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  • 28 Mar 2024
    • Aid & Development
    • Development Assistance
    • Asia and Pacific
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Multilateral Development Banks

    Replenishing the Asian Development Bank in the Pacific

    Roland Rajah , Alexandre Dayant
    A strong replenishment of the bank’s grant financing arm would serve the Pacific well.
  • 24 Jan 2023
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Regional Relationships
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australian Diplomacy

    Reality-checking the democracy agenda

    Eduard Lazarus
    Indonesia presents valuable lessons in Australia’s support for democracy in the Asia-Pacific.
  • 26 Jul 2022
    • Asia Pacific Regional Relationships
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asean

    Log-jam in the Indo-Pacific economic policy space

    Peter Brian M. Wang
    It’s time for APEC to hit the refresh button to remain relevant in the region.
  • 23 Sep 2021
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australia's Trade
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • China

    Economic diplomacy: After AUKUS in trade, aid and technology

    Greg Earl
    Commercial links may be China’s response to the submarine deal.
  • 18 Dec 2020
    • Asia
    • United States
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asean
    • China
    • The 2020 US Presidential Election

    Washington’s warped Asia policy debate

    Dhruva Jaishankar
    Whoever Joe Biden puts into key positions, best they make quick studies on regional dynamics.
  • 11 Mar 2020
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Review

    Book review: Contest for the Indo-Pacific

    Ric Smith
    How a “mental map” became a physical space facing “the risks of multiple plausible futures”.
  • 9 Mar 2020
    • United States
    • Asia and Pacific
    • China

    Who will be the 21st century’s rule maker?

    Sam Roggeveen
    Asia needs a new order for the post-American era, and it cannot be a liberal one.
  • 31 Jan 2019
    • United States
    • Asia and Pacific
    • China

    Pacific collateral from the INF Treaty collapse

    Clive Williams
    Leaving the treaty would allow the US to quickly build up regional arsenal of new nuclear weapons to challenge China.
  • 14 Nov 2018
    • Asia and Pacific
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies

    The challenges facing APEC leaders

    Merriden Varrall
    A tense geopolitical environment is the backdrop to the upcoming leaders’ summit, with US-China rivalry on display.
  • 14 Aug 2017
    • Australia in the World
    • Asia and Pacific
    • North Korea
    • South Korea

    Australia and Korea’s wars

    Andrew Selth
    If there is another armed conflict on the Korean peninsula, it's unlikely an Australian government would feel bound by historical precedent or outdated legal instruments.
  • 25 Oct 2016
    • Asia
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Philippines

    The Philippine senator taking on President Duterte

    Erin Cook
    Rodrigo Duterte and Leila de Lima’s relations have hit new lows in recent months
  • 17 Oct 2016
    • Asia and Pacific
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • South China Sea

    Australia's FONOP debate: A necessary storm in a teacup

    Euan Graham
  • 30 Sep 2016
    • Asia and Pacific
    • E-diplomacy

    Digital Asia links: Chinese cyber targets, North Korean Internet, Tencent and more

    Danielle Cave
  • 29 Sep 2016
    • Asia and Pacific

    Movie trailer: Apprentice

    Sam Roggeveen
  • 28 Sep 2016
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Chinese Foreign Aid
    • Australia and the Pacific

    Mapping Pacific aid: Facebook, India and money laundering

    Danielle Cave
  • 16 Sep 2016
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • E-diplomacy

    Digital diplomacy links: Syria tracker, Brexit trolls, FOI tweets, Marvel and more

    Danielle Cave
  • 5 Sep 2016
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Chinese Foreign Aid

    Witnessing an opaque Pacific power shift

    Danielle Cave
  • 2 Sep 2016
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Cyber Security

    Digital Asia links: Bangladesh internet drills, HK elections, Tencent HQ & more

    Danielle Cave
  • 19 Aug 2016
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • E-diplomacy

    Digital Diplomacy links: Antarctic tweets, Army podcast, White House bots, India app and more

    Danielle Cave
  • 19 Aug 2016
    • Asia and Pacific

    North Korea: A realistic path to regime change

    Robert E Kelly
  • 5 Aug 2016
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • South China Sea
    • E-diplomacy

    Digital Asia links: ISIS in Indonesia, South China Sea hacks, WeChat in Africa and more

    Danielle Cave
  • 22 Jul 2016
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • E-diplomacy

    Digital Diplomacy links: PokemonGO, Indian intel, emoji equality, cyberpower and more

    Danielle Cave
  • 8 Jul 2016
    • Asia and Pacific
    • The 2016 US Presidential Election

