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  • 6 May 2025
    • India
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security

    The Australia-India defence relationship is not all about the numbers

    Kim Heriot-Darragh , Gaurav Saini
    Moving from agreement to trust will bring maturity to the partnership and build something more self-sustaining.
  • 6 May 2025
    • Singapore

    What can we learn from the Singaporean election, where nobody lost?

    Kazimier Lim
    For starters, it is not a great time to be a small opposition party.
  • 6 May 2025
    • China
    • Diplomacy
    • United States

    An American abroad: How one influencer’s visit to China turned the tables

    Evan Freidin
    A US YouTuber shows how soft power is done.
  • 5 May 2025
    • Maritime Security
    • Technology

    Undersea cable control: The information dimension

    Richard Dunley
    Historical lessons on how control of undersea communication networks offers advantage beyond mere disruption.
  • 5 May 2025
    • Papua New Guinea
    • United States

    A derelict memorial to aviatrix Amelia Earhart reflects America’s selective interest in PNG

    Gordon Peake
    During Trump mark one and Biden, US interest in Papua New Guinea took off; will it continue?‎
  • 4 May 2025
    • Australia

    Australia’s election: After branding his opponents Trump-like, Albanese now needs to work with the US President

    Daniel Flitton
  • 2 May 2025
    • India
    • Pakistan

    Kashmir: Why was India so quick to blame Pakistan?

    Ishaal Zehra
    Failures in New Delhi’s Kashmir policy should be examined.
  • 2 May 2025
    • Pacific Islands
    • Solomon Islands

    Bursting the Solomon Islands stability bubble

    Jon Fraenkel
    A mass cabinet exodus sets up another leadership change amid shifting Chinese influence in the Pacific nation.
  • 2 May 2025
    • Asean
    • Japan
    • Philippines
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • South China Sea
    • United States

    How the Squad risks upending ASEAN norms

    Vincent Kyle Parada
    Is minilateralism really the way forward for the Indo-Pacific?
  • 2 May 2025
    • Myanmar

    Myanmar earthquake: Why the junta has turned away aid

    Su Mon Thant
    In the aftermath of disaster, political preferences have taken priority over emergency relief.
  • 1 May 2025
    • Singapore

    Singapore election: All about the lived economy

    Quah Say Jye
    Traditional “bread-and-butter” issues will feature prominently in this month’s ballot.
  • 1 May 2025
    • Aid & Development
    • Australia
    • Pacific Islands

    What the Pacific sees at stake in the Australian election

    Isabelle Zhu-Maguire
    Climate policy, aid and regional respect hang in the balance.
  • 1 May 2025
    • Trade
    • United States

    Floating America’s boats

    Selwyn Parker
    Donald Trump’s big ship-building project faces waves.
  • 30 Apr 2025
    • China
    • India
    • Terrorism
    • Trade

    Tariffs and terrorism are derailing China-India rapprochement

    Chietigj Bajpaee
    And that’s where the 21st century contest will be felt most.
  • 30 Apr 2025
    • China
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Antarctica

    Australia-China: Port visits can manage tensions

    James Laurenceson , Xi Chen
    The Philippines, Vietnam and Indonesia all have acute maritime disputes with China, but they continue to welcome naval visits. So why can't Australia?
  • 30 Apr 2025
    • Vietnam
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • United States

    Peace without victory: Historical lessons from Wilson to Trump

    Stephen Grenville
    American approaches to conflict resolution follow a pattern.
  • 30 Apr 2025
    • China

    Explaining Xi’s PLA purges

    Michael Clarke , Jade Guan
    Rather than being challenged, China’s leader is wielding his power.
  • 29 Apr 2025
    • China
    • Global Economy

    China's yuan challenge: Navigating a US dollar-dominated global economy

    Fraser Howie
    Currency changes? The control-obsessed Chinese Communist Party isn’t going to hand over economic power any more than it would surrender political power.
  • 29 Apr 2025
    • Cambodia

    Cambodia recalibrates its China policy, rather than realigns

    Chandarith Neak , Chhay Lim
    In a world defined by competing powers, Cambodia pursues its own agency.
  • 29 Apr 2025
    • India
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Maritime Security
    • Terrorism
    • United States

    Kashmir and what’s next after the Pahalgam attack: How India’s partners could help in this crisis

    Arzan Tarapore
    Stepping up overflight surveillance in the Indian Ocean would be a good start.
  • 28 Apr 2025
    • India
    • Pakistan

    India-Pakistan relations hit a new low

    Christopher Snedden 
    After the recent terrorist attack in Kashmir, where to for New Delhi and Islamabad?
  • 28 Apr 2025
    • Diplomacy

    Albanese’s absence: Skipping the Pope’s funeral was a missed opportunity for Australia – and himself

    Tim Hamer
    A headline-making meeting between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy once again underscored the diplomatic value of attending major state funerals.
  • 28 Apr 2025
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security

    A distinctly Australian approach to civil-military relations

    Mick Ryan
    Examining a neglected but crucial aspect of Australia’s national security debate.
  • 24 Apr 2025
    • Asean
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • United States

    Economic diplomacy: Trump era transcends economics

    Greg Earl
    The International Monetary Fund and Australia have found some welcome security amid growing geopolitical fragmentation.
  • 24 Apr 2025
    • Asean

    In US-China rivalry, Southeast Asia is no one’s prize. Why do we insist otherwise?

