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  • 6 May 2021
    • Global Economy
    • Diplomacy
    • The Trans-Pacific Partnership
    • United States
    • India-Australia Relations
    • Australia's Trade
    • Australia's Economy
    • China
    • Technology
    • International law

    Economic diplomacy: Patent politics and trade deal twists

    Greg Earl
    President Biden moves to suspend vaccine patents, RCEP ramps up, IA-CEPA gets a lesson and US dollar reserves tank.
  • 6 May 2021
    • United States
    • North Korea

    Biden’s North Korea plans come into view

    Soo Kim
    Short on details, the US president’s policy positions still leave plenty of room for speculation.
  • 30 Apr 2021
    • United States
    • Türkiye

    Telephone diplomacy: Joe Biden signals a new approach towards Turkey

    William Gourlay
    In acknowledging the Armenian genocide, the US president has created waves with a long-standing ally.
  • 27 Apr 2021
    • Climate change
    • International law
    • United States

    High hopes and hot air on climate change

    Anthony Burke
    Good pledges, moral suasion and new impetus for accountability have yet to sway the recalcitrant.
  • 22 Apr 2021
    • Asia
    • United States
    • Trade
    • Asean
    • Australia
    • Japan
    • Technology

    Economic diplomacy: Supply chains, ASEAN wanes, and Japan’s coal dump

    Greg Earl
    Will government have to pick a winner for 6G networks to show the US and Japan as “global leaders in innovation”?
  • 21 Apr 2021
    • Diplomacy
    • China
    • Technology
    • United States

    China’s Twitter trolls make bid for vacant Trump property

    Elliott Zaagman
    “Own the libs” obnoxiousness failed, but China’s social media diplomats haven’t all got the memo.
  • 20 Apr 2021
    • Diplomacy
    • United States
    • Climate change
    • International law

    “America’s back” in the Paris Agreement. For how long?

    Nicholas Chan
    Climate politics is enjoying an optimistic moment, but a Trumpist rerun would be ruinous for environmental diplomacy.
  • 20 Apr 2021
    • United States
    • Australia

    Roosevelt’s lessons for nations across generations

    Philip Citowicki
    Over a century ago, Theodore Roosevelt declared “the quality of the leaders is all-important”. It’s as true now as then.
  • 19 Apr 2021
    • United States
    • Russia

    Sticks and carrots in Biden’s Russia strategy

    Matthew Sussex
    Washington deserves two cheers for its early moves against Moscow. But the approach remains fundamentally reactive.
  • 19 Apr 2021
    • United States
    • China
    • Review

    America and China: Imagining the worst

    Erin Hurley
    A little well-crafted speculation can shake off complacency and allow people to focus on the true challenge.
  • 16 Apr 2021
    • United States

    Light at the beginning of the tunnel?

    Dick Grant
    A look at the first months of the Biden administration gives cause for optimism – and caution.
  • 13 Apr 2021
    • United States
    • Iran's Nuclear Program
    • Iran
    • Israel

    Iran-US-Israel: Boxing out of the shadows

    Rodger Shanahan
    Gradual progress in talks to revive the nuclear deal may be dealt a blow by a series of “grey-zone” attacks.
  • 12 Apr 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • United States
    • Australia
    • China
    • India
    • Japan

    The Quad (finally) delivers: Can it be sustained?

    Susan Thornton
    The future of the grouping might well be determined by China’s behaviour.
  • 12 Apr 2021
    • Global Economy
    • United States
    • International Economy
    • Australia's Economy
    • IMF
    • Coronavirus

    Covid recovery, in Australia and the world

    John Edwards
    Drawing from his new Lowy Institute Paper, John Edwards looks at the fallout of the pandemic and where things are going.
  • 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.
  • 1 Apr 2021
    • China
    • Taiwan
    • United States

    Closer Taiwan-US ties are stabilising the region, not the opposite

    Natasha Kassam
    Displays of solidarity for Taiwan won’t contain Beijing’s ambition, but US support must factor in its thinking.
  • 31 Mar 2021
    • United States
    • China
    • Climate change

