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  • 28 Mar 2025
    • Climate change

    Paris without Trump: A win for the planet?

    Melanie Pill
    Rather than setting off a cascade of countries withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, the US president may have achieved the opposite.
  • 28 Mar 2025
    • Maritime Security
    • Trade
    • Yemen
    • United States

    Breaking Houthi resolve: Why Trump’s strikes won’t work any better than Biden’s

    Mark O'Neill
    The “whack-a-mole” approach to Houthi attacks in the Red Sea needs a rethink – upstream, rather than down.
  • 28 Mar 2025
    • Singapore
    • Defence & Security
    • Trade
    • Technology

    Chipping away at controls: Singapore’s challenge with China-linked companies

    Alvin Camba
    A tech fraud case has again put the Southeast Asian nation in the spotlight.
  • 28 Mar 2025
    • India
    • Mauritius
    • United Kingdom
    • International law
    • United Nations
    • United States

    India’s support for Chagos sovereignty speaks volumes

    Sanchari Ghosh
    New Delhi’s backing of Mauritius on Chagos is a calculated geopolitical move within a shifting Indo-Pacific order.
  • 28 Mar 2025
    • South Korea
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security

    How far can Canberra and Seoul’s partnership stretch?

    Gabriela Bernal
    For all the talk of alignment, Australia has no influence with North Korea, and South Korea has different interests with China.
  • 27 Mar 2025
    • Aid & Development
    • Australia

    Australian aid budget 2025: Choices on hold

    Grace Stanhope , Roland Rajah
    The local debates are only just starting about responding to dramatic global shifts.
  • 27 Mar 2025
    • Aid & Development
    • China
    • Philippines

    The Philippines walks a tightrope with Chinese aid

    Alexandre Dayant , Grace Stanhope
    Pragmatism, not ideology, is driving development finance decisions.
  • 27 Mar 2025
    • Europe
    • United States

    JD Vance lays bare Europe scepticism ahead of Greenland trip

    Stuart Lau
    Traditionally staunch US allies worry at a transatlantic break-down with Ukraine a further casualty.
  • 27 Mar 2025
    • Australia
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    Budget 2025: Trump-proofing Labor’s poll chances

    Greg Earl
    Economic Diplomacy: Doing the sums for a tight federal election and a Trump trade revolution all at once was bound to be challenging.
  • 26 Mar 2025
    • Philippines
    • International law

    From ICC to Indo-Pacific: The Philippines’ strategic bargaining against superpower rivalries

    Richard Javad Heydarian
    A case study in how to reduce dependence on America as well as actively promote a rules-based order.
  • 26 Mar 2025
    • China
    • Technology

    Cutting through the narrative: What China’s deep-sea cable-cutter really signals

    Cynthia Mehboob
    China’s deep-sea cable cutter isn’t about technology but theatre, less a weapon and more an effort to generate unease.
  • 26 Mar 2025
    • Global Economy
    • United States

    Unpacking the Mar-a-Lago Accord

    Jenny Gordon
    The idea is unlikely to deliver the reduced deficits and bring back good jobs that are the primary motivation.
  • 26 Mar 2025
    • Australia
    • Energy
    • Climate change

    Can public banks fund renewable energy exports?

    Christian Downie , Maxfield Peterson
    Export credit agencies face hurdles in mobilising finance for renewable energy.
  • 25 Mar 2025
    • Aid & Development
    • Bangladesh
    • Myanmar
    • Asylum seekers and refugees

    Beyond politics: Australia’s role in solving the Rohingya crisis

    Arunn Jegan
    More than a million people in disease ridden camps in our region should be a national concern.
  • 25 Mar 2025
    • India
    • Diplomacy

    Raisina Dialogue: Triumph of the fence-sitters

    Melissa Conley Tyler
    As India sees it, the country’s position of non-alignment has stood the test of time.
  • 25 Mar 2025
    • China
    • Vietnam
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • United States

    Made in Vietnam or a backdoor for Chinese exports?

