Lowy poll shows that values matter in foreign policy
Wednesday, 17 June 2015The 2015 Lowy Institute Poll reveals a great deal about Australian attitudes towards China, both in terms of our bilateral relationship, but also how China fits into our broader...
View ArticleWith the missionaries of Papua
Wednesday, 17 June 2015Michael BachelardThis is part 1 of former Fairfax Media Indonesia correspondent Michael Bachelard's series on Papua. The introduction to the series is here. On a chilly Sunday...
View ArticleHow government is failing the people of Papua
Friday, 19 June 2015Michael BachelardThis is part 2 of former Fairfax Media Indonesia correspondent Michael Bachelard's series on Papua. The introduction to the series is here, and here'...
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For Australians, is PNG a partner or an obligation?
Friday, 19 June 2015Papua New Guinea will commemorate 40 years of independence from Australia this year. Foreign Minister Julie...
View ArticleThis week in Jakarta: The politics of Ramadan
Friday, 19 June 2015Catriona Croft-CusworthIndonesia is the country with the greatest number of Muslims in the world, but it is not an Islamic state. Nor is it strictly secular – the first principle of...
View ArticlePapua's education malaise
Monday, 22 June 2015Michael BachelardThis is part 3 of former Fairfax Media Indonesia correspondent Michael Bachelard's series on Papua. Here is the introduction,...
View ArticleIn Papua's health centres, a glimpse of dysfunction and corruption
Tuesday, 23 June 2015Michael BachelardThis is part 4 of former Fairfax Media Indonesia correspondent Michael Bachelard's series on Papua. The introduction to the series is here and here are...
View ArticleMalaysia: Opposition collapse offers new risks, opportunities
Tuesday, 23 June 2015Anneliese McauliffeOnly days after the somewhat inevitable dissolution of the opposition alliance in Malaysia, the disparate parties are jostling to create new partnerships.For...
View ArticleFor Papua's independence activists, the struggle is about more than human rights
Thursday, 25 June 2015Michael BachelardThis is part 6 of former Fairfax Media Indonesia correspondent Michael Bachelard's series on Papua. Here is the introduction, ...
View ArticleAttribution is key to broader ISIS strategy
Monday, 29 June 2015David WellsThe suicide bombing of a Shia mosque in Kuwait, shooting of Western tourists in Tunisia, and a beheading and attempt to blow up a chemical factory in France.Three...
View ArticleIMF belatedly rethinks austerity
Monday, 29 June 2015When we get enough perspective to write a balanced history of the 2008 global financial crisis and the subsequent feeble recovery, fiscal policy mistakes will surely feature largely...
View ArticleFour observations about the AIIB's Articles of Agreement
Tuesday, 30 June 2015With the signing of the AIIB's Articles of Agreement in Beijing yesterday, how is the Bank shaping up? Here are some key things that struck me reading the Agreement:MembershipThe...
View ArticleIs the US Congress the main impediment to a rules-based order?
Tuesday, 30 June 2015Malcolm JorgensenPresident Barack Obama finally has authority from the US Congress for advancing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a signature foreign policy of his final term...
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China makes its formal climate-change pledge
Wednesday, 1 July 2015Frank JotzoChina's long-anticipated...
View ArticleBeijing should hasten slowly on AIIB
Wednesday, 1 July 2015The establishment of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) reached another milestone on Monday when 50 of the 57 founding members signed the AIIB's Articles of...
View ArticleHow the Chinese media covered the US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue
Thursday, 2 July 2015guest blogger – blankBy Jackson Kwok, an intern with the Lowy Institute's East Asia Program. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree with specialisations in Chinese language,...
View ArticleIs Egypt falling into an Islamist insurrection?
Friday, 3 July 2015Bob BowkerIslamist insurrection has returned to Egypt. There has been a significant growth in the sophistication of the targeting, conduct and lethality of terrorist acts, a crisis...
View ArticleIs China ready for global leadership?
Thursday, 9 July 2015Kerry BrownIs China ready for a larger global role and should the outside world, in particular a regional partner like Australia, embrace this possibility? Evidently not, judging...
View ArticleWhat's the harm in being transparent about the TPP negotiations?
Monday, 13 July 2015Now that Congress has provided President Obama with Trade Promotion Authority as we enter the last phase of the TPP negotiations, the treaty seems likely to go ahead. What...
View ArticleIran nuclear deal: Surrendering to grim reality
Wednesday, 15 July 2015The conclusion of the Iran nuclear deal – or the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, to give it its formal title – has already guaranteed us one thing:...
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