Despite its Pacific ‘step-up’, Australia is still not listening to the region, new research shows
TESS NEWTON CAIN | The Australian government has spent the past year promoting its “Pacific step-up” as one…
TESS NEWTON CAIN | The Australian government has spent the past year promoting its “Pacific step-up” as one…
Indonesian President Joko Widodo – Jokowi – has shown himself to be generally less interested in international affairs than his…
If there is one place in the world that we need to keep our eyes on for a better understanding…
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Into the already febrile political chatter of Port Vila in this election year came…
Vladimir Putin’s claim that liberalism had “become obsolete” contrasts with the ways that liberalism continues to produce practical benefits enjoyed…
I was exceptionally fortunate to be invited to attend the recent Melanesia Media Freedom Forum at the Griffith University’s…
ANDREW SELTH | It has been said that a country’s culture is a window unto its soul. With this…
ANDREW SELTH | This week, the world was treated to an extraordinary sight. Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel…
In June this year the 35th ASEAN Summit delivered the release of ASEAN’s long-awaited Outlook on the Indo-Pacific. The Outlook…
Commonwealth Responsibility and Cold War Solidarity (ANU Press, 2019) challenges the orthodoxy that genuine Australian engagement with Asia began only…