    Washington risks an unsustainable climate policy

    Kate Clayton
    Tense talks between the US and China in Alaska Summit showed that collaboration on global challenges is fraught.
  • 30 Mar 2021
    • United States
    • Migration

    America’s border crisis: Good intentions go south

    Mark Beeson
    A surge of migrants seeking to cross the border might be the moment noble ideals and political realities collide.
  • 30 Mar 2021
    • Public Opinion
    • United States
    • Australia
    • Coronavirus

    Taking the measure of prejudice in a pandemic

    Xiao Tan , Leah Ruppanner , Rennie Lee
    Has Covid-19 heightened anti-Asian bias in Australia? A new survey shows some worrying signs.
  • 29 Mar 2021
    • United States
    • Afghanistan War
    • Afghanistan

    An interim government would bring ruin to Afghanistan

    Nishank Motwani
    A US proposal to dissolve the Afghan administration risks a tragic repeat of the past.
  • 29 Mar 2021
    • United States
    • India

    Unresolved questions in US-India relations

    Anita Inder Singh
    Washington has signalled a desire for closer ties with New Delhi, but major challenges are yet to be answered.
  • 22 Mar 2021
    • Diplomacy
    • United States
    • North Korea
    • Malaysia

    North Korea and Malaysia’s predictable diplomatic divorce

    James Chin
    Pyongyang is sending a message in typically overbearing style. But the target is as much the US as it is Malaysia.
  • 17 Mar 2021
    • United States
    • Iran's Nuclear Program

    The US and the Rules-Based Order: Testing the plan

    Ben Scott
    A frank new guidance document shows that in directing his foreign policy, Joe Biden still has to resolve means and ends.
  • 16 Mar 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • United States
    • Australia
    • India
    • Japan
    • Southeast Asia
    • Coronavirus

    The Quad gives a boost to India’s vaccine diplomacy

    Teesta Prakash
    Countering China’s influence is one thing. But fostering regional cooperation plays to the strengths of the grouping.
  • 16 Mar 2021
    • United States
    • North Korea
    • South Korea

    Troubles ahead for the US–South Korea alliance

    Khang Vu
    Biden’s efforts to nudge Seoul into the Quad may be self-defeating unless Moon Jae-in’s North Korea hopes are engaged.
  • 15 Mar 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • United States
    • Multilateral Institutions
    • Asean
    • Australia
    • China
    • India
    • Japan

    A new “concert” to govern the Indo-Pacific

    Pang Zhongying
    For Quad leaders emphasising an “inclusive” region, there may be a ready-made example for involving China.
  • 12 Mar 2021
    • Global Issues
    • United States
    • US Elections
    • Institutions
    • Myanmar

    A smarter use of voting technology to stop election-related violence

    Iona Main
    Maybe in the search for efficiency we sometimes overcomplicate things, and the better solution is to get back to basics.
  • 25 Feb 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • United States
    • Australia
    • United Kingdom
    • Africa

    Australia’s silence on Chagos dispute doesn’t help

    Benjamin Herscovitch
    Ensuring a consistent approach to the “rules” would make it that much harder for China to break them.
  • 23 Feb 2021
    • United States
    • Afghanistan War
    • Afghanistan

    Afghanistan: To leave or not to leave

    Syed Fazl-e-Haider
    Under the Doha deal, US forces are meant to be out of the country in mere weeks. Either way, peace appears far off.
  • 23 Feb 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • United States

    Democracy vs autocracy: Biden’s “inflection point”

    Sam Roggeveen
    If this really is a new Cold War, it’s off to a slow start.
  • 16 Feb 2021
    • United States
    • Australian Development Assistance
    • Australia
    • Development Assistance

    What Biden means for Australia’s aid policy

    Dane Moores
    The US president has signalled a serious commitment to bolstering international development.
  • 15 Feb 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • United States
    • US Navy
    • United Nations
    • United Kingdom
    • Africa
    • Human rights

    The power of example: America’s presence in Diego Garcia

    Blake Herzinger
    US claims to upholding the rules-based order don’t square with its silence on Mauritian sovereignty in the Chagos.
  • 5 Feb 2021
    • Global Issues
    • United States
    • China

    What does America think the rules-based order is for?

