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  • 22 May 2025
    • Indonesia
    • Australia

    Australia-Indonesia relations: From Keating’s bold vision to Albanese’s careful pragmatism

    Greg Earl
    Prime ministerial language on Indonesia over three decades shows some welcome signs of stability and some warning signs of stasis.
  • 22 May 2025
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Climate change
    • Technology

    Maximising Australia’s green growth

    Kristy Graham
    A new strategic framework is needed to transform Australia from fossil fuel supplier into Asia’s trusted clean energy partner.
  • 22 May 2025
    • Australia
    • Africa

    Why Australia should pay attention to Sudan’s deepening crisis

    Abdullah Ali
    Brutal conflict has created world’s worst humanitarian disaster, with spillover effects for the Australian diaspora.
  • 21 May 2025
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    What to make of the restart in Russia-Ukraine ceasefire negotiations

    Michael MacArthur Bosack
    Securing a prisoner swap agreement marks progress but big gaps remain on core conflict issues.
  • 21 May 2025
    • Australia

    What the coalition split means for Australian foreign policy

    Hugh Piper
    More sources of dissent from government policy might result – but it will also be harder to hold Labor to account.
  • 21 May 2025
    • Coronavirus
    • Multilateral Institutions
    • United Nations

    The World Health Assembly adopts a historic Pandemic Agreement

    Alexandra Finch
    While the text could have been more ambitious, it nonetheless provides a firm foundation for action on pandemics.
  • 21 May 2025
    • Terrorism
    • Technology

    How extremists are manipulating AI chatbots

    James Paterson
    Chatbots are exploiting our need for connection and that’s bad news for those countering online radicalisation.
  • 20 May 2025
    • Australia
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Why Oscar Jenkins’ trial in the Luhansk People’s Republic is a sham

    Shannon Bosch
    Russia is sending a message to foreign fighters with its latest puppet court show in the occupied territory.
  • 20 May 2025
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • Technology

    Ukraine and Australia: A contrast in military learning

    Mick Ryan
    Lessons from the Ukraine war appear to have had minimal impact on the Australian Defence Force.
  • 20 May 2025
    • Pacific Islands
    • New Caledonia

    A strategic reset for New Caledonia: France offers quasi-sovereignty, and a looming census may reveal Indigenous majority

    Denise Fisher
    It’s said demographics is destiny, as Australia’s closest eastern neighbour is finding out.
  • 20 May 2025
    • Technology
    • United States

    America first, ethics second: The implications of Trump’s AI Executive Order

    Niusha Shafiabady , Andrew O'Neil
    The dismantling of AI oversight prioritises commercial dominance over collaborative global governance, adding to security concerns worldwide.
  • 19 May 2025
    • India
    • Pakistan
    • Diplomacy
    • Technology

    Hashtag geopolitics: Understanding the power of memes in the India-Pakistan conflict

    Antara Chakraborthy , Yasmine Wong
    In an era where wars are fought as much with symbols as with bullets, memes have become tools of influence, contestation, and digital diplomacy.
  • 19 May 2025
    • Australia
    • Pacific Islands
    • Fiji
    • Nauru
    • New Zealand
    • Papua New Guinea
    • Solomon Islands
    • Tuvalu
    • Vanuatu

    After listening, what’s Australia’s next move in the Pacific?

    Mihai Sora
    Pacific governments will ultimately judge Australia on concrete actions rather than friendly gestures.
  • 19 May 2025
    • Global Economy
    • Debt
    • United States

    The US dollar is everyone's problem

    Stephen Grenville
    A new book offers a chance to look back at the record of a distinguished economist.
  • 16 May 2025
    • Australia
    • Papua New Guinea

    Why the NRL's numbers don’t add up

    Hugh Piper
    Perth’s NRL plan spotlights the risks of a Papua New Guinea franchise.
  • 16 May 2025
    • China
    • Russia

    Xi’s history lesson amid Putin’s party

    Michael Clarke
    An op-ed by the Chinese leader in a Russian newspaper tells a China-centred story of World War II which reveals his view of China's world role today.
  • 16 May 2025
    • Middle East
    • Saudi Arabia
    • United States

    Trump's extraordinary Saudi speech

    Sam Roggeveen
    A speech in the Middle East offers insights into Trump's views on China.
  • 15 May 2025
    • Aid & Development
    • Pacific Islands

    Pacific health systems: Breaking the aid dependency cycle

    Pala Leka
    Donor dependency is not a path to health sovereignty in the region.
  • 15 May 2025
    • China
    • Taiwan

