31 Dec 2024 BRICS Pay as a challenge to SWIFT network Evan Freidin It’s just an idea for now – but enough to worry the Western world about an alternative international payment system.
30 Dec 2024 The foreign policy of Jimmy Carter Salim Yaqub Carter believed the US should downplay its preoccupation with the Cold War yet setbacks escalated tensions dramatically.
30 Dec 2024 Whether EVs or solar panels, protectionism has the same distorting effect John Edwards Biden is playing election politics with tariffs on China’s electric cars, while Albanese’s solar subsidy plans might end up costing Australia.
27 Dec 2024 The rise and endurance of minilaterals in the Indo-Pacific Sarah Teo Will small groupings of nations last? Bet on self-interest.
24 Dec 2024 Beyond borders, beyond loss: How regional cooperation can safeguard Asia’s biodiversity Mohd. Yunus The threats to migratory species is urgent and can only be tackled together.
23 Dec 2024 Five surprises from Lowy’s Global Diplomacy Index Jack Sato Revealing the who, what and – just as importantly – where of foreign policy.
20 Dec 2024 Trump’s relations with the Blue Pacific Tarcisius Kabutaulaka The second Trump administration will find a region different from when last in office.
20 Dec 2024 A US dollar deal? Explaining a lack of enthusiasm for a Plaza Accord redux Stephen Grenville A few lessons from economic history for a start.
20 Dec 2024 Your Top 10 most-read Interpreter articles in 2024 Daniel Flitton After a year of momentous events, it’s time for a short break. See you in the New Year.
19 Dec 2024 Vanuatu: The challenge to build back Meg Keen , Riley Duke A crippling earthquake will test Vanuatu’s already fragile political and economic system.
19 Dec 2024 The big global steps to forge a new relationship between tech and society Miah Hammond-Errey A lot of global tech-related policy has been implemented or proposed this year, so it’s worth taking stock to capture the developments.
19 Dec 2024 An opposition party could hold the deciding vote on Japan’s national security policy Rintaro Nishimura Minority government has its challenges, as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is discovering.
19 Dec 2024 What a Trump second term holds for global development Alexandre Dayant Judging by track records, there's a bumpy road ahead for aid, health and climate funding.
19 Dec 2024 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?
18 Dec 2024 What I’ll be watching for in 2025 Susannah Patton , Melanie Pill , Sam Roggeveen , Robert Walker , Mihai Sora , Hilman Palaon , Oliver Nobetau Lowy researchers gaze at their crystal balls – with questions, more than answers, for the year ahead.
18 Dec 2024 What makes a remarkable political oration? Mark Pierce A confessed speech snob explores the complex anatomy of the perfect address.
18 Dec 2024 Votes of no confidence at a time of permanent contest: A Pacific Islands year in review Jessica Collins With so much global attention on the region, little shifts can have big ramifications.
17 Dec 2024 Jake Sullivan on leadership that changes history Daniel Flitton The US National Security Adviser reflects on the central role of the United States in the inaugural Lowy Interview.
17 Dec 2024 Donald Trump and the “crypto capital of the planet” Nardine Alnemr , Mark Beeson , Jacob Broom Bitter experience shows a “global” crisis can result from failures of domestic governance and regulatory oversight in the United States.
17 Dec 2024 China’s panda diplomacy is cute politics but with fuzzy results Czeslaw Tubilewicz While popular with the public, there is little evidence that these “envoys of friendship” will reshape Australia’s ties with China.
17 Dec 2024 Indo-Pacific: A blueprint for democracy in the digital age Alana Ford From political activism to cyberattacks, the rise of technology is changing the face of regional engagement.
16 Dec 2024 Romania’s presidential election triggers uncertainty for Europe, Ukraine and its allies Catherine Wilson Allegations of Russian interference in a surprise result has led to an election re-run and a reminder of political ghosts.
16 Dec 2024 Taiwan and Ukraine: Learning the right lessons Mick Ryan The Ukraine experience has turbocharged Taiwan's learning about modern war.
16 Dec 2024 Southeast Asia’s death penalty laws: The ultimate political game Kirsten Han The region’s diverse policies on executions are about more than the war on crime.
13 Dec 2024 Diplomacy the Southeast Asian way Izzah Ibrahim How ASEAN, Australia and New Zealand are making progress through informal dialogue.