    Sam Roggeveen
    The US is in a defensive crouch rather than in an expansionary mood. But bring on debate.
  • 3 Feb 2021
    • United States
    • France

    Macron and Biden: “Friends, allied, but not aligned”

    Eglantine Staunton
    After the tests of Donald Trump, the French president has flagged he will be a demanding partner for America.
  • 2 Feb 2021
    • United States
    • Syria

    Syrian stasis

    Rodger Shanahan
    Washington isn’t likely to pay much attention to the Syria conflict – and nothing much will change.
  • 28 Jan 2021
    • United States

    Making America govern again

    Erin Hurley
    Joe Biden, an old hand in the Senate, brings a unique perspective on the presidency, and a renewed sense of possibility.
  • 27 Jan 2021
    • The Americas
    • United States

    Sovereignty and sensibility: What now for US-Mexico relations?

    Ann Deslandes
    Mexico’s president developed a surprisingly cosy relationship with Donald Trump, but those days are over.
  • 25 Jan 2021
    • Australia in the World
    • Europe
    • United States
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Multilateral Institutions

    The US and the next leader of the OECD

    Daniel F. Runde
    Australia’s candidate for Secretary-General is a favourable contender, but American backing is still up in the air.
  • 22 Jan 2021
    • United States
    • Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament
    • Russia
    • European Union

    Russia-US relations in 2021: Key things to watch out for

    Alexey Muraviev , Nina Marković Khaze
    For all the talk of China, the Russia factor is still a huge challenge for the Biden administration.
  • 21 Jan 2021
    • United States
    • Nuclear Weapons
    • Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament
    • Australia

    A “No-First-Use” doctrine would undermine American nuclear deterrence

    Andrew O'Neil
    And Australia should make clear to the Biden administration any such commitment is not in the interests of allies.
  • 20 Jan 2021
    • United States
    • Iran's Nuclear Program
    • Nuclear Weapons
    • Iran

    Iran nuclear deal: Revenge of the diplomats

    Rodger Shanahan
    Re-negotiations with Tehran will be a fascinating guide to how a Biden administration deals with Middle East challenges.
  • 19 Jan 2021
    • United States
    • The Trump Presidency
    • Technology

    Why Twitter was right to dump Trump

    Damien Spry
    A free speech attack? No, if losing access is a blow, it’s because Trump relied on social media too much for too long.
  • 19 Jan 2021
    • Pacific Islands
    • United States
    • Australia
    • India
    • Japan

    Australia’s Pacific Step-up and the Quad

    Eerishika Pankaj
    The four nations should take the chance to draw together a group of common initiatives in the Pacific islands region.
  • 18 Jan 2021
    • United States
    • Australia

    When a pigeon’s supposed feat evokes a birdbrained response

    Warwick McFadyen
    A “biosecurity” threat to Australia’s strict quarantine system sends the nation all a flutter.
  • 14 Jan 2021
    • United States
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Southeast Asia

    America’s troubles ahead in the Asia-Pacific

    Hadrien T. Saperstein
    A US return to multilateralism can’t reverse a shifting strategic landscape and the fallout of domestic strife.
  • 13 Jan 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • United States
    • North Korea
    • South Korea

    Why North Korea wants an arms control deal with the United States

    Khang Vu
    Arms control might sound more appealing than tried-and-failed denuclearisation agreements – but it carries costs, too.
  • 12 Jan 2021
    • United States
    • The Trump Presidency
    • The 2020 US Presidential Election

    America’s fantasy hero

    Mubashar Hasan
    Donald Trump’s “reality” does not have to be real, it’s enough to persistently claim and act as though it is.
  • 28 Dec 2020
    • United States
    • The 2020 US Presidential Election

    Interpreting the 2020 US presidential election

    The Interpreter
    In a year of horrible uncertainty, the political future of a superpower was a big question mark.
  • 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.
  • 17 Dec 2020
    • United States
    • Review

    Favourites of 2020: Evil Geniuses

    Sam Hendricks
    Creating an American dystopia took planners, architects and salesmen. How did they get away with it?
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