There are early signs that a potentially significant change is underway in how Indo-Pacific leaders perceive, describe, and understand the nature of China’s acts in the region. Some Indo-Pacific ...

The reason why the process behind political appointments to diplomatic roles is not scrutinised is that there is no process at all. It’s an anachronism that such a process – open to applications from ...

The Pacific Aid Map data interactive tracks $55 billion in aid and development finance across 38,000 projects from 2008-2023. The dataset is the most comprehensive regional aid dataset of its kind, ...

In 2023, the Australian government adopted a “strategy of denial” to guide defence planning, defined as an “defensive approach designed to stop an adversary from succeeding in its goal to coerce ...

An assessment of the size and shape of the PLA's growing capabilities in the Indo-Pacific. Special-operation soldiers aboard the missile frigate Yueyang, a Type 054A (Jiangkai-II class) multi-role ...

The Lowy Institute has become known around the world for its convening power. Each year the Institute’s headquarters in the heart of Sydney hosts dozens of speeches, conferences, and roundtables where ...

The decades-old dispute between Russia and Japan over the status of the Kuril Islands is far from over. Tokyo, which refers to the islands as the Northern Territories, still insists on a peace treaty ...

Australians register historic levels of distrust and unease in 2026 Charles Lyons-Jones ...

Myanmar remains the scene of an unending crisis. More than 6000 civilians killed, 20,000 political prisoners, and more than 3 million internally displaced persons represent the human cost of a war ...

On many metrics, certainly scale and affordability, Chinese companies are well ahead of the rest when it comes to manufacturing electric vehicles (EVs). Yet the United States, long since overtaken by ...

The sovereign citizen movement has spread from the United States to more than 26 countries globally. Covid restrictions and digital networks accelerated its growth and created dangerous intersections ...

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