Regional wrap
Thursday
8th March
2018
The most important development this fortnight, and indeed this year, is Chinese President Xi Jinping’s effective assumption of a…
Category Archive: Feature series
Regional wrap
Thursday
22nd March
2018
The most-talked about development, this fortnight, is the significant diplomatic coup pulled off by Kim Jong Un in getting Donald…
Why New Delhi welcomes a can-do Canberra
Monday
26th March
2018
Over the last few years, the emerging closeness between India and Australia has often made news, but such enthusiasm has…
Pathways from pariah for Myanmar and North Korea
Friday
16th March
2018
Myanmar and North Korea were Asia’s pariahs. Both countries emerged from colonial rule to face immediate and existential security threats.
Moon quietly in the centre
Saturday
10th March
2018
South Korean President Moon Jae-in has been steering his foreign policy through narrow gaps and around tricky obstacles during his…
Australia’s diplomats are reliable in a volatile world
Monday
5th March
2018
Contrary to recent claims that the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has become left-leaning and bureaucratic, DFAT serves the…
Indo-Pacific connectivity: Lessons from China’s Belt and Road
Wednesday
28th February
2018
Mega-connectivity projects like the China-led Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) might become new templates for economic geographies…
Democracies in the dragon’s shadow
Monday
19th February
2018
As there are only 4,000 people of Chinese ancestry in India, China faces a demographic disadvantage in pushing its influence…
Trump’s Pakistan challenge
Monday
29th January
2018
For incoming US presidents, the alliance with Pakistan can seem to be a poisoned chalice. Does Trump’s 3am promise of …
The Monroe Doctrine revival
Friday
16th February
2018
No other great powers will be allowed in Latin America, and liberal democracy is the only political system allowed in…