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  • 21 Dec 2022
    • Aid & Development
    • Timor-Leste
    • Australia
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • Bougainville
    • Papua New Guinea
    • Review

    Seeking independence: three books to read this summer

    Jessica Collins
    From Timorese history and Bougainville’s dreams to Australia’s regional stories, catch up on essential background.
  • 3 Aug 2021
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • Papua New Guinea

    Keeping PNG connected by investing in radio

    Shane McLeod
    Australia could quickly make a critical – and relatively cheap ­– neighbourly investment in democracy.
  • 10 Dec 2019
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • Australia and the Pacific

    Favourites of 2019: ABC primetime returns to the Pacific

    Jonathan Pryke
    Friction between the panel and audience and Australia’s climate change policies was on display – and plenty more, too.
  • 20 Nov 2019
    • Pacific Islands
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • Australia
    • Vanuatu

    China, media freedom in the Pacific, and the great Australian silence

    Jemima Garrett
    Media freedom issues bedevil the region, but it’s the dwindling number of Pacific-based journalists that carries a cost.
  • 24 Oct 2019
    • Pacific Islands
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • Australia

    ABC: Australia’s waning soft-power star

    Annmaree O’Keeffe
    The public broadcaster alone cannot be responsible for Australia’s international voice, so more need to be heard.
  • 18 Oct 2019
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • Papua New Guinea

    Papua New Guinea’s untold media freedom challenge

    Himmat Shaligram
    Cuts by foreign news agencies, poor resourcing and cultural hurdles for local journalists are obstacles to overcome.
  • 23 Apr 2019
    • Pacific Islands
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • Bougainville

    Simplistic and wrong to say the ABC is missing from Pacific coverage

    Kellie Mayo
    So often the ABC asks questions to provide answers other media outlets run with.
  • 10 Jan 2019
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • Australia

    International broadcasting: the ABC vs the wisdom of the crowd

    Geoff Heriot
    An incoming Australian government should review and rethink the purpose of state-funded international broadcasting.
  • 23 Nov 2018
    • Pacific Islands
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • Australia

    Time we heard the Pacific’s take on the Pacific

    Mary-Louise O’Callaghan
    Should we really lament the passing of the old-fashioned foreign correspondent, or take a chance for something new?
  • 23 Nov 2018
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • Australia and the Pacific

    Morrison and the Pacific: the good, the gaffe, and the omission

    William Fisher
    The rediscovery of the Pacific covers important ground but raising Australia’s broadcast voice is a chance to do better.
  • 14 Nov 2018
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • Australia

    International broadcasting: raising Australia’s Pacific voice

    Ian Macintosh , Bruce Dover
    The solution isn’t to simply transmit, or worse, dump Australian content on unsuspecting regional audiences.
  • 12 Oct 2018
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • China

    See the difference: CGTN’s Australian gambit

    Graeme Smith
    <p>China’s broadcasters are spruiking, but overseas propaganda is&nbsp;more to benefit bosses back in Beijing.</p>
  • 28 Sep 2018
    • Diplomacy
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • Australia

    Not just a pretty place: Australia’s soft power

    Damien Spry
    <p>Australia's soft power review should focus on diaspora and international audiences, not indices.</p>
  • 14 Aug 2018
    • Asia
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • Australia

    Diplomacy in the post-broadcasting era

    Wanning Sun
    Projecting Australia’s interests now demands a very different suite of approaches from those of days gone by.
  • 6 Aug 2018
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • Australia

    International broadcasting: not so simple as ABC

    Ian Macintosh , Bruce Dover
    Australia’s future international public broadcasting should be placed in the hands of a new independent body.
  • 1 Feb 2017
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting

    Radio Australia: The soft power tool eroded by neglect

    Annmaree O’Keeffe
    Suggesting digital content can fully replace shortwave services points to a worrying ignorance by ABC management of PNG and Pacific audiences.
  • 30 Sep 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • International Relations
    • Multilateral Institutions
    • United Nations
    • Foreign Policy

    Australia makes another tilt at the UN Security Council

    Alex Oliver
  • 30 Sep 2015
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Cyber Security
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • International Relations
    • Australia and Asia
    • US-China

