Even before the establishment of the Squad it was apparent that the Quad was shifting away from its original mandate of maritime security. The Quad or the “Quadrilateral Security Dialogue” emerged in ...

What should be done? Canberra should strengthen trade and political engagement with Taiwan through a strategy of consistent policy and messaging to counteract China’s efforts to isolate Taiwan, ...

Senior US official statements more recently frame it as Xi seizing on 2027, the 100th anniversary of the PLA’s founding, to complete the material preparation required to make major combat operations ...

Lai won the election and was inaugurated last month. Still, this came after countless fabricated or exaggerated rumours, articles, and pictures were disseminated through social media and emails to ...

Like the 1985 Plaza Accord, part of the proposed solution is to force the rest of the world to appreciate their currencies to improve US export competitiveness. You can already see the effort here to ...

The United States, Russia, and China all have stakes in the region. Pakistan is wary that Taliban control over energy supplies may enable political leverage. And India, which has no effective ...

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The announcement on the sidelines of the 2023 Pacific Islands Forum by Australia and Tuvalu of the “Falepili Union” is the most significant development for Australia and a Pacific Island nation for ...

Thailand’s National Anti-Corruption Commission announced recently it will indict 44 former MPs of the now-dissolved progressive Move Forward Party for seeking to amend Section 112 of Thailand’s ...

But today the industrial base for the construction of US submarines can’t meet the force level requirements of its own navy, much less sell several of its most valuable warfighting assets to an ally.

In this episode, the Lowy Institute’s Research Director Hervé Lemahieu talks with Ryan Neelam, the Institute’s Director of the Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Program about the findings of the ...

Beijing has already used its near-monopolistic global supply chain control of critical minerals to gain a strategic advantage over the United States and Japan. It has increased restrictions on its ...