    The Beiping model: How China could absorb Taiwan without a war

    Vincent So
    Victory can be achieved through the slow erosion of political cohesion, without triggering a Western military response.
  • 14 May 2025
    • India
    • Pakistan

    Abnormal states: Kashmir between empire, insurgency, and intrigue

    Abhijnan Rej
    An Australian general played a little-known but crucial role in one of the world’s deadliest flashpoints.
  • 14 May 2025
    • Indonesia
    • Australia
    • Technology

    A critical mineral match for Australia and Indonesia

    Robert Walker , Hilman Palaon
    Downstreaming diplomacy and shared interests to secure the global supply of nickel and lithium should be the focus for Anthony Albanese’s trip to Jakarta.
  • 14 May 2025
    • Trade

    Beyond Panama and Suez: The new trade routes in a bid to reshape global shipping

    Selwyn Parker
    Ambition is a long way from realisation, but geopolitical tensions and climate change might together challenge history.
  • 13 May 2025
    • China
    • Defence & Security

    Security with Chinese characteristics: How the Global Security Initiative reflects Beijing’s priorities at home

    William Matthews
    Three years after its proposal, a vision is emerging where some countries’ security interests are more legitimate than others.
  • 13 May 2025
    • Philippines

    With New Zealand the latest to join, the Philippines is building a network of defence partners amid South China Sea tensions

    Andrea Chloe Wong
    Manila is expanding military cooperation beyond traditional allies as ASEAN solidarity wavers and with US commitments uncertain.
  • 13 May 2025
    • North Korea
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Why has North Korea finally admitted its troops are dying in Russia’s war on Ukraine?

    Khang Vu
    Not even the Hermit Kingdom is immune to domestic pressure.
  • 12 May 2025
    • India
    • Pakistan

    India-Pakistan ceasefire: Modi faces “re-hyphenation” challenge after Trump’s Kashmir mediation claims

    Rushali Saha
    Has India changed position on third party mediation in the longstanding dispute?
  • 12 May 2025
    • North Korea
    • South Korea
    • Human rights

    Time for a consistent approach to North Korean human rights

    Jiwon Kim
    South Korea’s upcoming election offers a crucial chance for a policy reset.
  • 12 May 2025
    • China

    China’s “friendly neighbourhood diplomacy” has consequences for Australia

    Carolin Kautz
    The “Asian values” debate is back on the agenda while the Trump administration is MIA.
  • 9 May 2025
    • Australia

    Aussie rules: Democracy sausages, budgie smugglers, and electoral integrity

    Nick Fabbri
    Australians can be proud of the integrity of their electoral system at a time of democratic backsliding around the world.
  • 9 May 2025
    • Russia

    What’s really on show with foreign leaders at the Victory Parade in Moscow

    Dilnoza Ubaydullaeva
    Self-interest, for one thing. Multipolar unity may be another.
  • 9 May 2025
    • Australia

    Voting for a changing world

    Greg Earl
    All politics may be local, but in modern Australian elections that means managing a more politically active multicultural community.
  • 9 May 2025
    • Australia
    • Europe

    The Netherlands will screen 8,000 academics a year – here’s why Australia shouldn’t

    Brendan Walker-Munro
    Already facing a fractious international education environment, Canberra must avoid creating an isolationist police state.
  • 8 May 2025
    • Aid & Development
    • Climate change
    • Sustainability

    Blue bonds and mangrove protection: Small island nations lead in climate resilience

    Christopher Burke
    Localised approaches to environmental, social and governance standards prove more effective than global models.
  • 8 May 2025
    • Bangladesh
    • China
    • Myanmar
    • United States

    Is the United States really planning a proxy war in Myanmar?

    Andrew Selth
    Despite reports to the contrary, the likelihood of any Western country joining the conflict is vanishingly small.
  • 8 May 2025
    • Aid & Development
    • Australia

    More than stability: Australia’s aid program needs hard decisions now

    Geordie Fung
    Everything cannot be a priority.
  • 7 May 2025
    • Australia
    • Human rights

    Promoting human rights makes Australia stronger

    Daniela Gavshon
    Quiet diplomacy only engenders bullying. It’s time to speak up.
  • 7 May 2025
    • India
    • Pakistan

    Are India and Pakistan now at war?

    Leoni Connah
    What we know so far.
  • 7 May 2025
    • Antarctica

    Antarctica’s Treaty in testing times

    Jeffrey McGee , Bruno Arpi , Richard Rowe
    The rules and norms that have protected the frozen continent from geopolitical competition are set to be tested.
  • 7 May 2025
    • Space exploration

    The Artemis generation: Space diplomacy’s next giant leap

    Philip Citowicki
    A lunar return will define our decade.
  • 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.
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