Southeast Asian countries were among those most heavily targeted by Donald Trump’s so-called reciprocal tariffs – now struck down by the US Supreme Court. Paradoxically, however, the region was ...

The conventional account of why Timor-Leste’s membership of ASEAN is good for regional security goes something like this: Timor-Leste is a young, post-conflict, least-developed country. Membership of ...

In this episode, host Lydia Khalil speaks with former US Ambassador and Director-General of ASIO Dennis Richardson and Interpreter Managing Editor Daniel Flitton, about the Five Eyes — the powerful ...

The fifth iteration of our interactive map of the world’s most significant diplomatic networks includes 66 countries or territories in Asia, the G20 and the OECD, visualising how they invest in ...

Get the latest commentary and analysis on international events from experts at the Lowy Institute and around the world. The Interpreter features in-depth analysis & expert commentary on the latest ...

The waters off Mozambique are becoming a major new security hotspot in the Indian Ocean. An Islamist insurrection in northern Mozambique that the government seems powerless to suppress has also ...

The new Fund for responding to Loss and Damage should adopt a clear allocation mechanism based on recipient countries’ vulnerability, emission contributions, and climate change policies. Loss and ...

During the Melanesian Spearhead Group Leaders’ meeting held in Port Vila in August, Fiji’s Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka advocated the concept of a “zone of peace”. He returned to this theme in ...

The decades-old dispute between Russia and Japan over the status of the Kuril Islands is far from over. Tokyo, which refers to the islands as the Northern Territories, still insists on a peace treaty ...

The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) war with the Kuomintang (KMT, or Nationalist Party) started in the 1920s, hit pause during the decade of anti-Japanese war and the Second World War, then culminated ...

After months of uncertainty about its future, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio last week confirmed the near-total gutting of USAID. With some 83 per cent of programs officially cut, the announcement ...

With fewer Chinese finances available and less demand from Pacific countries, geopolitical competition is opening up. On the aid front, it might be less than most assume. The Lowy Institute Pacific ...