowy Institute and leading US think tank the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) present a new video discussion series called 'Views Across the Pacific'.

Marty Harris is an Assistant Digital Editor at the Lowy Institute. He holds a Master of Arts degree in Middle East and Central Asian Studies from ANU.

Australia's public broadcaster SBS has been screening the PBS Newshour for years (decades?) now, and for me one of the highlights of the program is the regular segments by economics correspondent Paul Solman. I don't think I've ever seen a better explainer of economic ideas.

Ever since the 2008 financial crisis left many advanced economies in disarray, global growth has been sustained only through the continued spectacular performance of the emerging countries,

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Let's hope the new addition to Britain's royal family isn't as thick as a whale omelette, like his Regency namesake:

The Asia Foundation on Cambodia, going to the polls on Sunday: 'Much of the CPP’s legitimacy can be directly linked to the declining poverty rate which has be

In the current climate of electoral desperation in Australia, it is difficult to get a true picture of the reality of Australia's aid program in PNG because it's so misunderstood even when the spotlight isn'

Andrew Selth is a Research Fellow at the Griffith Asia Institute.

Last week, the IMF made its contribution to the ongoing debate over Chinese economic performance.

The role of Australia's aid program in the PNG asylum seeker plan is the subject of this powerful piece from Jo Chandler.

From his essay in The Monthly, Faith in Politics:

Deni ToKunai is a political commentator who writes PNG's leading political blog, The Garamut.

Marty Harris is the Lowy Institute's Assistant Digital Editor. Israeli and Palestinian negotiators are heading to Washington for peace talks.

Rikki Kersten is a Professor of Modern Japanese Political History at the ANU.

Mike Callaghan is Director of the Lowy Institute's G20 Studies Centre.

Martyn Namorong is a multi-award winning writer, blogger and television presenter.

Anyone remotely interested in security and intelligence issues would have to be living under a rock to have missed this recent interview with the former head of the CIA and the NSA, General Mich