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  • 26 Feb 2025
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia's Defence Challenges
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Defence & Security

    The building blocks for security partnership in the Indo-Pacific

    Michael MacArthur Bosack
    There are five basic requirements for successful military-to-military cooperation. Australia is already ahead of the game.
  • 24 Feb 2025
    • China
    • China's Military
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia's Defence Challenges
    • Australian Defence Force
    • China-Australia Relations

    How should Australia respond to Chinese warships’ live fire?

    Sam Roggeveen
    Provocations such as the PLA’s weapons drills are the moments when Australia must channel its unique geographical power.
  • 3 Jan 2025
    • Asia
    • Asean
    • Australia
    • Australia and Asia

    Australia and ASEAN: A storied history

    Sue Thompson
    After 50 years of dialogue, the relationship has matured on economic, political, and strategic interests.
  • 13 Dec 2024
    • Asean
    • Australia and Asia
    • Diplomacy
    • Foreign Policy

    Diplomacy the Southeast Asian way

    Izzah Ibrahim
    How ASEAN, Australia and New Zealand are making progress through informal dialogue.
  • 15 Nov 2024
    • Asean
    • Singapore
    • Southeast Asia
    • Australia and Asia
    • Energy
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    Is Southeast Asia ready for a regional power grid?

    Hannah Lord
    Australia is in pole position to partner with the region on cross-border electricity supply.
  • 9 Sep 2024
    • Cambodia
    • China
    • Indonesia
    • Japan
    • Malaysia
    • Southeast Asia
    • Thailand
    • Australia
    • Australia and Asia

    China’s rise in Southeast Asia is bringing in a golden age for Australia

    Susannah Patton
    Disquiet about Beijing’s growing presence is motivating countries across the region to seek deeper cooperation with Canberra.
  • 23 Aug 2024
    • Asia
    • Southeast Asia
    • Australia and Asia
    • Diplomacy
    • Communities
    • Regional relationships

    Key questions for reform of the New Colombo Plan

    Ly Tran
    A boost to the ties that bind Australia and the Indo-Pacific is essential to humanising public diplomacy and building life-long connections.
  • 21 Aug 2024
    • Asia
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Australian Development Assistance
    • Australian Foreign Aid
    • Foreign Policy
    • Pacific Islands

    Australia takes a big first step to engage civil society in foreign policy

    Heather Wrathall , Jasmine Stephens
    With a new multi-million dollar fund, Canberra underscores the importance of robust and transparent democracy.
  • 20 Aug 2024
    • Asean
    • Australia and Asia
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • International law

    Australia–ASEAN maritime cooperation: A focus on the whole risks losing sight of the parts

    Thư Nguyễn Hoàng Anh
    Tailored programs accounting for individual country needs will have greater influence.
  • 13 May 2024
    • China
    • China's Economy
    • Chinese Trade
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australia's Trade
    • Trade

    Made in Australia meets China’s export juggernaut

    Henry Storey
    China’s irrepressible appetite for Australian resources will severely complicate the country’s manufacturing renaissance.
  • 11 Apr 2024
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Foreign Policy

    The Translator: “Like-minded countries”

    Melissa Conley Tyler , Megan Vu
    A new series in which experts explain the sometimes baffling jargon of international affairs.
  • 5 Apr 2024
    • China
    • China's Military
    • Philippines
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia's Defence Challenges
    • Maritime Security
    • United States
    • US Navy

    What should Australia be doing about the South China Sea?

    Susannah Patton
    While Australia’s interests are clear, its contribution is ambiguous.
  • 4 Apr 2024
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australia's Trade
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Free Trade
    • Trade
    • International Public Opinion
    • Public Opinion Polling

    Economic diplomacy: Hanging on in ASEAN

    Greg Earl
    Australia faces growing competition for influence among its old friends in Southeast Asia as China’s power rises.
  • 2 Apr 2024
    • Japan
    • Southeast Asia
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia's Trade
    • Multilateral Development Banks

    Australia’s Southeast Asia trade stumbling block

    Maxfield Peterson
    Canberra must move fast on a formal information-sharing facility to reach its regional economic and foreign policy goals.
  • 22 Mar 2024
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Australia
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australia's Trade
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • China-Australia Relations

    Australia confronts an Indonesian nickel glut

    Henry Storey
    Competition over strategic commodities may increasingly define the economic relationship between the two producers.
  • 22 Mar 2024
    • China
    • Australia
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • BRICS
    • Climate change
    • Multilateral Institutions
    • Sustainability