    Elina Noor
    That no relationship can be simplified to a dichotomy should be blindingly obvious.
  • 24 Apr 2025
    • China
    • Australia
    • Climate change
    • Sustainability
    • Technology

    If Australia is serious about becoming a renewable energy superpower, China must be part of the answer

    Caroline Wang
    A focus on risks shouldn’t blind us to the opportunities in the global green transition.
  • 24 Apr 2025
    • Global Issues

    Beyond Francis: Charting the Church’s global path

    Fabrizio Bozzato
    The Church remains one of few actors capable of offering a message of hope that transcends borders.
  • 23 Apr 2025
    • India
    • Terrorism

    Terrorist attack marks grim Kashmir milestone

    Abhijnan Rej
    The attack aims to reignite tensions just as Kashmir and India had begun to establish a new regional and international narrative.
  • 23 Apr 2025
    • Vietnam
    • Trade
    • United States

    From tariffs to triumph, Vietnam holds the key to US trade strategy

    Brian R Braun
    The next three months offer a rare chance for the US to turn tariff tensions into a durable framework for fairer trade.
  • 23 Apr 2025
    • China
    • Australia
    • United States

    Australia’s knowledge dilemma

    Angela Lehmann
    While the United States devalues education and research, China is throwing everything at innovation.
  • 23 Apr 2025
    • India
    • Global Economy
    • Global Issues

    T20 diplomacy? The virtues of Test cricket in uncertain times

    Ved Shinde
    Finding political wisdom in sport’s long game.
  • 22 Apr 2025
    • Indonesia
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Russia

    Facts gone missing in Australia’s debate about Indonesia-Russia basing deal

    Susannah Patton
    A partisan contest about military ties between Russia and Indonesia leaves Australians none the wiser.
  • 22 Apr 2025
    • Trade
    • United States

    Hirschman’s warning: Forgotten lessons about Trump’s trade war

    Mark Beeson
    History is the best guide we have.
  • 22 Apr 2025
    • AUKUS

    The cost of AUKUS on Afterpay

    Stephen Grenville
    The economic case for building nuclear submarines in Australia should be put to the test.
  • 17 Apr 2025
    • Philippines
    • South China Sea
    • United States

    A Ukraine-model deal in the South China Sea?

    Vincent Kyle Parada
    Like Kyiv, Manila needs to provide the US with “skin in the game” beyond military considerations. The answer might just be a disputed feature near the Spratly Islands.
  • 17 Apr 2025
    • Australia
    • Intelligence and security

    Smarter uses for our intelligence

    Miah Hammond-Errey
    Australia's intelligence review puts a premium on ensuring policymakers have the right information to understand the security implications of decisions.
  • 17 Apr 2025
    • China
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Intelligence and security
    • Maritime Security

    China’s “spy ship” that wasn’t off the coast of Australia

    Jennifer Parker
    Caught in a political storm, most claims about the mission of the Tan Suo Yi Hao don’t hold water.
  • 16 Apr 2025
    • United States

    World, First

    Mark Pierce
    Life in the times of an everywhere President opposed to globalisation.
  • 16 Apr 2025
    • Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament
    • Nuclear Weapons

    Trump puts nuclear weapons on the agenda. The world should listen

    Jane Hardy
    A “nuclear triumvirate” of the United States, Russia and China could make a difference.
  • 16 Apr 2025
    • Global Economy
    • Trade

    The scrambalisation era is here

    Nick Bisley
    The distortionary impact of political second-guessing in investment and trade dynamics will be felt across the globe.
  • 15 Apr 2025
    • Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament
    • Nuclear Weapons

    Understanding doubts over US extended nuclear deterrence in Asia

    Bec Strating
    The tenuous logic of trading Seattle for Seoul is being further tested by Trump administration.
  • 15 Apr 2025
    • Japan
    • Defence & Security
    • Europe

    Xi and Putin drive Japan and NATO closer together

    Stuart Lau
    Tokyo wants to learn more about Russia’s tactics in preparation of potential conflicts with China, while NATO eyes Japan’s defence industry.
  • 15 Apr 2025
    • Asia
    • Malaysia
    • Singapore
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • United Kingdom
    • New Zealand

    Asia without America? History shows Australia can be confident shaping regional security

    Rahman Yaacob
    The Five Power Defence Arrangements makes for a case in point.
  • 14 Apr 2025
    • India
    • Sri Lanka
    • Energy
    • United Arab Emirates

    Three-way energy play: The India-Sri Lanka-UAE deal in Trincomalee

    Rushali Saha
    Pipeline politics transform a Second World War-era fuel tank farm into a regional prize.
  • 14 Apr 2025
    • China
    • Trade
    • United States

    What’s next in the US trade conflict?

    John Edwards
    A sense of economic déjà vu is driving the Trump administration in the dispute with China.
  • 14 Apr 2025
    • Bangladesh
    • India

    Why Bangladesh is courting China – and what India can do about it

    Mohammad Imon Kazi
    A balancing act carries risks.
  • 11 Apr 2025
    • Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament
    • Middle East
    • Iran
    • United States

    Why Oman? Explaining the choice of venue for US-Iran talks

    Jonathan Campbell-James
    Oman’s skill as a facilitator has been fine-tuned over decades – not that many know.
  • 11 Apr 2025
    • Global Economy

    Currency capers: What is going on with regulation of crypto?

    Jenny Gordon
    The Trump administration has cryptocurrency plans, but reining in bad actors doesn’t appear to be part of it.
  • 11 Apr 2025
    • Indonesia
    • Sustainability

    From park rangers to armed guards: Indonesia takes a risky approach to forest protection

    Mohd. Yunus
    A militarised approach to conservation risks creating a climate of fear rather than fostering genuine collaboration.
  • 11 Apr 2025
    • Aid & Development
    • China
    • Tonga

    Comparing Chinese and Australian aid in Tonga: Visibility, pageantry and performance

    Riley Duke
    A case study in being seen to deliver.
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