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  • 24 Oct 2023
    • United States

    The United States: More normal and less exceptional than you think

    Sam Roggeveen
    The exceptionalist mindset sees vital interests in every corner of the globe – only acts otherwise in practice.
  • 24 Oct 2023
    • Australia
    • Australia's Economy
    • United States
    • US Economy

    How should Australia react to Bidenomics?

    Stephen Grenville
    Difference in philosophy is not to be feared.
  • 24 Oct 2023
    • Defence & Security
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • Technology
    • Türkiye

    The dual-use conundrum

    Brendan Walker-Munro
    Restrictions on technology with both a civilian and military application are too often worthless without better coordination.
  • 23 Oct 2023
    • War Crimes
    • Review

    War crimes: The trial of a fallen French war hero and lessons for today

    Mark Pierce
    When can personal responsibility be dissolved into collective culpability?
  • 23 Oct 2023
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy

    A sign of the times: the resurgence of pacts, treaties, and alliances

    David M. Andrews
    Once dismissed as a “scrap of paper”, the vogue for written pledges has returned.
  • 23 Oct 2023
    • Space exploration

    Resources in the next frontier: Australia’s role in the race to space

    Tom Cernev
    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
    • Asean
    • Middle East Conflict

    History and domestic dynamics: How ASEAN members see the Hamas-Israeli conflict

    Rahman Yaacob
    No common position unites Southeast Asian nations on the latest fighting.
  • 20 Oct 2023
    • India
    • G20

    India’s G20 set new agendas

    Ambika Vishwanath , Hritik Bhasin
    Bringing the Global South to the table was only one part of a new inclusiveness.
  • 20 Oct 2023
    • Australia
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability
    • United Nations

    Can UNESCO save the Great Barrier Reef?

    Amy Capuano
    Climate change is a problem that confounds the original World Heritage model.
  • 19 Oct 2023
    • China
    • European Union
    • Energy
    • Trade

    China’s car exports pose a key question to policymakers: Compete or protect?

    Robert Walker
    How they respond will have implications for consumers and the climate.
  • 19 Oct 2023
    • Mongolia
    • Energy
    • Resource security
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    Mongolia’s critical role in the global energy transition

    Byambajav Dalaibuyan , Vigya Sharma
    Many suitors are eager to assist the country in realising its natural resources potential. But are all the deals win-win?
  • 19 Oct 2023
    • Asean
    • Southeast Asia

    Owning the Indo-Pacific term: Time for a new ASEAN strategic narrative

    Ngô Di Lân
    With its diverse membership that includes democracies, monarchies, and single-party states, the grouping is well positioned for an inclusive approach.
  • 18 Oct 2023
    • Aid & Development
    • Climate change

    Crafting a new loss and damage fund

    Melanie Pill
    Harnessing philanthropic finance and emulating features from existing solutions could be a match made in heaven.
  • 18 Oct 2023
    • China
    • Recommendations

    The Fix: Getting a read on China

    Yun Jiang
    Your weekly Interpreter feature to rake up resources and reads you might otherwise miss.
  • 18 Oct 2023
    • China
    • China's Economy
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australia's Trade
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Global Economy
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Trade
    • United States
    • US Economy

    Australia must play the geoeconomics game, or risk being side-lined

    Naoise McDonagh
    The world is moving away from a rules-based order and towards power politics. Is Canberra ready?
  • 17 Oct 2023
    • Maldives

    Rethinking the Maldives-India security relationship

    David Brewster , Athaulla A Rasheed
    Finding the right balance for foreign partnerships will mean hard choices. Here are some practical first steps.
  • 17 Oct 2023
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Technology
    • Pacific Islands
    • Sex and Gender

    Empowering women in the Pacific: A collaborative effort to confront online abuse

    Julie Inman Grant
    A regional symposium was an important step in tackling technology-facilitated gender-based violence.
  • 17 Oct 2023
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesia's Economy

    Indonesia and its bid for OECD membership

    Retno Maruti , Andriansyah
    The benefits outweigh the costs for one of Southeast Asia’s most dynamic emerging economies to join the “club”.
  • 16 Oct 2023
    • Emerging Threats
    • Coronavirus
    • Technology
    • Transnational Challenges

    Managing risk: Pandemics and plagues in the age of AI

    David Heslop , Joel Keep
    An Australian-initiated international forum could hold the key to controlling unconventional weapons in the age of generative AI.
  • 16 Oct 2023
    • Australia
    • Diplomacy

    Australia’s next challenge for Indigenous foreign policy

    Daniel Flitton
    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
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • United Nations

    Global South activists seek a human rights framework for the climate crisis

    Clare Francis
    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
    • Australia
    • Canada
    • The Trump Presidency
    • United States
    • Review

    Imagining Trump’s second term

    Mark Pierce
    Could Canada cope? Might Australia? Two books on the “vice in the chest and tightness in the stomach” prospect.
  • 13 Oct 2023
    • Philippines
    • South China Sea
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security

    Australia must act fast on joint patrols with the Philippines

    Jennifer Parker
    Australia “recommitted” two months ago. The Philippines is waiting, China is watching – and so is the region.
  • 13 Oct 2023
    • Myanmar

    Beware sensational claims about Myanmar’s security environment

    Andrew Selth
    Heavy on gossip, rumour and anecdote, too many stories about the junta-led country lack verifiable evidence.
  • 12 Oct 2023
    • Middle East Conflict
    • Israel

    Israel–Palestine conflict once more the overriding issue of regional security

    Lydia Khalil
    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
    • Japan
    • Australia
    • Energy

    How can Australia get its commitments to reduce carbon emissions back on track?

