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  • 6 Jun 2025
    • Australia
    • Migration

    Australia’s rental crisis at home also cost its reputation abroad

    Sohail Akhtar
    Migrants drawn by Australia’s inclusive image encounter discriminatory rental practices that damage the nation’s soft power.
  • 26 May 2025
    • Debt
    • Trade
    • Global Issues
    • Migration
    • United States

    The diminishing of US exceptionalism

    Jenny Gordon
    Visa bans, research cuts, and isolationist policies risk America’s global leadership and leave a void for China to fill.
  • 14 Mar 2025
    • Australia
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Migration

    Betting the house on Australia’s soft diplomacy

    Grant Wyeth
    A housing crisis might seem like a domestic problem, but there are significant foreign policy wins on offer.
  • 13 Feb 2025
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Migration
    • Multiculturalism

    Population decline: Future shock no more

    Richard Yetsenga
    Planning for the worst is more advisable than hoping for the best.
  • 19 Dec 2024
    • India
    • Migration

    Indians are streets ahead of their government in foreign policy

    Ved Shinde
    In terms of partners, Delhi is multi-aligned, but where would most Indians prefer to migrate?
  • 26 Nov 2024
    • Australia
    • Migration

    How Australia risks losing global talent

    Intifar Chowdhury
    High costs and closed doors means Australia could lose its value as a destination of choice.
  • 14 Oct 2024
    • Australia
    • Migration

    Amid a global aged care labour shortage, how will Australia address the challenge?

    Sophia Kagan
    International experience holds compelling lessons and points to important risks.
  • 19 Sep 2024
    • Australia
    • Australian immigration
    • Migration

    International students: Australia has a good problem that may not last

    Frank Yuan
    Australia’s economic prospects and soft power may become the collateral damage of a narrow domestic debate.
  • 28 Aug 2024
    • Australia
    • Diplomacy
    • Human rights
    • International law
    • Migration

    Maid in Australia: When international relations and industrial law collide

    Daniel Flitton
    Two recent court cases have raised uncomfortable questions about diplomatic immunity.
  • 19 Aug 2024
    • Australia
    • Migration
    • Multiculturalism

    Labor squanders a multicultural mandate

    Emily Foley
    An emphasis on border protection can overshadow the social and economic benefits of migration.
  • 1 Aug 2024
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Migration

    Nationalism vs globalism: Making the case for Indonesian dual citizenship

    Alldo Fellix Januardy , Agata Jacqueline Paramesvari
    A lack of rights for Indonesians living and working abroad means they cannot truly be citizens of the world.
  • 25 Jul 2024
    • Asean
    • Southeast Asia
    • Human rights
    • Migration

    Child marriage in Southeast Asia: When a harmful practice becomes an international crime

    Leisha Lister , Indira Rosenthal
    ASEAN can lead the way in tackling a practice that regularly results in the trafficking of persons.
  • 24 Jun 2024
    • Australia
    • Migration
    • Public Opinion

    Australians get the benefits of migration, even the doubters

    Emily Foley
    The latest Lowy Institute Poll captures the nuanced attitude of the public to a hotly contested political theme.
  • 17 Apr 2024
    • Asean
    • Southeast Asia
    • Human rights
    • Migration
    • Transnational Challenges

    Invisible victims: How counter-trafficking efforts leave people with disability behind

    Elisabeth Jackson
    It is often those who should be responsible for protecting people with disabilities who exploit them.
  • 18 Mar 2024
    • India
    • India's Economy
    • United Kingdom
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Free Trade
    • Trade
    • Migration

    Reverse colonialism? India and Britain’s free trade agreements

    Aarti Betigeri
    The failure of FTA talks between New Delhi and London rings with an unmistakable tone of irony.
  • 13 Mar 2024
    • Bangladesh
    • Myanmar
    • Asylum seekers and refugees
    • Human rights
    • Migration

    A ring-fence around the Rohingya can’t last – Australia’s policy needs to change

    Arunn Jegan
    Seven years on, a temporary aid agenda is only extenuating the problem.
  • 7 Mar 2024
    • India
    • Migration
    • Sustainability

    Securing India’s cities

    Abhijnan Rej
    The country’s future as an Indo-Pacific power depends on how resilient its cities are in the face of current and emerging threats.
  • 1 Mar 2024
    • India
    • Migration

