“They are us”: Ardern’s leadership in the face of crisis
Tuesday
19th March
2019
CAITLIN BYRNE | “They are us.” The words that New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern chose to express…
Category Archive: Feature series
Can the Quad navigate the complexities of a dynamic Indo-Pacific?
Friday
11th January
2019
CAITLIN BYRNE | The past year has seen the revival of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, a mechanism which enables…
Taking stock of Xi’s new narrative for Asia
Wednesday
22nd May
2019
CAITLIN BYRNE | Last week, China’s President Xi Jinping delivered a landmark speech, centred on the significance of Asian…
At the G20, a focus on sideshow diplomacy and photo opps, with limited material gains
Tuesday
2nd July
2019
CAITLIN BYRNE | What a weekend it’s been: global leadership, diplomacy and theatrics, all at play on the world…
The state in the neighbourhood: A snapshot of Queensland’s engagement in the Asia Pacific
Friday
6th December
2019
CAITLIN BYRNE | Significant transformation in Australia’s neighbourhood—the rise of Asian economies, cities and middle classes, unprecedented digital disruption,…
Partners on the journey in 2019
Thursday
19th December
2019
CAITLIN BYRNE | 2019 Asia Future Fellow, Mark Batakin reminded us recently of an old Chinese proverb:…
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 step on…
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 power with…
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 Pacific counterpart,…
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 Asia Pacific,…