    Roland Rajah , Ahmed Albayrak
    Fretting over “hidden” Chinese exports should not overshadow Vietnam’s helpful role in diversifying global supply chains.
  • 25 Mar 2025
    • China
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • AUKUS
    • Maritime Security

    Awful but lawful: China's Australia flotilla

    Thomas Shugart
    China wasn't making a legal point. This was a show of force.
  • 24 Mar 2025
    • China
    • India
    • United States

    Could India be the third wheel in a G2 world?

    Hervé Lemahieu
    Vignettes from Delhi’s annual geopolitics bazaar.
  • 24 Mar 2025
    • Defence & Security
    • United States

    There is method in the Trump madness

    Victor Abramowicz
    The president’s foreign policy represents a rational change in calculus, with far-reaching implications.
  • 24 Mar 2025
    • Indonesia
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Maritime Security

    Indonesia and Australia: Defence cooperation under Prabowo

    Edna C. Pattisina
    For Australia, walking the talk will be critical to a sustainable strategic relationship that benefits both nations.
  • 21 Mar 2025
    • Indonesia
    • Sustainability
    • Technology

    Indonesia’s EV gamble: Green on the surface, dirty underneath

    Robert Walker , Hilman Palaon
    Efforts to capitalise on nickel dominance has carried an environmental cost.
  • 21 Mar 2025
    • China
    • India

    As the world goes regional, India thinks global (perhaps to its detriment)

    Chietigj Bajpaee
    And for all the bluster, neither India nor China has filled the void in governance left by the US retreat from global leadership.
  • 21 Mar 2025
    • Climate change
    • Sustainability
    • Technology

    The Asia-Pacific is heating up – literally

    Akash Sahu
    The law of the concrete jungle is testing humanity’s survival instincts.
  • 21 Mar 2025
    • Aid & Development

    Europe compounding Trump aid vandalism – Australia must take a different path

    Richard Moore
    Emergencies will still demand political responses, but those responses will be fragmented, inefficient, and much less effective.
  • 20 Mar 2025
    • Australia

    AUKUS, Trump and “values-driven leadership”: Unpacking Dutton’s foreign policy address

    Daniel Flitton
    The opposition leader is betting that the public will see his style of leadership as necessary for the times.
  • 20 Mar 2025
    • Terrorism
    • Türkiye

    Türkiye makes steps towards peace with the Kurdish PKK

    William Gourlay
    The White House fracas over Ukraine overshadowed a major move in resolving one of the world’s longest-running conflicts.
  • 20 Mar 2025
    • Asia
    • Indonesia
    • Vietnam
    • Climate change
    • Sustainability

    Southeast Asia’s critical role as a green industrial leader

    Trang Nguyen , Jannata (Egi) Giwangkara
    The region’s industrial transformation remains the key for long-term economic prosperity – and the world’s climate goals.
  • 20 Mar 2025
    • North Korea

    The North Korea tourist trap

    Khang Vu
    The border opened to foreign visitors for only a month before being sealed again. North Korean troops in Russia might be the reason.
  • 19 Mar 2025
    • China
    • Myanmar

    China’s tightrope walk: Mediating in Myanmar

    Su Mon Thant
    Conflict along the border has spillover effects for China – and an increasingly evident geopolitical dimension.
  • 19 Mar 2025
    • South Korea
    • Defence & Security
    • United States

    Command and sovereignty: Who controls South Korea’s military in wartime?

    Gabriela Bernal
    Known as “OPCON”, the transfer of operational leadership has long posed a dilemma that has only deepened with Donald Trump’s presidency.
  • 19 Mar 2025
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • United States

    The new transactional era: Australia’s US alliance needs review

    Hugh Piper
    Political inertia threatens Australia’s ability to adapt to a changing relationship.
  • 19 Mar 2025
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Maritime Security

    Australian defence and the nebulous “archipelago”

    Richard Dunley
    In the region to our north, the risks of playing out operational concepts on a map devoid of politics are manifold.
  • 18 Mar 2025
    • Diplomacy
    • Public Opinion
    • United States

    Silencing the Voice of America

    Susannah Patton
    Data from the Asia Power Index shows just how successful the Voice of America has been.
  • 18 Mar 2025
    • North Korea
    • United Nations

    Monitoring without mandate: Can sanctions succeed outside a UN framework?

