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  • 1 Aug 2024
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Diplomacy
    • Transnational Challenges

    Smuggling budgies? Australia’s fight against wildlife trafficking

    David M. Andrews
    Masters of soft diplomacy and flag-bearers for Aussie tourism, our native animals need all the protection they can get.
  • 11 Apr 2024
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Foreign Policy

    The Translator: “Like-minded countries”

    Melissa Conley Tyler , Megan Vu
    A new series in which experts explain the sometimes baffling jargon of international affairs.
  • 27 Mar 2024
    • Australia
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Diplomacy

    Reflecting Australia as a career ambassador

    Jenny Bloomfield
    Australia rightfully has a positive image, even if we’re sometimes better at telling our story abroad than we are at home.
  • 23 Feb 2024
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia
    • Australia's Defence Challenges
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australia's Trade
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Australian Development Assistance
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Australian Foreign Aid
    • Defence & Security

    Economic diplomacy: Strategic funding comes in from the cold

    Greg Earl
    A new review may cast a revealing light on how the government uses third-party institutions to shape the country’s strategic thinking.
  • 11 Dec 2023
    • China's Economy
    • China's Government
    • Chinese Trade
    • Taiwan
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia's Trade
    • Australian Diplomacy

    Don’t let China veto Australia’s ties with Taiwan

    Benjamin Herscovitch
    Canberra should not let increased trade and political engagement with Taipei be held hostage to Beijing’s sensitivities.
  • 3 Nov 2023
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament
    • Nuclear Weapons

    Australian leadership in Indo‑Pacific nuclear diplomacy

    John Tilemann
    With growing state capabilities in the region, “guardrails” are more important than ever. Canberra can help.
  • 6 Oct 2023
    • Australia in the World
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Diplomacy

    Pump up the volume: Music diplomacy as soft power

    Kate Clayton
    From jazz ambassadors to Eurovision, it’s time Australia employed the persuasive power of pop and beyond.
  • 12 Sep 2023
    • Asean
    • Vietnam
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • United States

    Amid great power visits, don’t underestimate middle power cooperation

    Melissa Conley Tyler
    With Vietnam supercharging its relationship with the United States, Australia may be next.
  • 31 Aug 2023
    • Aid & Development
    • Australia
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Australian Foreign Aid

    Economic diplomacy: Spirit of Australia charts a fresh course

    Greg Earl
    The government is fashioning a more interventionist economic leg to the new amity between its aid policy, regional diplomacy and military spending.
  • 21 Jul 2023
    • Australia
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Review

    Nobody ever teaches anyone how to be a Minister

    Mark Pierce
    At the heart of Australia’s Westminster democracy is an eclectic, eccentric, DIY political system.
  • 13 Mar 2023
    • Australia in the World
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Diplomacy

    Taking Australian statecraft from good to great

    Hugh Piper , Susannah Patton
    To remain effective in Asia, Canberra must do more with less, multiplying the effects of its bureaucratic tools.
  • 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.
  • 28 Nov 2022
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Diplomacy
    • Foreign Policy

    Confident, competent, inconsistent: Australia’s strategic personality

    Ian Hall
    Canberra’s report card receives a solid “pleasing result” on Southeast Asia, but a “could do better” on the Pacific.
  • 29 Aug 2022
    • South Korea
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia's Defence Challenges
    • Australian Diplomacy

    The merits of transactionalism

    Victor Abramowicz
    Seeking deeper relationships doesn’t always best serve the national interest.
  • 9 Aug 2022
    • Australia
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Diplomacy

    There must be a better way: Australia’s diplomatic appointments

    Hugh Piper
    Transparency in deciding who gets to represent the country abroad can only be a benefit.
  • 8 Aug 2022
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Diplomacy

    The opportunities of cross-public service diplomacy

    Shaun Cameron
    Collaborations between Australia and its regional partners on skills, knowledge and capacity offer a win-win scenario.
  • 26 Jul 2022
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Diplomacy
    • Sex and Gender

    The future is female, but women in diplomacy still under-represented

    Elise Stephenson
    It’s two steps forward, one step back for gender parity in Australian international relations.
  • 26 Jul 2022
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australian Diplomacy

    Wong’s own brand of diplomacy: will it work?

    James Chin
    Australia’s new foreign minister has a complicated road ahead in convincing Southeast Asia she’s a conduit for change.
  • 11 May 2022
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australian Diplomacy

    Resetting Australia’s relationship with the Pacific – three ideas

    Anna Gibert
    Listen, for a start. Getting down to granular, person-to-person engagement is needed for effective regional diplomacy.
  • 16 Mar 2022
    • Australia in the World
    • Australian Diplomacy

    Australian cricket’s soft power opportunity

    Hugh Piper
    A hat trick of factors calls for all-round success, and a recognition of bigger issues, including gender equality.
  • 27 Sep 2021
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Germany

    Dankeschön Frau Merkel

    Ian Kemish
    A former Australian ambassador to Germany reflects on the Chancellor’s significant impact in the Indo-Pacific.
  • 24 Sep 2021
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • France

    AUKUS: France’s strategic outcry

    Eglantine Staunton
    After the drama of recalled ambassadors in the wake of a new Indo-Pacific strategic deal, it’s time for dialogue.
  • 9 Jul 2021
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Australia

