It’s a tale told in headlines, of a relationship soured in mere months. For those readers who haven’t followed the threads of India’s “Canada-moment” – the shock at finding itself subject to the same ...

As a diplomat, I spent three decades advocating for Australia’s security and prosperity and telling the Australian story of freedom, equality and opportunity to the world. A key part of that story was ...

When a warship capsized as it was being launched at a North Korean shipyard in May – the debacle watched by Chairman Kim Jong-un – it was easy to miss the main message. North Korea is pursuing its ...

NASA reportedly wants to fast-track by 2030 a plan to deploy a nuclear reactor on the Moon. This followed China’s earlier declaration a similar goal for 2035. These moves, aligned with NASA’s Artemis ...

The paper by Rahman Yaacob, Susannah Patton, and Jack Sato, entitled Southeast Asia’s evolving defence partnerships, analyses Southeast Asia’s defence agreements, dialogues and combined military ...

Earlier this month, The Wall Street Journal reported that Liu Jianchao – a senior diplomat widely expected to become China’s next foreign minister – had been detained. While the report remains ...

Weak governance, persistent law-and-order challenges, poor human development outcomes, mismanaged natural resources, and a growing struggle to meet the needs of a young and rapidly expanding ...

Putin was much more upbeat at the summit than Trump, for good reason. The Russian leader arrived and departed from this summit as the biggest winner. He smiled broadly on arrival and appeared ...

Singapore’s defence cooperation is broad and deep, a deliberate outcome of its long-standing strategy to bolster security, secure overseas training grounds, access advanced technologies, and ...

When senior officials from Delhi, Canberra, and Paris announced in 2020 that they had held a first trilateral meeting involving India, Australia and France to boost cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, it ...

In the trendy Sololaki neighbourhood of Tbilisi, Georgia, faded mansions line the avenues and the cafes and wine bars are bustling. Notably for this chic area, graffiti is everywhere – and not just ...

US Senator Chris Coons joined the Lowy Institute's Executive Director Dr Michael Fullilove at the Institute's Bligh Street headquarters for a special episode of Lowy Institute Conversations. They ...