13 Dec 2024 Two steps up in Australia’s Southeast Asia engagement Grace Stanhope The detail is starting to emerge for the government’s big ticket spending initiatives in the region.
13 Dec 2024 Ignoring the real biowarfare threat David Heslop , Joel Keep The sudden renovation at an old Soviet biological weapons site needs to be better explained.
12 Dec 2024 The trouble with Australia’s best friends in Asia Kieran Thompson Political turmoil in Japan and South Korea cannot be insulated from relations with the region.
12 Dec 2024 US tariffs are nothing new – history should be our guide Annmaree O’Keeffe With a change of guard in the White House, Australia could take its lead from Chifley’s art of the deal.
12 Dec 2024 Peru’s new megaport reveals a refined Belt and Road Selwyn Parker China’s gain is America’s loss as deal wraps up control of key Latin American port for more than half a century.
11 Dec 2024 Australia’s new chequebook diplomacy in the Pacific Daniel Flitton The potential for a bidding war should be acknowledged.
11 Dec 2024 The new energy shock: Complacency in oil markets could ignite a global crisis Patricia Schouker The cascading effects of even minor disruptions are too often ignored. It’s time to reassess the risk.
11 Dec 2024 An ounce of prevention: Nauru deal puts defence spending in a different light Sam Roggeveen Australia’s Nauru deal is a victory for preventive diplomacy, closing off any possibility of a Chinese security presence.
11 Dec 2024 Korean turmoil: What the North thinks looking South Gabriela Bernal A “main enemy” suffering disarray at home and ridicule from abroad, Pyongyang might suddenly warm to Yoon Suk-yeol…
11 Dec 2024 Indonesian foreign policy is still free, more active Rushali Saha Equating Jakarta’s moves with either a “pro-Beijing” or “pro-US” orientation indicates a fundamental misreading of the concept of non-alignment.
10 Dec 2024 New treaty ties Nauru to Australia via banks, security and telecommunications Jessica Collins But the “permanent state of contest” in the Pacific appears set to continue.
10 Dec 2024 Bashar al-Assad is gone, but is the Syrian civil war over? William Gourlay Regional geopolitical dynamics remain in flux.
10 Dec 2024 A wonky memento and a China metaphor Sam Roggeveen A scale model kit offers an insight into Chinese manufacturing.
10 Dec 2024 China’s EV manufacturing and Australia’s connected vehicles conundrum Henry Storey Canberra faces complicated trade-offs between competing domestic and foreign policy objectives.
9 Dec 2024 Explaining North Korea’s silence amid South Korea’s political turmoil Khang Vu Pyongyang has made plain that its attention is firmly elsewhere.
9 Dec 2024 Beyond Assad: Jihadist strongholds and the threat to the West James Paterson The rebel offensive needed a safe base from which to operate – and bitter experience tells of the wider dangers involved.
9 Dec 2024 The opportunity wasted to advance a global plastic treaty Alex P Dela Cruz Negotiations have stalled and that’s a rubbish result for countries of the Indo-Pacific.
9 Dec 2024 Australia is out to lunch on disaster diplomacy Fleur Johns Despite multiple strategies, frameworks and partnerships, Canberra still lags on regional disaster relief.
6 Dec 2024 Agartala attack strains India-Bangladesh ties Saqlain Rizve The breach at a diplomatic compound tells of wider troubles between the neighbours.
6 Dec 2024 First Nations diplomacy: A foreign policy approach that benefits all Laura Salt First Nations participation and leading on international engagement should be considered for its substantive contribution, not relegated to ceremony.
6 Dec 2024 Hans Blix: The arms control Einstein who turned 96 this year Kourosh Ziabari A consensus-builder who believes nuclear weapons are never in safe hands, no matter who holds them.
5 Dec 2024 The unilateral trading system: US trade policy for Trump, again Stephen Moran Trump wants systemic changes and his recent tariff threats show that no issue is off limits.
5 Dec 2024 Loyalty over competence: A historical novel for the modern age Mercedes Page Malcolm Knox’s dark comedy about power and paranoia in Stalin’s Russia carries an enduring wisdom.
5 Dec 2024 Location, location, location: Why Ream Naval Base is not the real estate China needed Rahman Yaacob Artificial islands in the South China Sea have more strategic value than a backwater base.
5 Dec 2024 The murky waters of Cambodia’s Funan Techo Canal Grace Stanhope , Hannah Buckley A 180-kilometre waterway to criss-cross the country, but who pays?