Malaysia’s hosting of this year’s ASEAN summit was a resounding success for Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim who charmed and persuaded more than 20 world leaders to descend onto Kuala Lumpur, including US ...

So declared the late former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe in a speech to the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC, in 2013. Twelve years on, and “Japan is back” is ...

There is growing concern about the shifting geopolitical environment, the increasing use of military force to settle disputes, and what this means for Australia’s future security and prosperity.

Wandering through the cavernous, white-tiled port building of Kupang, in Indonesia’s West Timor, you might momentarily think you’re in the maritime gateway to a much bigger place. But linger a little ...

Warren Mundine is an Australian Aboriginal leader and the former National President of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). He quit the Labor Party in 2012 and was appointed to the position of chairman ...

Dr Michael Fullilove AM is the Executive Director of the Lowy Institute. Over the past two decades, Dr Fullilove has played a leading role in the establishment and development of the Lowy Institute.

Time is running out for the Australian government’s bid to host the global climate change negotiations COP31 in partnership with the Pacific in November 2026. The government has pushed to host the ...

For the past decade, the annual UN General Assembly has brought the world together in a rare show of unity to promote the ambitious but elusive Sustainable Development Goals. Last month, however, the ...

News this week that Indonesia has entered debt restructuring negotiations with China over its Jakarta-Bandung high speed rail mega-project should have come as no surprise. China’s exports of its ...

A few days ago, I crossed one of Europe’s strangest borders – the Saatse Boot, a narrow slice of Russian territory that intrudes into southeastern Estonia. Vehicles may pass through the Boot along a 1 ...

Handshakes are not only friendly gestures of greeting and respect, but in the political field they also can be carefully calibrated expressions of power. Famously, US President Donald Trump is just ...

Australia is limbering up for an important policy initiative on critical minerals. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese needs gifts to give substance to his meeting with President Donald Trump. There are ...