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  • 30 Oct 2024
    • Aid & Development
    • Australia
    • Australian Foreign Aid

    Pooled funds give Australia’s new humanitarian strategy a boost

    Grace Stanhope
    Flexibility is essential when responding to a crisis – especially those far from home.
  • 30 Oct 2024
    • Pacific Islands
    • Review

    The Translator: What is "strategic infrastructure"?

    Laura Salt
    Building lines of influence in the Pacific.
  • 30 Oct 2024
    • India
    • India's Economy

    Managing India’s labour troubles

    Srijan Shukla
    A crippling strike exposes the outdated laws that may frustrate India’s industrial potential.
  • 29 Oct 2024
    • Aid & Development
    • Sex and Gender

    Caring for carers: The gender challenge in peacebuilding

    Eleanor Gordon
    A new report shows women with children, in particular, often find it difficult to remain within or return to this type of work.
  • 29 Oct 2024
    • Transnational Challenges
    • Pacific Islands

    Pacific Islands need stronger corrections systems to address transnational and organised crime

    Danielle Watson
    Rehabilitation is too often a forgotten arena in regional efforts.
  • 29 Oct 2024
    • United States

    Drawing from global lessons, an apology long in the waiting for Native Americans

    Erin Hurley
    There is something distinctive about America’s historical inability to acknowledge a history of colonialism, making a rare moment of truth telling stand out.
  • 29 Oct 2024
    • India
    • Defence & Security
    • United Kingdom

    India’s historic shift in attitude about a US base at Diego Garcia

    Rahul Jaybhay
    Scouring the archival records is revealing of New Delhi’s changing strategic priorities.
  • 28 Oct 2024
    • Defence & Security
    • Quad
    • United States

    What a Trump return might mean for AUKUS and the Quad

    Aiden Warren , Charles T. Hunt
    A nascent regional security “minilateral” architecture is vulnerable to Trump’s brand of disruption.
  • 28 Oct 2024
    • China
    • Pacific Islands
    • Papua New Guinea

    China’s language diplomacy in Papua New Guinea

    Bernard Yegiora
    Local Mandarin programs are gaining momentum as a tool to foster closer relations.
  • 28 Oct 2024
    • China
    • South China Sea

    China and the South China Sea: Tailoring history for propaganda

    Mahbi Maulaya
    China’s historians are being enlisted to shape the narrative of maritime Asia.
  • 25 Oct 2024
    • China
    • Indonesia
    • Defence & Security

    Prabowo’s China challenge around the Natuna Islands

    Rahman Yaacob
    An early confrontation might not be the message first thought.
  • 25 Oct 2024
    • North Korea
    • Russia

    As Russia struggles in Ukraine, North Korea benefits

    Luana Margarete Geiger
    Having found common cause under sanctions, Pyongyang and Moscow are forging new economic geography and with it pan-continental security dynamics.
  • 25 Oct 2024
    • Indonesia
    • South Korea

    South Korea-Indonesia: How a viral moment could have real-world consequences

    Jeremiah Edbert Grifith Sihite , Hidan Kim
    Warm feelings and popular culture can only go so far.
  • 25 Oct 2024
    • China
    • China-India Relations
    • India

    Have India and China achieved a border breakthrough?

    Amit Ranjan , Genevieve Donnellon-May
    Tensions in the Himalayas have been high since 2020. This latest deal is a step forward.
  • 24 Oct 2024
    • Asia
    • Australia

    Australia: Migration no easy fix for Asia literacy

    Leigh Howard
    The business community – not just those exporting or operating within the region – needs to keep pace with the scale of change.
  • 24 Oct 2024
    • Japan

    Japan: Will Ishiba’s election gamble pay off?

    Morgan James
    A self-confessed defence “nerd” hopes voters are growing alarmed about regional threats, despite the long rule of the Liberal Democratic Party.
  • 24 Oct 2024
    • Aid & Development
    • Climate change
    • Multilateral Development Banks

    A new multilateral bank, not an American “Marshall Plan” alone, is the key to a clean energy future

    Michelle Lyons , Roland Rajah , Grace Stanhope
    The numbers don’t add up for the United States to make itself the global hub for green technology.
  • 24 Oct 2024
    • China
    • Energy
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability
    • United States

    China’s cleantech investment in the US: Leg-up or security threat?