    Greg Earl
    Economic diplomacy: Putting energy into the post-Voice political vacuum by smoothing Australia’s relations is a start.
  • 12 Oct 2023
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia
    • United Kingdom
    • Public Opinion

    Voting “Yes” in the heart of empire

    Hugh Piper , Matthew Newman
    If the ballot queue in London were any guide, the Voice would win hands down.
  • 11 Oct 2023
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Energy
    • Trade

    Indonesia’s “golden visa” pitch to big-wheel investors

    Warief Djajanto Basorie
    The President has a downstreaming vision and needs long-term capital to make it reality.
  • 11 Oct 2023
    • Global Economy
    • United States
    • Recommendations

    The Fix: “Get your kicks…”

    Jenny Gordon
    Your weekly Interpreter feature to rake up resources and reads you might otherwise miss.
  • 11 Oct 2023
    • New Zealand

    New Zealand elections: Working together or co-governance?

    Selwyn Parker
    The two main parties have never been so divided on issues from Māori reparations to renaming the island nation.
  • 10 Oct 2023
    • Ukraine
    • United States

    McCarthy’s fall and the far-right influence on American foreign policy

    Emma Shortis
    Critical support for Ukraine’s war effort could be torpedoed by a small minority of US congressional extremists.
  • 10 Oct 2023
    • Southeast Asia
    • Human rights
    • Transnational Challenges
    • United Nations

    Online scams in Southeast Asia create double victims: those targeted and those forced to carry them out

    Jitsiree Thongnoi
    There are those deceived by scams, and those coerced into crime.
  • 10 Oct 2023
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia
    • Australian Public Opinion

    The Voice: Towards a fuller expression of nationhood

    Ryan Neelam
    Long after the referendum, the result will echo in Australia’s national conscience.
  • 9 Oct 2023
    • Middle East Conflict

    Israel-Hamas conflict: Key questions for a “long and difficult war”

    Daniel Flitton
    The latest fighting is quickly being incorporated by other nations to advance their own goals.
  • 9 Oct 2023
    • Afghanistan
    • Pakistan

    Pakistan intends to deport 1.7 million Afghans

    Adnan Aamir
    Will global condemnation and financial default force Islamabad’s hand on refugees fleeing the Taliban regime?
  • 9 Oct 2023
    • India
    • Myanmar

    In Myanmar, India should also engage the opposition

    Bashir Ali Abbas
    Close ties with the junta risk leaving Delhi off side.
  • 6 Oct 2023
    • Australia
    • United States

    How Australia features in Trump’s crosshairs

    Daniel Flitton
    Another Trumpian persecution again has an alliance partner connection.
  • 6 Oct 2023
    • China
    • Australia
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • Energy

    Power of Siberia 2: Moving beyond a pipe dream?

    Genevieve Donnellon-May
    Australia would be wise to diversify its gas exports now before Russia’s pivot to Asia takes hold.
  • 6 Oct 2023
    • Australia in the World
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Diplomacy

    Pump up the volume: Music diplomacy as soft power

    Kate Clayton
    From jazz ambassadors to Eurovision, it’s time Australia employed the persuasive power of pop and beyond.
  • 5 Oct 2023
    • Australia
    • Technology

    AI will shape our world – even our brains – but it can be regulated

    Miah Hammond-Errey
    There is no shortage of ideas. The challenge is bringing them all together for policymakers and the public to understand.
  • 5 Oct 2023
    • Central Asia
    • Caucasus
    • Russia

    Putin steps abroad, even as an international warrant hangs over his head

    Nikola Mikovic
    The Russian leader will use a regional summit in Kyrgyzstan in an attempt to show he's not isolated.
  • 5 Oct 2023
    • Sex and Gender

    Women in international affairs: beyond glass ceilings to the glass cliff

    Elise Stephenson
    Is the international equal and inclusive leadership pipeline, clogged, leaky, shrinking or splitting?
  • 4 Oct 2023
    • Syria

    The uprising in al-Suwayda Syria presents the world a moral test – again

    Rima Flihan
    People haven’t forgotten their rights and continue to struggle against the Assad regime.
  • 4 Oct 2023
    • Australia
    • Recommendations

    The Fix: Solid rock, fatal bites

    Daniel Flitton
    Your weekly Interpreter feature to rake up resources and reads you might otherwise miss.
  • 4 Oct 2023
    • Australia
    • Technology
    • Canada

    Glitch in the code: Google, Meta, and the fight over news in Canada and Australia

    Tanvi Nair
    The battle between tech giants and local regulations still carries an international flavour.
  • 3 Oct 2023
    • Australia
    • Australia's Economy
    • Energy
    • Climate change
    • Environment

    Five reasons why the government mustn’t cool its heels on an “Australian IRA”

    Elizabeth Thurbon , Alexander M. Hynd , Hao Tan
    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
    • Maldives

    Is ‘India Out’ of Maldives?

    David Brewster
    A new government may be forced to straddle the India-China divide.
  • 3 Oct 2023
    • France
    • Pacific Islands
    • New Caledonia

    New Caledonia: Independence leader wins French Senate seat over Macron favourite

    Denise Fisher
    An extraordinary result further complicates France’s hope of securing early agreement about the future.
  • 2 Oct 2023
    • Australia
    • Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament
    • Nuclear Weapons
    • Pacific Islands

    French criticism of nuclear ban treaty highlights Canberra’s dilemma

    Nic Maclellan
    Can Australia rebuild a strategic military partnership with France at the same time as independence movements claim Pacific support?
  • 2 Oct 2023
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • United States

    Ukraine counteroffensive makes gains but dark clouds loom in Washington

    Adam Simpson
    Successful attacks and talk of new missile systems shifts momentum in Kyiv’s favour provided that political support is sustained.
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