Grant Wyeth

Grant Wyeth is a columnist for The Diplomat and is the editor at Asia-Pacific Development, Diplomacy and Defence Dialogue (AP4D).

Grant Wyeth 27 Aug 2020

Australia needs the workers, the Pacific needs the jobs

Striking the right balance between backpackers and the seasonal workers is key to Canberra’s neighbourhood ambition.
Grant Wyeth 1 Jul 2020

Canada won’t fall for China’s hostage diplomacy

Releasing Meng Wanzhou wouldn’t raise Canada’s standing with China. Worse, it would betray its closest partner.
Grant Wyeth 18 Feb 2020

Minority rights are suddenly the new turf for India-Pakistan rivalry

Handing back a Hindu temple in Balochistan appears a deliberate contrast with fears over treatment of Muslims in India.
Grant Wyeth 23 Sep 2019

Canada’s Indo-Pacific pivot

Canada has long looked across the Atlantic but the pull of the Pacific flank is growing stronger.
Grant Wyeth 17 Jul 2019

Harnessing demographic destiny

Competition for the world’s best and brightest will intensify as global population growth slows. Is Australia ready?
Grant Wyeth 22 May 2019

As India tallies votes, Modi might win government but not the country

Indian democracy is a messy and highly complex affair, and serves as a bulwark against revolutionary changes.
Grant Wyeth 8 Aug 2018

Saudis try block Canada’s feminist foreign policy

An online spat has escalated into a formal diplomatic break in a test of the values professed by the Trudeau government.
Grant Wyeth 22 Nov 2017

Australia’s citizenship saga projects an insular image

How a country judges itself is the basis for international relations.