    Green transition: Supercharging a sustainable future for the Asia‑Pacific

    Christoph Nedopil
    An ambitious path of competition and collaboration with China would ensure the region’s economic non-dependence.
  • 12 Mar 2024
    • China
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australian Public Opinion
    • Multiculturalism
    • Technology
    • Transnational Challenges
    • Public Opinion
    • Public Opinion Polling

    Chinese social media and the 2025 Australian federal election

    Fan Yang , Robbie Fordyce , Luke Heemsbergen
    Those intent on spreading political misinformation are finding ways around strict foreign interference rules.
  • 9 Feb 2024
    • Australia
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Australia's Economy
    • Energy
    • United States

    Middle East turmoil and a US pause offer Australia LNG opportunities

    Ian Satchwell
    On the way to net-zero, there is a chance to help bolster Asia’s regional energy security.
  • 7 Feb 2024
    • Asean
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Malaysia
    • Singapore
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia's Economy
    • Defence & Security

    The role of Singapore, Malaysia and Australia in ASEAN centrality

    Muhammad Faizal Abdul Rahman
    Cooperation, especially on security and the economy, is key to countering pressure from outside the bloc.
  • 2 Feb 2024
    • Asean
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesian Elections
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia's Economy

    What a new Indonesian president may mean for Australia

    Andree Surianta
    People exchanges between the two countries will deepen the economic partnership, regardless of leadership change.
  • 18 Jan 2024
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australia's Trade
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Free Trade
    • Trade
    • WTO

    Economic diplomacy: To market, to market, with China

    Greg Earl
    New Cabinet papers reveal the origins of trade pragmatism and the Coalition’s embrace of communism with market characteristics.
  • 11 Dec 2023
    • China's Economy
    • China's Government
    • Chinese Trade
    • Taiwan
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia's Trade
    • Australian Diplomacy

    Don’t let China veto Australia’s ties with Taiwan

    Benjamin Herscovitch
    Canberra should not let increased trade and political engagement with Taipei be held hostage to Beijing’s sensitivities.
  • 22 Nov 2023
    • China
    • Chinese Trade
    • Myanmar
    • Southeast Asia
    • Thailand
    • Trade and Investment in the Asia Pacific
    • Australia and Asia
    • Quad
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Trade

    Why is Myanmar’s new deep-sea port such hot property?

    Shaun Cameron
    An alternative route to the Strait of Malacca offers China, and others, a safer, faster and more efficient trade route.
  • 8 Nov 2023
    • Bangladesh
    • Myanmar
    • Australia and Asia
    • Human rights

    Australia’s chance to show global leadership on Rohingya displacement

    Jessica Marsh
    Honouring a pledge to be tough on borders without being “weak on humanity” will bolster Canberra’s aim of regional stability.
  • 3 Nov 2023
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament
    • Nuclear Weapons

    Australian leadership in Indo‑Pacific nuclear diplomacy

    John Tilemann
    With growing state capabilities in the region, “guardrails” are more important than ever. Canberra can help.
  • 29 Sep 2023
    • Southeast Asia
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australia's Trade
    • Diplomacy

    Great expectations: Australia’s elusive Southeast Asia vision

    Stephen Grenville
    Diplomacy, economic partnerships, copper mines and instant noodles - the Moore Report has much to reflect on.
  • 14 Sep 2023
    • Asia
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia's Trade
    • Sustainability

    More than just rice: Asia’s food supply anxieties

    Genevieve Donnellon-May
    Most economies in Southeast Asia are net food importers. Is now the time for Australia to step up its export production?
  • 14 Sep 2023
    • Indonesia
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Australian Navy

    ASEAN maritime security and what next week’s navy exercises mean

    Tom Barber
    Australia’s experience and reputation can support Southeast Asia’s aim of multipolarity. And it doesn’t need to be flashy.
  • 12 Sep 2023
    • Asean
    • Vietnam
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • United States

    Amid great power visits, don’t underestimate middle power cooperation

    Melissa Conley Tyler
    With Vietnam supercharging its relationship with the United States, Australia may be next.
  • 4 Aug 2023
    • Bangladesh
    • India
    • Maldives
    • Pakistan
    • Australia and Asia

    What four upcoming elections in South Asia mean for Australia

    David Brewster
    With significant strategic equities at play, Canberra will need more regional engagement than ever before.
  • 28 Jun 2023
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia and Asia
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Public Opinion Polling

    Pragmatism rules the public outlook on Australia-China relations

    Jennifer Hsu
    The 2023 Lowy Institute Poll shows the tenor of debate can influence perceptions of opportunity and threat.
  • 27 Jun 2023
    • India
    • India's Economy
    • Maldives
    • Australia and Asia
    • Climate change
    • Transnational Challenges