    Nika Pasko
    The new “multilateral team” watching North Korea faces legitimacy challenges.
  • 18 Mar 2025
    • Aid & Development
    • China
    • United States

    US aid cuts are a soft power surrender to China

    Riley Duke
    Even a static China will see its influence fill the vacuum left by US withdrawal.
  • 18 Mar 2025
    • India
    • Pakistan

    A battle without weapons that fuels India–Pakistan nationalism

    Saqlain Rizve
    The daily spectacular that dazzles and delights is rooted in power and propaganda.
  • 17 Mar 2025
    • Maritime Security
    • Trade

    The Suez battles forces beyond its control

    Selwyn Parker
    Not only rocket attacks but tariff threats, there is mounting uncertainty in global shipping.
  • 17 Mar 2025
    • Defence & Security
    • Europe

    A pivotal moment for European strategic autonomy, courtesy of Trump

    Eglantine Staunton
    The United States could have a lot to lose in addition to the diplomatic fallout.
  • 17 Mar 2025
    • Defence & Security
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Dispatch from Ukraine: The adaptation battle intensifies

    Mick Ryan
    Drone warfare over Ukraine offers a powerful demonstration of the need for modern militaries to adapt quickly.
  • 17 Mar 2025
    • China
    • Europe
    • European Union
    • United States

    Will Trump force Europe into China’s arms?

    Henry Storey
    It’s not clear that Beijing has much to give when it comes to resolving the most vexed issues in Sino-European relations.
  • 14 Mar 2025
    • Philippines
    • Human rights
    • International law

    Duterte’s ICC arrest: A day of reckoning

    Andrea Chloe Wong
    Duterte’s legal battle puts the spotlight on the International Criminal Court and the future of Philippine politics.
  • 14 Mar 2025
    • Myanmar
    • Intelligence and security
    • Russia

    Russia to boost Myanmar’s imagery intelligence

    Andrew Selth
    Has the junta just struck a deal with Moscow to strengthen its monitoring and military capabilities?
  • 14 Mar 2025
    • Maritime Security
    • Trade
    • International law
    • Sustainability
    • Pacific Islands

    Sunk costs: Pacific shipwrecks and the urgent call for the Nairobi Convention

    Sheridan Ward
    An international accord to clean up shipwrecks and other waste from commerce on the high seas already exists. The region should get on board.
  • 14 Mar 2025
    • Australia
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Migration

    Betting the house on Australia’s soft diplomacy

    Grant Wyeth
    A housing crisis might seem like a domestic problem, but there are significant foreign policy wins on offer.
  • 13 Mar 2025
    • India
    • Trade
    • United States

    Trump’s tariffs on India: Modi will have to step back to move ahead

    Shankaran Nambiar
    US efforts to pry open India’s markets will leave Modi in a difficult position with domestic business interests.
  • 13 Mar 2025
    • Singapore
    • Defence & Security
    • Maritime Security

    Singapore’s navy modernisation: Big on size but small on personnel

    Rahman Yaacob
    Grappling with the need to overcome constraints on the number of personnel available to crew warships and submarines.
  • 13 Mar 2025
    • Defence & Security
    • AUKUS

    AUKUS: Two pillars, three fallacies

    Peter Tesch
    “Gotcha” politics is undermining the unity ticket needed to tackle the challenges facing Australia.
  • 12 Mar 2025
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • WTO
    • United States

    Trump’s tariffs: The smarter option for Australia to retaliate

    Jenny Gordon
    A tariff tit-for-tat game will only cost more. Cooperation with other countries is the better answer.
  • 12 Mar 2025
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • United States

    Steel yourselves, Trump’s worldwide tariffs threaten Australia more

    Roland Rajah
    The direct consequences of steel and aluminium restrictions are small – but the big picture cost to Australia lies in damage to the global economy.
  • 12 Mar 2025
    • Energy
    • Sustainability
    • Technology

    Energy security: Lead, don’t lag

    Patricia Schouker
    The fundamental problem – insufficient domestic production – hasn’t been solved.
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