Spurred by British Prime Minister’s Rishi Sunak’s unexpected election promise to re-introduce a form of national service in the United Kingdom, a range of voices in Australia have suggested Australia ...

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 ...

In this podcast Dr Meg Keen speaks with Solomon Islands’ opposition MP Peter Kenilorea about the challenges ahead as the country gears up to host the Pacific Games and face an election early next year ...

Was former Labor leader Bill Shorten’s stint as Australia’s envoy to the Ukraine peace summit a dress rehearsal for a change in role? As opposition leader a decade ago, Bill Shorten took off for his ...

Shijie Wang is a Master of Public Policy candidate at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy, specialising in geopolitical risk analysis, US-China relations, and national security. He ...

“South Korea should no longer be confined to the Korean Peninsula but rise to the challenge of being what I have described as a ‘global pivotal state’, one that advances freedom, peace, and prosperity ...

Nidhi Priya is a student of Masters in Management from the University of Muhammadiyah Malang East Java, Indonesia. Her research interest is in Indo-Pacific and the Defence Studies.

Most commentary around “Signalgate” – which saw The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg added to a White House group chat by National Security Advisor Michael Waltz – has criticised the apparent ...

Southeast Asia is home to some of the most dynamic and fast‑growing economies in the world. Yet the region continues to face significant development challenges, including poverty, limited access to ...

Connor O’Brien is a PhD student at the University of Cambridge, specialising in international political economy.

Grace Stanhope is a Research Associate in the Lowy Institute’s Indo-Pacific Development Centre working on the Southeast Asia Aid Map, a tool that tracks and analyses foreign aid and development ...

David Vallance is a Research Associate in the International Security Program at the Lowy Institute. His research interests include maritime strategy, Australian defence policy, military capability, ...