    The changing face of Australia’s diplomatic network

    Nicholas Bosworth
    A stocktake shows rising political appointments but Australia’s heads of mission now far better reflect the population.
  • 18 May 2021
    • Diplomacy
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Australia
    • China
    • Australia–New Zealand

    A rare test of China diplomacy

    Elliott Zaagman
    Australia and New Zealand provide a case for whether it pays to be nice – or if it’s simply not worth bothering.
  • 12 May 2021
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Timor-Leste
    • Indonesia
    • Human rights

    Andrew Peacock’s Timor legacy

    Peter Job
    Remembered as a principled defender of human rights, the late foreign minister took a different tack with Suharto.
  • 9 Apr 2021
    • United States
    • International Economy
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • China
    • India
    • Indonesia

    Economic diplomacy: Global tax, education exports and Team Australia

    Greg Earl
    Levelling the field with a global minimum tax, rethinking student fee revenue, and getting APEC back in the room.
  • 7 Oct 2020
    • Australian Foreign Aid
    • Australian Diplomacy

    A budget of skewed priorities

    Alex Oliver
    As Australia faces one of the most challenging international environments in a century, it still skimps on diplomacy.
  • 16 Jul 2020
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Australia

    Devaluing DFAT

    James Wise
    The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has long got the short end of the stick. Why?
  • 25 May 2020
    • Australia's Trade
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Australia and Asia

    How is an advanced Australia faring in the Asian century?

    Tim Harcourt
    The power of proximity has long surpassed the “tyranny of distance” in Australian trade relations.
  • 4 May 2020
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Australia
    • Papua New Guinea

    Notes on representing Australia in Papua New Guinea

    Ian Kemish
    A former High Commissioner to PNG reflects on the “high highs and low lows” of serving in a unique diplomatic role.
  • 16 Sep 2019
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Australian Diplomacy

    On China, principles vs pragmatism

    Kevin Robb
    Australia needs to consider its moments to push human rights issues with its largest trading partner.
  • 28 May 2019
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Australia

    From fill-in to full-time Foreign Minister

    Melissa Conley Tyler
    Marise Payne’s experience in defence and security has been obvious, but what more will drive her diplomacy?
  • 25 Oct 2018
    • G20
    • Australian Diplomacy

    Australian energy diplomacy

    Christian Downie
    Implemented correctly, Australia could achieve some of its foreign policy goals through its energy exports.
  • 6 Jul 2018
    • United States
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Australia

    “Patrons” of the alliance and the missing mates

    Jenny Hayward-Jones
    <p>Australia’s public diplomacy is not advanced by excluding women and failing to recognise diversity.</p>
  • 19 Dec 2017
    • Australian Diplomacy

    George Brandis, His Excellency, is still hostage to Malcolm Turnbull

    Daniel Flitton
    Any political truce over diplomatic appointments looks to have ended. A change of government should mean politicians-turned-diplomats resign.
  • 25 Oct 2017
    • Australian Diplomacy

    Is there a model Human Rights Council member?

    Lyndal Rowlands
    In some ways the Council is like a pre-school: it's more about effort to improve than actual performance.
  • 18 Sep 2017
    • Diplomacy
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • IMF
    • Australia and Asia

    Using economic diplomacy to reduce financial risks in Asia

    Roland Rajah
    The IMF will remain important, particularly for dealing with deeper crises. But it risks becoming less central and an increasingly last resort.
  • 13 Sep 2017
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Diplomacy

    Digital diplomacy’s downsides

    Nick Bryant
    E-diplomacy has coarsened public diplomacy. For international leaders and their diplomats, it may be time for a screen break. 
  • 16 Mar 2017
    • Australian Diplomacy

    Can economic and security analysts find a lingua franca?

    Greg Earl
    The Foreign Policy White Paper will need to address the way economic and security analysts often talk past each other in the Australian policymaking space.
  • 20 Feb 2017
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Diplomacy

    Networks and narratives: Public diplomacy in the DFAT White Paper

    Damien Spry
    Australia has a powerful 'strategic narrative' that is a potent source of soft power. But it's increasingly difficult for this story to be heard.
  • 15 Feb 2017
    • Australian Diplomacy

    Seeking clarity in Australian foreign policy

    Michael Fullilove
    We need to align our ends and means, and engage in practical, tough-minded diplomacy directed at making a difference.
  • 25 Jan 2017
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Diplomacy

    Including the first Australians in Australian diplomacy

    Melissa Conley Tyler
    Left to their own devices, institutions tend to over-represent white males compared to every other demographic.
  • 12 Dec 2016
    • Australian Diplomacy

    Digital diplomacy @DFAT

    Damien Spry
    A successful digital media strategy may result in diplomats becoming less prominent.
  • 6 Apr 2016
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Diplomacy

    A diplomatic necessity: Why embassies persist in the digital age

    Kishan Rana
  • 17 Mar 2016
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Diplomacy

    Embassies can shape policy

    Ric Smith
  • 8 Dec 2015
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • International Relations

    Plenty of challenges await Joe Hockey as Australia's new ambassador to the US

    James Curran
  • 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
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Foreign Policy

    All change: Election result may see another round of the Burma/Myanmar name game

    Andrew Selth
  • 13 Nov 2015
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • International Relations

    Turnbull in Jakarta: Relationship reheat

    Catriona Croft-Cusworth
  • 15 Oct 2015
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • International Relations
    • Foreign Policy

    DFAT: Not perfect, but in our national interest

    Alex Oliver
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