    ‘Careless’ emails should harm Clinton, but probably won’t

    James Bowen
  • 24 Jun 2016
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • E-diplomacy

    Digital Diplomacy links: Russian soft power, South China Sea, NZ Story, Tibet and more

    Danielle Cave
  • 21 Jun 2016
    • Public Opinion
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australia
    • Public Opinion Polling

    Anxious about China, unsure about the US: Australians and the 2016 Lowy Institute Poll

    Alex Oliver
  • 10 Jun 2016
    • Asia and Pacific

    Digital Asia links: India hacked, Singapore goes offline, Shenzhen, video apps, maps and more

    Danielle Cave
  • 8 Jun 2016
    • Asia and Pacific
    • South China Sea

    South China Sea: Two things you should read

    Sam Roggeveen
  • 29 Apr 2016
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Foreign Policy
    • E-diplomacy

    Digital Diplomacy links: UN #NextSG, Frank Underwood, Popegrams, army blogging and more

    Danielle Cave
  • 15 Apr 2016
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Cyber Security

    Digital Asia links: WeChat & the UN, Xiaomi, North Korea, a Cyber Minister and more

    Danielle Cave
  • 1 Apr 2016
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • E-diplomacy

    Digital diplomacy links: GIFs, global rankings, Russia, Israel, Next Door Land app and more

    Danielle Cave
  • 16 Mar 2016
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security

    North Korea as a 'mafia state'

    Robert E Kelly
  • 4 Mar 2016
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Intelligence and security
    • E-diplomacy

    Digital diplomacy links (defence special): White Paper, Army blogging, honeytraps and more

    Danielle Cave
  • 5 Feb 2016
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • E-diplomacy

    Digital Diplomacy links: Facebook leaders, Army brigades, social media mobility and more

    Danielle Cave
  • 3 Feb 2016
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies

    Pacific Island links: Russian arms in Fiji, Vanuatu's election result, PNG drought and more

  • 3 Feb 2016
    • Asia and Pacific
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies

    Japan and China wrestle for ascendancy in Southeast Asia's railway Great Game

    Julian Snelder
  • 13 Jan 2016
    • Asia and Pacific

    Pacific Island Links: Vanuatu election, PNG finances, a 'Facebook for fieldworkers', and more

  • 7 Jan 2016
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security

    Why China's next aircraft carrier will be based on Soviet blueprints

    James Goldrick
  • 23 Dec 2015
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Australia and the Pacific

    Pacific links: Fiji's budget, Ok Tedi restructure, renewables, holiday reading and more

    Jonathan Pryke
  • 15 Dec 2015
    • Asia and Pacific
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Institutions
    • Regional relationships

    How Australia can use economic diplomacy to get closer to Asia

    Stephen Grenville
  • 2 Dec 2015
    • Asia and Pacific
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies

    Pacific Island links: leaders in Paris, REDD+, budget woes, asbestos, ending AIDS and more

    Jonathan Pryke
  • 20 Nov 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Maritime Security
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • Foreign Policy
    • Asia and the Middle East
    • US-China

    Much at stake for Turnbull and the region at East Asia Summit

    Elliot Brennan
  • 18 Nov 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Asia and Pacific

    APEC attendees take note: Services are nice but most trade action still in goods

    Leon Berkelmans
  • 13 Nov 2015
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Cyber Security

    Digital Asia links: Cross-Strait trolling, Modi & Silicon Valley, WhatsApp government and more

    Danielle Cave
  • 6 Nov 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security

    China-Taiwan: A rare alignment of interests

    Malcolm Cook
  • 30 Oct 2015
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • Intelligence and security

    As RAN prepares to exercise with China's navy, Australia risks a PR disaster

    Euan Graham
  • 29 Oct 2015
    • Asia and Pacific

    Indo-Pacific security links: South China Sea, Asian missile race, Abe abroad and more

    Brendan Thomas-Noone
  • 26 Oct 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective

    The Turnbull era: Eight ideas for fine-tuning Australian foreign policy

    Richard Woolcott
  • 22 Oct 2015
    • Asia and Pacific

    Xi Jinping in London: Cameron and Osborne take a big risk on China

    Kerry Brown
  • 20 Oct 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Cyber Security
    • Asia Pacific Security

    Waging war in peacetime: Cyber attacks and international norms

    Fergus Hanson
  • 19 Oct 2015
    • Public Opinion
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • E-diplomacy

    Digital diplomacy is not the same as digital outreach

    Danielle Cave
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