Women’s workforce participation: A global agenda facing global challenge
Tuesday
10th March
2020
CAITLIN BYRNE | Women’s participation in the workforce is a priority issue in the global agenda for…
Category Archive: Commentary
Competence in a crisis: the new marker of soft power in a chaotic world
Monday
5th October
2020
Aside from its devastating human impact, COVID-19 has revealed deep social, economic and political fault lines in and across the…
Foreign Minister Payne flies out for Quad diplomacy
Friday
9th October
2020
CAITLIN BYRNE | What a relief it must have been for Australia’s Foreign Minister, Marise Payne to…
ASEAN’s conception of regional citizenship
Tuesday
27th July
2021
LUIS CABRERA AND CAITLIN BYRNE | ASEAN has for some time been explicit that the…
Australia’s constructive diplomacy in an era of contest
Friday
30th July
2021
CAITLIN BYRNE | The 2017 Australian Foreign Policy White Paper defined Australia as a “regional…
Small-state responses to strategic dynamics in the Indian Ocean
Tuesday
3rd August
2021
CAITLIN BYRNE | The Indian Ocean is a vast and dynamic domain. Yet, much like its…
People love pandas but what’s really behind China’s panda diplomacy?
Tuesday
31st August
2021
CAITLIN BYRNE | There is no question, the world loves China’s giant pandas. The enigmatic, reserved…
One region, one family, one report: Activating trade and investment between Australia and the Pacific islands region
Thursday
14th October
2021
CAITLIN BYRNE AND TESS NEWTON CAIN | Pacific island nations, like many others in the…
G20 leaders talk up climate action but avoid real commitments, casting a shadow over crucial Glasgow talks
Monday
1st November
2021
CAITLIN BYRNE AND SUSAN HARRIS RIMMER | The G20 summit in Rome concluded over the weekend with…
All eyes turn to Indonesia as it takes on the 2022 G20 presidency
Tuesday
2nd November
2021
CAITLIN BYRNE | Indonesia’s 2022 presidency will provide the G20 with the opportunity to focus on…