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  • 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.
  • 12 Mar 2025
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Pacific Islands
    • Papua New Guinea

    Papua New Guinea: Shhhhh … don’t use the word “Alliance”

    Oliver Nobetau
    PNG’s sovereignty need not come at the cost of the safety and well-being of its own people.
  • 12 Mar 2025
    • Thailand

    Royal defamation law reform in Thailand: Lost in the echo

    Craig Keating
    Progressive politicians in Thailand face lifetime bans from political office for doing what is core work for MPs the world over: proposing legal amendments.
  • 12 Mar 2025
    • Asia
    • Asean
    • Japan
    • Singapore
    • Australia
    • Climate change
    • Sustainability
    • Technology

    Artificial intelligence and sustainability in the Asia-Pacific

    Melinda Stuart
    With the right strategies, AI and clean energy can work in harmony, driving progress without compromising the planet.
  • 11 Mar 2025
    • Syria

    Syria’s de facto leader faces home truths

    Philip Eliason
    Any national reconciliation process cannot advance while non-Sunni Muslim religious sects face terror and extortion.
  • 11 Mar 2025
    • China
    • Philippines
    • Intelligence and security

    Uncovering China’s spying game in the Philippines

    Don McLain Gill
    A string of arrests has been a wakeup call for Manila that the threat extends inside the water line.
  • 11 Mar 2025
    • India
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Maritime Security
    • Quad

    Why Australia–India maritime ties matter

    Nidhi Priya
    Strengthening cooperation in the Indo-Pacific will be good not just for the region but for global security and trade.
  • 11 Mar 2025
    • Aid & Development
    • International law

    Protecting frontline humanitarians: Australia’s role as a middle power

    Amra Lee
    Coming off the deadliest year on record for aid workers, Australia is well positioned to drive diplomatic change.
  • 10 Mar 2025
    • Myanmar
    • Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament

    Myanmar's impossible plutonium puzzle

    Andrew Selth
    Is Myanmar hiding a secret nuclear reactor and reprocessing facility to produce the core ingredient for a nuclear weapon? Or was this just a scam?
  • 10 Mar 2025
    • Climate change
    • Public Opinion

    What happened to the youth climate movement?

    Isabelle Zhu-Maguire
    With the world rapidly losing sight of Paris Agreement targets, let’s bring back the fight.
  • 10 Mar 2025
    • Australia
    • United States

    Time to retire the term “Plan B”

    Susannah Patton
    Australia needs to respond with urgency to the second Trump administration, but framing the conversation around the idea of a Plan B is self-defeating.
  • 10 Mar 2025
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • United States

    Pyongyang–Moscow ties will outlive the Ukraine conflict

    Gabriela Bernal
    The relationship between Russia and North Korea will be impacted by Washington's stance on Ukraine, but the long-term alliance will remain strong.
  • 7 Mar 2025
    • Diplomacy
    • Human rights
    • International law
    • Multilateral Institutions
    • Sustainability

    The realists and their limits in the world today

    'Alopi Latukefu
    A belief in “might is right” is not set in stone – rules in global affairs are shaped by the choices we make.
  • 7 Mar 2025
    • Australia

    “Is your job as Foreign Minister more difficult today than it was a week ago?”

    Daniel Flitton
    A great question has Penny Wong waxing philosophically about the state of the world.
  • 7 Mar 2025
    • Asia
    • Sex and Gender
    • Sustainability

    Getting dads to care: A key to equality in Asia

    Ramona Vijeyarasa
    Declining birth rates, growing elderly populations and notable gender gaps in workforce participation are just some reasons for reform across the region.
  • 7 Mar 2025
    • Climate change

    Climate pledge delays: The world can’t afford more hot air

    Georgia Hammersley
    Last-minute extension stretches deadline for national climate plans to later this year, raising hopes for stronger pledges
  • 6 Mar 2025
    • Aid & Development
    • Cambodia
    • Indonesia
    • Laos
    • Myanmar
    • Philippines
    • Singapore
    • Thailand
    • Timor-Leste
    • Vietnam
    • Australia

    Missed signals: What Southeast Asia wants vs what Australia delivers

    Mira Sulistiyanto
    With US aid disappearing, a new report shows Australia has a chance to align development cooperation with the region’s challenges and Australia’s strengths.
  • 6 Mar 2025
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Maritime Security

    Should Australia rekindle its Merchant Navy?

    Victor Abramowicz
    From defended assets to arsenal ships, armed merchant vessels offer opportunities for Canberra.
  • 6 Mar 2025
    • Aid & Development
    • North Korea
    • South Korea
    • United States

    How US funding cuts could exacerbate North Korea’s humanitarian crisis

    Gabriela Bernal
    Trump’s obsession with getting the deal and an interest in resuming talks with Kim Jong Un all spell trouble for human rights.
  • 6 Mar 2025
    • Asean
    • Sex and Gender

    Imagine a first for ASEAN, a woman as the Secretary-General

    Mutiara Indriani , Lucy Klein
    The Southeast Asian grouping has made strides in gender equality but a female leader would be an important step.
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