    Henry Storey
    Security hawks have struggled to articulate a compelling case for completely pulling up the drawbridge.
  • 23 Oct 2024
    • Aid & Development
    • Pacific Islands

    Biases within the capital flows to the Pacific

    Jinita Prasad
    A pervasive power imbalance stops the small steps needed for better aid outcomes in the region.
  • 23 Oct 2024
    • Japan

    Japan would benefit from an economic security strategy

    Rintaro Nishimura
    An overarching, single document is the logical next step for a government that sees economic security as part of national security.
  • 23 Oct 2024
    • Australia
    • Pacific Islands

    The Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme is helping some workers but harming others – it needs to be reformed

    Matt Withers
    Lopsided economic benefits are intimately linked to prevailing conditions of employment.
  • 22 Oct 2024
    • Australia
    • Cyber Security
    • Technology

    Understanding technology as an ecosystem is the first step to tackling online harms

    Miah Hammond-Errey
    Misinformation and disinformation are not challenges in isolation.
  • 22 Oct 2024
    • Diplomacy
    • Foreign Policy

    The language of respect in world politics

    Mark Pierce
    A former diplomat muses on the vagaries of foreign policy dialogue … and the importance of the subjunctive mood.
  • 22 Oct 2024
    • Timor-Leste
    • Technology

    A cable to connect Timor-Leste, but can it bridge the digital divide?

    Mericio Juvinal dos Reis “Akara” , Rheinhard Sirait
    Cheaper internet and higher speeds could be the beginning of a transformation but there are many local hurdles to overcome.
  • 21 Oct 2024
    • Australia
    • Pacific Islands
    • Papua New Guinea

    PNG’s NRL bid: Making the most of the high-stakes game

    Oliver Nobetau
    Accountability is not just a question for donors but for the recipient country, too.
  • 21 Oct 2024
    • Japan
    • Malaysia
    • War Crimes

    The ghosts of Japan’s occupation of Malaysia

    Ikhlas Abdul Hadi , Marin Ekstrom
    Haunting stories of wartime brutality live on in Malaysia’s folklore, allowing the country to navigate the trauma.
  • 21 Oct 2024
    • Central Asia
    • China
    • Russia
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    Central Asia: An emerging battlefield for strategic minerals

    Sergey Sukhankin
    The region’s rare earth elements are in demand, but ties with Russia and China mean diversifying is easier said than done.
  • 18 Oct 2024
    • United Nations

    Answering the SOS of the United Nations

    Clare Beaton-Wells
    Australia’s support of the Pact for the Future is a chance to shape reform of the global organisation.
  • 18 Oct 2024
    • Indonesia
    • Australia

    How Australia’s foreign student cap could erode its regional influence: An Indonesian view

    Hangga Fathana
    Indonesians educated in Australian universities include senior ministers and officials. Goodwill has its own value.
  • 18 Oct 2024
    • Aid & Development
    • Australia
    • Australian Foreign Aid
    • Pacific Islands

    Can Australia’s new Humanitarian Policy deliver?

    Meg Keen
    The effort is laudable, and a step in the right direction, with more ambition and local engagement needed.
  • 17 Oct 2024
    • Global Economy
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Multilateral Development Banks

    Economic diplomacy: After the storm comes the reconstruction

    Greg Earl
    From a new measure of business competitiveness to revamped supply chains, global agencies are slowly adjusting to post-pandemic life.
  • 17 Oct 2024
    • North Korea
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    North Korean troops in Russia: The first test of the Russia-North Korea alliance

    Khang Vu
    Should the deployment be confirmed, history offers three ways to gauge the cohesion of Pyongyang’s ties to Moscow.
  • 17 Oct 2024
    • Pacific Islands
    • Samoa