    To balance the Quad equation, India and Australia must drive an “Indo” focus

    Radhey Tambi
    The Bay of Bengal is an emerging hotspot for non-traditional security challenges that cross the entire region.
  • 6 Feb 2023
    • Asia
    • China
    • India
    • Japan
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia
    • Australia and Asia
    • United States

    The big picture: five lessons for five years of the Asia Power Index

    Hervé Lemahieu
    Superpower rivalry matters – but don’t be blinded to the role of smaller players in a region of many contests.
  • 24 Jan 2023
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Regional Relationships
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australian Diplomacy

    Reality-checking the democracy agenda

    Eduard Lazarus
    Indonesia presents valuable lessons in Australia’s support for democracy in the Asia-Pacific.
  • 9 Jan 2023
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia in the Asian Century

    Asian Century White Paper: a decade on

    Melissa Conley Tyler
    The language may have changed, but the message stays the same.
  • 5 Dec 2022
    • China
    • China-India Relations
    • India
    • India's Navy
    • Indonesia
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australian Navy

    Islands as stepping stones for India-Australia collaboration

    Radhey Tambi
    The Indian Ocean region is too large for any one country to manage but cooperation on island territories would help.
  • 28 Nov 2022
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Diplomacy
    • Foreign Policy

    Confident, competent, inconsistent: Australia’s strategic personality

    Ian Hall
    Canberra’s report card receives a solid “pleasing result” on Southeast Asia, but a “could do better” on the Pacific.
  • 20 Oct 2022
    • Australia
    • Australia and Asia
    • United States

    Supporting democracy without fighting autocracies

    Susannah Patton
    A binary Australian foreign policy isn’t on the cards. Engagement is still the best way to support regional democracy.
  • 4 Oct 2022
    • Aid & Development
    • Development Assistance
    • Asia
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Multilateral Development Banks

    Building a better development finance institution: Australia’s opportunity

    Jessica Mackenzie , Alberto Lemma
    Canberra can learn a lot about risk appetite and the culture of financing from those already in the space.
  • 25 Aug 2022
    • Asean
    • Philippines
    • Australia and Asia

    A new Marcos gets down to business

    Greg Earl
    After an easy election win, the Philippine president is facing challenges at home and abroad.
  • 23 Aug 2022
    • Asia
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australia's Trade

    Asia skills critical to Australia’s economic future and security

    Leigh Howard
    Regional expertise needs to extend well beyond base literacy and towards a more Asia-capable workforce.
  • 8 Aug 2022
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Diplomacy

    The opportunities of cross-public service diplomacy

    Shaun Cameron
    Collaborations between Australia and its regional partners on skills, knowledge and capacity offer a win-win scenario.
  • 26 Jul 2022
    • Indonesia
    • Australia and Asia

    Becoming a republic will improve Australia’s image in Asia

    Johannes Nugroho
    Does the Queen of Australia still exist? It’s a surprise to many, even in diplomatic circles.
  • 26 Jul 2022
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australian Diplomacy

    Wong’s own brand of diplomacy: will it work?

    James Chin
    Australia’s new foreign minister has a complicated road ahead in convincing Southeast Asia she’s a conduit for change.
  • 27 Jun 2022
    • Asean
    • India
    • Japan
    • Australia and Asia
    • United States

    Why Australia shouldn’t put all its eggs in the Quad basket

    Henry Storey
    The regional security pact is yet to prove its worth. Options must be kept open, with minilaterals top of the list.
  • 20 Apr 2022
    • Australia's Trade
    • Australia's Economy
    • Asean
    • Australia and Asia

    Strategic divergence: Australia’s Southeast Asia challenge

    Susannah Patton
    Australia’s next government needs to find ways to relate to the region that don’t depend on geopolitical alignment.
  • 25 Mar 2022
    • Asean
    • Australia and Asia
    • Human rights

    What counts for victims of trafficking?

    Cate Sumner
    Sharing data is key to combatting human rights abuses against vulnerable groups from the ASEAN region.
  • 12 Oct 2021
    • Australia and Asia
    • South Korea

    Australia-Korea minilateral: A potential win-win

    Hayley Channer
    Middle powers can reap the rewards of cooperation on security, cyber and democratic systems.
  • 21 Sep 2021
    • US Navy
    • Maritime Security
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Australian Navy
    • Asean
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • China
    • United Kingdom
    • France

    AUKUS and the CPTPP: It’s all about China

    Ian Hill
    Security deterrence is only one factor in the new and fast-moving geostrategic environment of the Indo-Pacific.
  • 18 Jun 2020
    • Institutions
    • Australia and Asia

    Closing the book on Asia

    James Spigelman
    The National Library of Australia is curtailing its Southeast Asia collection. The move is not in the national interest.
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