Contributors Articles

Contributors

Dr Bec Strating is a lecturer in politics at La Trobe University, focusing primarily on Timor-Leste and Indonesia.

03 Sep 2018 06:00

Asia’s order beyond the great powers

What might be called second tier players, when acting together, can have a profound influence to shape the region.
07 Aug 2018 06:00

Timor and Australia: a new chapter or a stalemate?

After the maritime boundary treaty, tensions remain over development of the Greater Sunrise gas fields.
12 Jun 2018 06:00

A new path to dispute settlement

The novel mechanism that solved the Timor Sea dispute may not have the same success in other complex and highly contested cases across the region.
06 Apr 2018 07:00

Watching on: Australia and the Korean Peninsula talks

Australia has put its trust in Donald Trump and his transactional, “deal-making” style of diplomacy.
07 Mar 2018 16:30

Timor Gap: a boundary, yet disputes linger

A landmark agreement has not yet resolved Timor-Leste's urgent need for the Greater Sunrise development.
07 Feb 2018 11:16

The clash of values and practice in Australian foreign policy

Nauru is one case where Australia's global interest in promoting democracy is compromised by its specific immigration policy priorities.
15 Dec 2017 11:57

Favourites of 2017: The Handmaid’s Tale

No other TV show captured the political zeitgeist more accurately than the adaption of Margaret Atwood's book.
06 Dec 2017 06:15

The symbolic politics of the Dokdo/Takeshima dispute

Glorified rocks reveal the limits of the contemporary ‘rules-based order’ to settle disputes.