    An Indian advantage abroad

    Ved Shinde
    Delhi is reinvigorating its outreach to overseas Indians - even as attracting talent from India is becoming an urgent necessity.
  • 15 Feb 2024
    • Nepal
    • Human rights
    • Migration

    Dying to work abroad: Why Nepalese migrants are fighting other people’s wars

    Harris Amjad
    In Russia and beyond, those desperate for work are sacrificing their lives and livelihoods.
  • 31 Jan 2024
    • Migration
    • Pacific Islands
    • Vanuatu

    Golden passports and visas: Two sides of the coin

    Henrietta McNeill , Grant Walton
    These schemes get plenty of bad press, but for a country like Vanuatu, suddenly scrapping them could be worse.
  • 30 Jan 2024
    • Migration
    • Pacific Islands

    Visa-free travel: A chance to reignite the Pacific voyage

    Damian Kelly
    Barriers to the movement of people split up the regional family.  
  • 25 Jan 2024
    • Migration
    • Pacific Islands
    • Papua New Guinea

    Practical steps to alleviate Papua New Guinea’s unemployment crisis

    Natasha Turia
    A good start is workable systems to ensure paperwork can be completed in a timely fashion.
  • 11 Jan 2024
    • Global Issues
    • Human rights
    • International law
    • Migration
    • United Nations

    By default not design: the end of the asylum consensus

    Khalid Koser
    Ever since Australia adopted the “Pacific Solution”, norm busting has become the norm.
  • 21 Dec 2023
    • Bangladesh
    • Australia
    • Migration

    Australia must work with Bangladesh to stop the Rohingya boats

    David Brewster
    Extra aid is welcome. The next task is to build Bangladesh’s capabilities.
  • 15 Nov 2023
    • Human rights
    • Migration
    • Technology
    • Transnational Challenges

    Human trafficking: Harnessing technology to help those most vulnerable

    Cate Sumner
    Delivering legal services to victims often means overcoming barriers in language, information and distance.
  • 10 Nov 2023
    • Australia
    • Asylum seekers and refugees
    • Migration

    Where did the Afghan refugees go – and where next?

    Sadiq Amini
    While the world is still figuring out the politics, the people are paying the price.
  • 22 Aug 2023
    • Bangladesh
    • Myanmar
    • Migration
    • United Nations

    Remember the Rohingya, for disease hasn’t forgotten them

    Arunn Jegan
    After six years, supposedly temporary camps now resemble slums. How long can the world turn away?
  • 9 Aug 2023
    • Philippines
    • Migration

    Overseas Filipino workers toil for the Marcos government’s bottom line

    Michael Beltran
    The Philippines relies on remittances to prop up the local economy. But the reports of abuses cannot be ignored.
  • 4 May 2023
    • Global Issues
    • Migration
    • Africa

    Five potential global consequences of Sudan’s escalating conflict

    Aly Verjee
    Even distant Australia could feel knock-on effects of a refugee crisis, gold smuggling and disruption to wheat crops.
  • 9 Feb 2023
    • Indonesia
    • Australia
    • Asylum seekers and refugees
    • Migration
    • Transnational Challenges

    Australia and Indonesia can lead a response to refugee crisis in the region

    Andrew Hudson
    Shared information will help with rescue efforts and to pursue the leaders in people smuggling outfits.
  • 13 Jan 2023
    • China
    • Australia
    • Australian immigration
    • Migration

    Undue suspicion of Chinese Australian scientists slows progress

    Yun Jiang
    Clear guidance is needed how national security is assessed in research and what are the boundaries of collaboration.
  • 7 Dec 2022
    • Myanmar
    • Australian Foreign Aid
    • Migration

    Australia could lead the way on Rohingya crisis

    Arunn Jegan
    Canberra is well placed to broker a new deal for resettling the region’s most vulnerable refugees.
  • 2 Dec 2022
    • Australia
    • Migration

    Australia wants to attract the world’s best? Make it easier to migrate

    Aarti Betigeri
    An overdue review can start fixing national skills shortages by smoothing the way for workers and families to settle.
  • 18 Nov 2022
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Migration
    • Pacific Islands
    • Tonga
    • Vanuatu