    Xi in America: China's poor grasp of public diplomacy on full display

    Kerry Brown
  • 16 Sep 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Diplomacy
    • Syria
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • Foreign Policy
    • Migration

    The silence of Australia's Imams on the Gulf States and refugees

    Rodger Shanahan
  • 15 Sep 2015
    • Diplomacy
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting

    BBC vs RT: Media wars, diplomacy and owning the message

    Anneliese Mcauliffe
  • 2 Sep 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • International Relations

    Passive-aggressive rivalry deepens China-Japan tensions

  • 17 Aug 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting

    How did Chinese media react to Abe's World War II speech?

  • 28 Jul 2015
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • International Relations

    Indonesia: engagement through communication and culture has barely begun

    Catriona Croft-Cusworth
  • 26 Jun 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • Migration

    Who are you calling radical, radical?

    Lauren Williams
  • 24 Apr 2015
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australian Development Assistance
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • International Relations
    • Development Assistance
    • Digital Disruption
    • Foreign Policy
    • E-diplomacy

    Six ideas for rescuing Australian digital diplomacy

    Danielle Cave
  • 17 Apr 2015
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Institutions
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • Digital Disruption
    • Foreign Policy
    • E-diplomacy

    Does Australia do digital diplomacy?

    Danielle Cave
  • 8 Apr 2015
    • Diplomacy
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting

    China's new foreign NGO law will help silence critics

  • 12 Mar 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Institutions
    • Australian Development Assistance
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • International Relations
    • Australia and Asia
    • Foreign Policy

    Tough road for Asia's women activists

    Elaine Pearson
  • 12 Mar 2015
    • Public Opinion
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Perspective
    • International Public Opinion
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • Australia and Asia
    • Foreign Policy
    • Indonesia

    Indonesians against the death penalty

    Catriona Croft-Cusworth
  • 11 Mar 2015
    • Public Opinion
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Regional relationships
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • Australia and Asia
    • China
    • India
    • Public Opinion Polling
    • China-India Relations
    • E-diplomacy

    Under the Dome and India's Daughter: Documentaries stir powerful online reaction in Asia

    Danielle Cave
  • 2 Mar 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Australian Perspective
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • Defence Intelligence and Security

    Who or what is a 'leading military planner'?

    Rodger Shanahan
  • 11 Feb 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Cyber Security
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting

    Australians can now go see 'The Interview', but they probably shouldn't

    Robert E Kelly
  • 4 Feb 2015
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting

    Brisbane a 'turning point' in Merkel-Putin relationship

    Brendan Thomas-Noone
  • 23 Jan 2015
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • Australia and Asia

    How Chinese media covered Obama's State of the Union

    Merriden Varrall
  • 22 Jan 2015
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Fiji

    Freedom of the press in Fiji under pressure

    Bruce Hill
  • 15 Jan 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Diplomacy
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting

    The need for civil resistance to terrorism

    Peter Knoope
  • 14 Jan 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • Foreign Policy

    The role of think tanks in a fragmenting global system

    Melissa Conley Tyler
  • 24 Nov 2014
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • Public Opinion Polling

    ABC and SBS cuts: Australia's loss in a global century

    Alex Oliver
  • 3 Nov 2014
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • Foreign Policy

    'The Embassy' and DFAT's consular role: Helping Australians travel smarter

  • 30 Oct 2014
    • Diplomacy
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting

    What did we learn from the 'Kim Jong-un has disappeared' hysteria?

    Robert E Kelly
  • 8 Oct 2014
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • Foreign Policy

    Australian public diplomacy the real loser in ABC cuts

    Christopher Kremmer
  • 2 Oct 2014
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • International Relations
    • Foreign Policy

    ABC bureaux closures: Sacrificing the bang for the bucks?

    Alex Oliver
  • 12 Jun 2014
    • Diplomacy
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • International Relations

    Football vs international policy: No contest

    Anthony Bubalo
  • 9 May 2014
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • International Relations

    National Commission of Audit: When you've cut DFAT to the bone…

    Melissa Conley Tyler

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