When Narendra Modi arrives in Australia this week, much of the focus will rightly be on how far the India–Australia relationship has travelled. This will be his third visit (Opens in new window) as ...

Democratic erosion is the incremental and multifaceted deterioration in the freedoms, guarantees, and processes vital to the functioning of democracy. Various studies have tried to pinpoint one cause ...

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Dr Gabriela Bernal is a Korean affairs analyst based in Seoul, South Korea, and a Non-Resident Fellow at the European Centre for North Korean Studies. Her writing and analyses have appeared in various ...

Connor Graham is a Research Fellow in the Pacific Islands Program at the Lowy Institute. His research spans Pacific public health, climate change, regional security, resource governance, and ...

Artificial intelligence: Majority say risks outweigh benefits Data Snapshot by Charles Lyons-Jones Development Futures ...

As maritime coercion in the South China Sea becomes ever more routine, Southeast Asian governments have focused on managing tensions while continuing to underutilise one of the region’s most potent ...

Improving online access for Pacific Island communities has been a huge focus in recent years. In 2022, numerous (Opens in new window) Pacific nations had either no undersea cable connectivity, or just ...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese spoke plainly (Opens in new window) when he recently said that China was keen on increasing its influence “at a minimum, and [achieving] hegemony in the ...

Last month, Thailand decided to scrap a Memorandum of Understanding with Cambodia (Opens in new window) concerning their maritime disputes, including a framework for a joint marine resources ...

On 11 June, Donald Trump signed a proclamation (Opens in new window) reopening nearly 1.3 million square kilometres of Pacific Ocean to commercial fishing. Three marine national monuments – areas ...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been on a hot streak of Pacific diplomacy. Over the past week, Australia has inked three pacts – the Nakamal Agreement with Vanuatu, the Ocean of Peace ...