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24 Oct 2023
The dual-use conundrum
Restrictions on technology with both a civilian and military application are too often worthless without better coordination. -
23 Oct 2023
War crimes: The trial of a fallen French war hero and lessons for today
When can personal responsibility be dissolved into collective culpability? -
23 Oct 2023
A sign of the times: the resurgence of pacts, treaties, and alliances
Once dismissed as a “scrap of paper”, the vogue for written pledges has returned. -
23 Oct 2023
Resources in the next frontier: Australia’s role in the race to space
The next boom might be found far, far away – and a chance not to repeat mistakes made before in a rush to mineral riches. -
20 Oct 2023
History and domestic dynamics: How ASEAN members see the Hamas-Israeli conflict
No common position unites Southeast Asian nations on the latest fighting. -
20 Oct 2023
India’s G20 set new agendas
Bringing the Global South to the table was only one part of a new inclusiveness. -
20 Oct 2023
Can UNESCO save the Great Barrier Reef?
Climate change is a problem that confounds the original World Heritage model. -
19 Oct 2023
China’s car exports pose a key question to policymakers: Compete or protect?
How they respond will have implications for consumers and the climate. -
19 Oct 2023
Mongolia’s critical role in the global energy transition
Many suitors are eager to assist the country in realising its natural resources potential. But are all the deals win-win? -
19 Oct 2023
Owning the Indo-Pacific term: Time for a new ASEAN strategic narrative
With its diverse membership that includes democracies, monarchies, and single-party states, the grouping is well positioned for an inclusive approach. -
18 Oct 2023
Crafting a new loss and damage fund
Harnessing philanthropic finance and emulating features from existing solutions could be a match made in heaven. -
18 Oct 2023
The Fix: Getting a read on China
Your weekly Interpreter feature to rake up resources and reads you might otherwise miss. -
18 Oct 2023
Australia must play the geoeconomics game, or risk being side-lined
The world is moving away from a rules-based order and towards power politics. Is Canberra ready? -
17 Oct 2023
Rethinking the Maldives-India security relationship
Finding the right balance for foreign partnerships will mean hard choices. Here are some practical first steps. -
17 Oct 2023
Empowering women in the Pacific: A collaborative effort to confront online abuse
A regional symposium was an important step in tackling technology-facilitated gender-based violence. -
17 Oct 2023
Indonesia and its bid for OECD membership
The benefits outweigh the costs for one of Southeast Asia’s most dynamic emerging economies to join the “club”. -
16 Oct 2023
Managing risk: Pandemics and plagues in the age of AI
An Australian-initiated international forum could hold the key to controlling unconventional weapons in the age of generative AI. -
16 Oct 2023
Australia’s next challenge for Indigenous foreign policy
The defeat of the Voice referendum may be a chance to tell a broader story about the challenges facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. -
16 Oct 2023
Global South activists seek a human rights framework for the climate crisis
A groundswell movement was evident as leaders gathered at the UN last month to make sure the people most affected are heard. -
13 Oct 2023
Imagining Trump’s second term
Could Canada cope? Might Australia? Two books on the “vice in the chest and tightness in the stomach” prospect. -
13 Oct 2023
Australia must act fast on joint patrols with the Philippines
Australia “recommitted” two months ago. The Philippines is waiting, China is watching – and so is the region. -
13 Oct 2023
Beware sensational claims about Myanmar’s security environment
Heavy on gossip, rumour and anecdote, too many stories about the junta-led country lack verifiable evidence. -
12 Oct 2023
Israel–Palestine conflict once more the overriding issue of regional security
The Palestinian cause remained, but for the region had become a second or third-order issue among diplomatic normalisation and other pressing challenges. -
12 Oct 2023
How can Australia get its commitments to reduce carbon emissions back on track?
