How the Houthis and Iranians work together isn’t absolutely clear – but stopping the threat to shipping requires more than shooting down incoming missiles and extends to disrupting an intelligence and targeting system.

Roads and rail are the sinews of a strong relationship. But New Delhi cannot afford to be complacent about its regional ties.

New security cooperation with Indonesia does not make up for the slow progress in building fresh economic links.

Will Beijing exert more effort to calm the region and protect its economic interests and credibility?

Dominance in next-generation industry relies on people and partnerships to short-circuit China’s leading edge.

The ushering in of new blood in Westminster promises less ideology on trade, but no fewer red lines.

The distortions of Beijing’s unbalanced growth model are coming home to roost.

Protectionism isn’t going to help with meeting global climate ambitions.

Climate change is a challenge China and the United States are fighting together, making technological cooperation key.

Is it any wonder the public is often bemused about the merits of trade policy?

Recent steps forward on the trade front have also cleared the way for greater ambition in the partnership.

Downsides abound but there’s also a path where developing nations benefit.

Biden is playing election politics with tariffs on China’s electric cars, while Albanese’s solar subsidy plans might end up costing Australia.

China’s irrepressible appetite for Australian resources will severely complicate the country’s manufacturing renaissance.

China is shaping the emerging digital landscape in Southeast Asia, reflecting a wider competition.

Russia’s military aims in Ukraine have been furthered by its trade with the Central Asian nation.

In region worried about militarisation, what is perceived as the EU’s weakness by Australia may be its main strength.

The government wants to manufacture an election winning industry policy that also sounds tough on various foreign partners.

Australia faces growing competition for influence among its old friends in Southeast Asia as China’s power rises.

The present market structure gives Beijing a whip hand – and we’ve already seen the consequences.

The failure of FTA talks between New Delhi and London rings with an unmistakable tone of irony.

When trade is made a weapon, the target isn’t always hit.

With droughts a more regular feature due to climate change, the globe needs a big rethink on supply chains.

The diversity within the region is as important to understand as the ways ASEAN seeks to build consensus.

International turmoil is having mixed political consequences both near and far.

The country was seen as a winner in the US-China trade war. But the gains are quite extraordinary.

New Cabinet papers reveal the origins of trade pragmatism and the Coalition’s embrace of communism with market characteristics.

The World Bank reports on why global growth and poverty reduction are slowing but points to investment as a way forward.

Australia is now a big exporter of “bottleneck products” in a deglobalising world, just as it tries to rebuild manufacturing.

India and Vietnam are the rising new trade partners as business cools on China amid new American protectionism.

An alternative route to the Strait of Malacca offers China, and others, a safer, faster and more efficient trade route.

Virtually all Australia’s trade moves by sea, yet relies almost exclusively on foreign flagged and foreign owned vessels.

From Chinese wind turbines to temporary foreign workers, Australia faces difficult intersections between domestic and foreign policy.

Renewed connectivity between India, the Middle East and Europe shows how maps are temporary, but geography persists.

The collapse of FTA negotiations illustrates that protectionist sentiment is still powerful in the bloc.

An economic gateway through Central Asia could provide China a much less messy trade route to Europe.

How they respond will have implications for consumers and the climate.

The world is moving away from a rules-based order and towards power politics. Is Canberra ready?

The President has a downstreaming vision and needs long-term capital to make it reality.

A weak economy will itself increase China’s export competitiveness.

“Resource nationalism” only poses a threat to mining policy if the government pretends it’s not happening.

The latest Australian bid to increase economic ties with Southeast Asia provides new hopes amid old ghosts.

Australia faces tough choices from aid to energy in a new world of government intervention in trade and industry.

New modelling confirms an early Lowy Institute conclusion that Beijing’s bluster would cause minimal economic damage.

Suspicion and economic competition are forcing states back in time, with protectionism and self-sufficiency the new norm.

More than hot air, economics is the essence of national security in Australia’s resource deficient closest Asian partner.

A sharp spike in overall exports to the region appears to provide Beijing a pathway to indirectly support the Kremlin’s war effort.

The collapse of a deal integral to world food security will imperil millions of lives.

The engines of global trade pump out enormous amounts of carbon and vulnerable Pacific islands are fighting for a change.

Australia and Indonesia may be riding together in a new electric diplomatic limo, but they still have separate roadmaps.