22 Jan 2026
Japan’s net zero bet needs an Australian hedge
Australia can offer Japan what it desperately needs to realise its energy ambitions.
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12 Jan 2026
Securing Australia’s fuel supplies in a major conflict
Why gas-to-liquids plants could keep Australia running when imports stop. -
27 Nov 2025
Critical minerals: Why fast-tracking undermines democratic legitimacy
With mineral projects taking years to move from exploration to production, Australia must hasten carefully. -
10 Nov 2025
Not every critical mineral is equal – and Australia’s policy should reflect this
The elements that genuinely matter for security should be treated as defence policy, not economic opportunity. -
6 Nov 2025
A new permanent contest with China over critical minerals will be hard to win
Australia’s more ambitious critical mineral deal-making is exacting a high price -
28 Oct 2025
The shock of the normal: Australia’s progressive patriotism
The Albanese playbook on quiet engagement bolsters the country’s reputation for reliability. And that’s good for business. -
22 Oct 2025
Can rare earths be Australia’s next mining boom?
Traditional approaches won’t secure Australia’s critical minerals future – or the geopolitical heft on offer. -
22 Sep 2025
Indonesia’s biodiesel push
With an economic reliance on palm oil fuels, Jakarta must balance energy security and global trade. -
18 Sep 2025
The ambitious SunCable project hinges on good neighbours and secure seas
An Australia–Asia green energy transmission link will test sovereignty, diplomatic leverage, and maritime security. -
9 Sep 2025
The messy truth: Australia’s reputation in Southeast Asia
When it comes to soft power, a little more humility and a lot less swagger would work in Canberra’s favour. -
21 Aug 2025
Re-inventing the productivity wheel
Australia once showed the world how it was done. Can it do it again? -
21 Jul 2025
How a golf resort near Singapore can grow Australian investment in Indonesia
The timing is right for Australia to back a new economic zone in the region. -
9 Jul 2025
Green energy statecraft and Australia’s clean industry future
A new policy model that removes the risk in clean commodity innovation will put Australia ahead of the pack. -
2 Jul 2025
Australia can’t prevaricate on tough economic and security trade-offs anymore
To be safer in the world, Australians might need to be less secure at home. -
2 Jul 2025
Australia’s $17 trillion AI moment
In a world where you can be fired by a bot, countries that get workplace AI governance right will reap economic gains. -
24 Jun 2025
Enhancing Australia–EU security cooperation
The pros outweigh the cons of Canberra joining Brussels for shared prosperity, security and accountable democracy. -
19 Jun 2025
Australians see through tariff fears to real economic threat
Latest Lowy polling shows strong support for local manufacturing, but green tech backing might be on the slide. -
5 Jun 2025
The battle Royal over the Dollar: What a currency means to the nation
The US dollar is under pressure. Australia could go it alone, at least in name. -
27 May 2025
The CPTPP dilemma: Economic merit versus geopolitical calculation
Trade arrangements work best when not hostage to security concerns. -
26 May 2025
China’s rare earth advantage isn’t just about control
Domestic fixes are compounding global oversupply issues in an era of US-China rivalry and weaponised interdependence. -
22 May 2025
Maximising Australia’s green growth
A new strategic framework is needed to transform Australia from fossil fuel supplier into Asia’s trusted clean energy partner. -
24 Apr 2025
Economic diplomacy: Trump era transcends economics
The International Monetary Fund and Australia have found some welcome security amid growing geopolitical fragmentation. -
10 Apr 2025
Tariffs or temporary pause: ASEAN’s big choice
How Southeast Asian nations respond to Donald Trump’s economic coercion matters for the world and Australia. -
9 Apr 2025
Housing affordability is a problem for Australian foreign policy
A massive mortgage reduces our willingness to take risks, and that can include anything from travel to investing overseas. -
3 Apr 2025
Australia in Trump’s new tariff order
The new US tariffs are so high and wide-ranging that they represent an economic experiment. -
31 Mar 2025
Sweet deals, sour times, and Australia’s blind eye to Trumponomics