    Strengthening disaster resilience in the Pacific

    Sam Quinn
    The aftermath of Tonga’s massive volcanic eruption holds valuable lessons as climate change risks also grow.
  • 15 Nov 2022
    • Malaysia
    • Myanmar
    • Human rights
    • Migration
    • United Nations

    Refugees may become victims of Malaysia’s electoral politics

    Max Walden
    The plight of Myanmar Rohingyas exposes Southeast Asia’s disjointed policies and fragile human rights protections.
  • 3 Nov 2022
    • Australia
    • Islamic State
    • Global Issues
    • Migration

    Risks and responses repatriating foreign terrorist fighters and families

    Khalid Koser , Lilla Schumicky-Logan
    Australia is bringing home families that lived under Islamic State, and experience overseas offers valuable lessons.
  • 2 Nov 2022
    • United Kingdom
    • Migration

    Can the UK stop the boats?

    Khalid Koser
    Attempting to mimic the Australian model ignores the striking differences that confront post-Brexit Britain.
  • 6 Oct 2022
    • Maldives
    • Islamic State
    • Migration

    Maldives: the legacy of Islamic State

    John Kachtik
    More Maldivians per capita went to Syria to fight than any other country. Reintegration is a significant challenge.
  • 4 Oct 2022
    • Australia
    • Islamic State
    • Migration

    Islamic State: women, justice, and a complex impasse

    Rodger Shanahan
    What charges are laid against women returned to Australia will help us better understand the role they played in Syria.
  • 8 Sep 2022
    • Aid & Development
    • Australia
    • Australia's Economy
    • Migration
    • Pacific Islands

    Economic diplomacy: Nation building at home and abroad

    Greg Earl
    A jobs summit highlighted the challenges in crafting a foreign policy for the middle class and balanced development aid.
  • 2 Sep 2022
    • Asia
    • Australia
    • Migration

    The right tools for a coherent regional response to forced migration

    Caitlin McCaffrie
    Reforming the Bali Process will provide a genuine forum for Australia and partners to prepare ahead of the next crisis.
  • 25 Jul 2022
    • India
    • United Nations
    • Migration
    • International law

    Why India needs a refugee law

    Shivangi Seth
    Adopting international standards will not only benefit people seeking asylum but India’s relations in the neighbourhood.
  • 28 Jun 2022
    • Indonesia
    • Migration

    Years of living statelessly: refugees in Indonesia

    Stania Puspawardhani
    In a country that is still not party to the refugee convention, life can oscillate between hope and despair.
  • 29 Mar 2022
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australia
    • Migration

    Changing our view of Pacific visas

    Jessica Collins
    Australia’s claims to be part of the “Pacific family” would be helped by more migration options – especially for women.
  • 4 Mar 2022
    • Migration
    • Russia
    • European Union
    • Human rights
    • Ukraine

    Europe triggers “temporary protection” for Ukraine war refugees

    Jane McAdam
    Those fleeing will not be forced into the cumbersome and complicated process that normally awaits those seeking asylum.
  • 14 Jan 2022
    • Europe
    • Australia
    • Migration
    • Coronavirus

    Novak Djokovic – a symbol for anti-vaxxers?

    Nikola Mikovic
    The ruling to deport the tennis ace could hamper his career but transform him into a different type of star.
  • 11 Jan 2022
    • Europe
    • Australia
    • Migration
    • Coronavirus

    When no shots are heard around the world

    Warwick McFadyen
    The saga of Novak Djokovic’s visa has galvanised global attention – with a result that still hangs in the balance.
  • 16 Nov 2021
    • Australia
    • Migration

    A good idea gone nowhere? Diaspora policy in Australia

    Andrew Rosser
    Politics has made it hard to keep outward migration/diaspora engagement on the agenda.
  • 10 Nov 2021
    • Europe
    • European Union
    • Migration

    The forest for the trees: trouble at the Poland-Belarus border

    Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo
    A migrant crisis is the next episode in an ongoing Russian and Belarusian project to undercut the European Union.
  • 2 Nov 2021
    • Migration
    • Philippines

    Filipino migrants are agents of change

    Mina Roces
    Stereotypes tell of disenfranchised labour. But the experience of people abroad can seed change at home, too.
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