    Samoa: The Switzerland of the Pacific

    Sheridan Ward
    With CHOGM leaders about to touch down in Apia, the nation’s mandate for peace and non-violence will be on show.
  • 17 Oct 2024
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    A shared struggle: Ukrainians and their volunteer supporters on the front lines

    Gordon Weiss
    An unyielding will in the face of invasion has inspired heroes at home and from afar.
  • 16 Oct 2024
    • Australia in the World
    • Samoa

    A CHOGM Rorschach Test

    Tom Barber
    The value in the summit in Samoa next week really depends on how you see diplomacy unfolding.
  • 16 Oct 2024
    • Asean
    • Malaysia
    • Myanmar

    Malaysia’s ASEAN chairmanship is a catalyst, not a panacea

    Angeline Tan , Yanitha Meena Louis
    Moving beyond regional deadlocks will take more than a single year.
  • 16 Oct 2024
    • Cambodia
    • Australia

    Caught between giants: Why Cambodia looks to Australia

    Chhay Lim , Genevieve Donnellon-May
    With Phnom Penh aiming to diversify its strategic options, Canberra seems like a good bet.
  • 15 Oct 2024
    • India
    • Canada

    Australia can’t escape the India-Canada crossfire

    Priya Chacko
    The latest revelations are a wake-up call over the extent of India’s foreign interference.
  • 15 Oct 2024
    • Australia
    • Diplomacy
    • Papua New Guinea

    Three unanswered questions for Australia’s PNG Rugby League dream

    Hugh Piper
    Could Australian diplomacy enter novel terrain: professional sports administration?
  • 15 Oct 2024
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Malaysia
    • European Union
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    The ripple effects of EU deforestation laws in Southeast Asia

    Mohd. Yunus
    The region's palm oil industry needs to move with the times. But meeting the challenges will take a group effort.
  • 14 Oct 2024
    • Global Issues
    • Human rights

    Succumbing to the parochialism of the present

    Daniel Flitton
    The world always looks dangerous, depending on your vantage point.
  • 14 Oct 2024
    • Indonesia
    • Defence & Security

    The risk of a Timor-like intervention still shapes Indonesia’s view of security

    Rahman Yaacob
    As Prabowo Subianto prepares to take the reins, it’s doubtful that China worries him most.
  • 14 Oct 2024
    • Australia
    • Migration

    Amid a global aged care labour shortage, how will Australia address the challenge?

    Sophia Kagan
    International experience holds compelling lessons and points to important risks.
  • 14 Oct 2024
    • Aid & Development
    • Australia
    • Papua New Guinea

    How Australia can get better results in Papua New Guinea

    Peter O’Neill
    A former prime minister offers a frank appraisal of the neighbourly relationship.
  • 11 Oct 2024
    • China
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • United States

    The US wakes up to China’s latest threat – big ships

    Selwyn Parker
    Hardly a day goes by that Chinese shipyards don’t book another fat contract for a commercial vessel.
  • 11 Oct 2024
    • Southeast Asia
    • Thailand
    • Climate change

    Thailand’s path to climate resilience

    Genevieve Donnellon-May
    While the government has taken steps to address the effects of climate change, efforts must be scaled up.
  • 11 Oct 2024
    • Defence & Security

    The Black Sea battle: Learning the right maritime lessons from Ukraine

    Jennifer Parker
    Ukraine’s effective strategy in the Black Sea offers a masterclass in how a smaller, determined naval force can challenge a much larger one.
  • 10 Oct 2024
    • India

    India’s never-ending quest for global status

    Chietigj Bajpaee
    A debate about gaining a permanent seat on the UN Security Council reveals a deeper anxiety driving India’s ambition.
  • 10 Oct 2024
    • Afghanistan
    • Sex and Gender

    The cruelty in banning Afghan women from poetry

    Isabelle Zhu-Maguire
    Another tool has been taken away by state-mandated isolation.
  • 10 Oct 2024
    • BRICS

    Whither the BRICS?

    Ian Hill
    On paper, BRICS is a heavy hitter. But differing goals could make the road ahead bumpy.
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