Economic diplomacy: Putting energy into the post-Voice political vacuum by smoothing Australia’s relations is a start. -
12 Oct 2023
Voting “Yes” in the heart of empire
If the ballot queue in London were any guide, the Voice would win hands down. -
11 Oct 2023
Indonesia’s “golden visa” pitch to big-wheel investors
The President has a downstreaming vision and needs long-term capital to make it reality. -
11 Oct 2023
The Fix: “Get your kicks…”
Your weekly Interpreter feature to rake up resources and reads you might otherwise miss. -
11 Oct 2023
New Zealand elections: Working together or co-governance?
The two main parties have never been so divided on issues from Māori reparations to renaming the island nation. -
10 Oct 2023
McCarthy’s fall and the far-right influence on American foreign policy
Critical support for Ukraine’s war effort could be torpedoed by a small minority of US congressional extremists. -
10 Oct 2023
Online scams in Southeast Asia create double victims: those targeted and those forced to carry them out
There are those deceived by scams, and those coerced into crime. -
10 Oct 2023
The Voice: Towards a fuller expression of nationhood
Long after the referendum, the result will echo in Australia’s national conscience. -
9 Oct 2023
Israel-Hamas conflict: Key questions for a “long and difficult war”
The latest fighting is quickly being incorporated by other nations to advance their own goals. -
9 Oct 2023
Pakistan intends to deport 1.7 million Afghans
Will global condemnation and financial default force Islamabad’s hand on refugees fleeing the Taliban regime? -
9 Oct 2023
In Myanmar, India should also engage the opposition
Close ties with the junta risk leaving Delhi off side. -
6 Oct 2023
How Australia features in Trump’s crosshairs
Another Trumpian persecution again has an alliance partner connection. -
6 Oct 2023
Power of Siberia 2: Moving beyond a pipe dream?
Australia would be wise to diversify its gas exports now before Russia’s pivot to Asia takes hold. -
6 Oct 2023
Pump up the volume: Music diplomacy as soft power
From jazz ambassadors to Eurovision, it’s time Australia employed the persuasive power of pop and beyond. -
5 Oct 2023
AI will shape our world – even our brains – but it can be regulated
There is no shortage of ideas. The challenge is bringing them all together for policymakers and the public to understand. -
5 Oct 2023
Putin steps abroad, even as an international warrant hangs over his head
The Russian leader will use a regional summit in Kyrgyzstan in an attempt to show he's not isolated. -
5 Oct 2023
Women in international affairs: beyond glass ceilings to the glass cliff
Is the international equal and inclusive leadership pipeline, clogged, leaky, shrinking or splitting? -
4 Oct 2023
The uprising in al-Suwayda Syria presents the world a moral test – again
People haven’t forgotten their rights and continue to struggle against the Assad regime. -
4 Oct 2023
The Fix: Solid rock, fatal bites
Your weekly Interpreter feature to rake up resources and reads you might otherwise miss. -
4 Oct 2023
Glitch in the code: Google, Meta, and the fight over news in Canada and Australia
The battle between tech giants and local regulations still carries an international flavour. -
3 Oct 2023
Five reasons why the government mustn’t cool its heels on an “Australian IRA”
What cause could be more important than the economic, energy, and environmental security of the nation and the future of the planet? -
3 Oct 2023
Is ‘India Out’ of Maldives?
A new government may be forced to straddle the India-China divide. -
3 Oct 2023
New Caledonia: Independence leader wins French Senate seat over Macron favourite
An extraordinary result further complicates France’s hope of securing early agreement about the future. -
2 Oct 2023
French criticism of nuclear ban treaty highlights Canberra’s dilemma
Can Australia rebuild a strategic military partnership with France at the same time as independence movements claim Pacific support? -
2 Oct 2023
Ukraine counteroffensive makes gains but dark clouds loom in Washington
Successful attacks and talk of new missile systems shifts momentum in Kyiv’s favour provided that political support is sustained. -
2 Oct 2023
The surprising link between piracy and Covid-19
Poverty, institutional incapacity and budget cuts fuelled a surge in pandemic piracy. The lessons are many.