Daniel Flitton

Managing Editor, The Interpreter
Areas of expertise

Australian foreign policy and politics; Australia’s intelligence services; international relations in Asia

Daniel Flitton
Biography
Publications
News and media

Daniel Flitton is one of Australia’s most experienced foreign affairs journalists and is now Managing Editor of the Lowy Institute’s international magazine, The Interpreter.

Before joining the Institute, he was diplomatic editor and senior correspondent at The Age in Melbourne and was posted as a political correspondent in the parliament house bureau in Canberra. Daniel previously worked as an analyst for the Office of National Assessments, Australia’s peak intelligence assessment agency. He has held academic positions at the Australian National University and at Deakin University, where he developed a breadth of knowledge on Asia, the Middle East, and the Pacific. As a Fulbright scholar in 2004, he researched the Australia–United States alliance at Georgetown University in Washington DC.

Penny Wong defines Australia’s “national interests”
Penny Wong defines Australia’s “national interests”
What happens when the Foreign Minister is asked to give meaning to a common political refrain?
Malcolm Turnbull makes a call to global leaders with advice on Trump
Malcolm Turnbull makes a call to global leaders with advice on Trump
Memories of an infamous falling-out have a former PM offering lessons.
The brakes on Australia’s ambition with India
The brakes on Australia’s ambition with India
The biggest challenge is convincing the public to turn up the temperature on a lukewarm relationship.
Joe Biden should pardon Donald Trump
Joe Biden should pardon Donald Trump
The bad dream is nowhere near ending.
Was that a future Ambassador Morrison meeting a soon-to-be again President Trump?
Was that a future Ambassador Morrison meeting a soon-to-be again President Trump?
With an election looming in the United States and one not that far away in Australia, it’s an easy scenario to imagine.
In the story of an assassination plot, India decides to shoot the messenger
In the story of an assassination plot, India decides to shoot the messenger
Getting to the source of information can leave reporters open to criticism.
Some allies are more equal than others
Some allies are more equal than others
Trying to make sense of the curious debate about allies' rankings.
ASEAN-Australia: The art of what’s possible
ASEAN-Australia: The art of what’s possible
The Melbourne summit delivered substance, even though it won’t change the world.
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