Big budget deficits thanks to election promises leave little room to move ahead of a gathering tariff war. -
27 Mar 2025
Budget 2025: Trump-proofing Labor’s poll chances
Economic Diplomacy: Doing the sums for a tight federal election and a Trump trade revolution all at once was bound to be challenging. -
14 Mar 2025
Betting the house on Australia’s soft diplomacy
A housing crisis might seem like a domestic problem, but there are significant foreign policy wins on offer. -
12 Mar 2025
Trump’s tariffs: The smarter option for Australia to retaliate
A tariff tit-for-tat game will only cost more. Cooperation with other countries is the better answer. -
12 Mar 2025
Steel yourselves, Trump’s worldwide tariffs threaten Australia more
The direct consequences of steel and aluminium restrictions are small – but the big picture cost to Australia lies in damage to the global economy. -
28 Feb 2025
Economic diplomacy: A fairy tale response to Trump’s tariffs
Australia’s retirement savings pool is an important new economic relations lever, but it can only be rolled out so many times. -
14 Feb 2025
The latest round of tariffs threats might be the least of our worries
Trump looks to target the integrity of payments systems. -
30 Jan 2025
Trump’s trade policy: Risks for Australia
With tariff threats against both friend and foe, regional trade agreements will assume greater importance. -
12 Dec 2024
US tariffs are nothing new – history should be our guide
With a change of guard in the White House, Australia could take its lead from Chifley’s art of the deal. -
17 Oct 2024
Economic diplomacy: After the storm comes the reconstruction
From a new measure of business competitiveness to revamped supply chains, global agencies are slowly adjusting to post-pandemic life. -
5 Sep 2024
Economic diplomacy: Taking sides for an election
From ANZUS, Indonesia, regional business and media reporting, Penny Wong seems to have legacy in mind. -
9 Aug 2024
Is Australia too late to claim its green economy share?
Playing a role in Southeast Asia’s green energy transition is an opportunity Australia must not let pass. -
25 Jul 2024
Economic diplomacy: Looking beyond a 30-year anomaly
Divining economic statecraft is animating international relations roundtables but unnerving the money managers. -
16 Jul 2024
To pick winners, be willing to discard losers
Converts to industry policy will find success by drawing on the experience of success in other countries. -
15 Jul 2024
What next for UK trade relations with the EU?
The ushering in of new blood in Westminster promises less ideology on trade, but no fewer red lines. -
27 Jun 2024
Economic diplomacy: Ringfencing the Lucky Country
Some key Australian economic figures are embracing the new economics of national resilience in distinctive ways. -
30 May 2024
Fibs, squibs, and trading digs
Is it any wonder the public is often bemused about the merits of trade policy? -
2 May 2024
Economic diplomacy: It’s nostalgists vs strategists
As a new Treasurer claims a geo-economic legacy in industrial policy, his predecessor’s once shiny G20 triumph has been dumped. -
22 Apr 2024
Ensuring the “Future Made in Australia Act” doesn’t add to a global subsidy arms race
Let alone widen Australia’s economic and social divides. -
18 Apr 2024
Economic diplomacy: Made in Australia with new energy
The government wants to manufacture an election winning industry policy that also sounds tough on various foreign partners. -
4 Apr 2024
Economic diplomacy: Hanging on in ASEAN
Australia faces growing competition for influence among its old friends in Southeast Asia as China’s power rises. -
18 Mar 2024
Reverse colonialism? India and Britain’s free trade agreements
The failure of FTA talks between New Delhi and London rings with an unmistakable tone of irony. -
18 Jan 2024
Economic diplomacy: To market, to market, with China
New Cabinet papers reveal the origins of trade pragmatism and the Coalition’s embrace of communism with market characteristics. -
7 Dec 2023
Economic diplomacy: Pulling the right global value chain
Australia is now a big exporter of “bottleneck products” in a deglobalising world, just as it tries to rebuild manufacturing. -
22 Nov 2023
Why is Myanmar’s new deep-sea port such hot property?
An alternative route to the Strait of Malacca offers China, and others, a safer, faster and more efficient trade route.