The Tuesday firing (or resignation) of president Donald Trump’s third national security advisor, John Bolton, was hardly a surprise. The rift between the two men had been the subject of news pieces ...

In the sunlit uplands of Australia’s strategic imagination, Canberra and Jakarta work together in pursuit of shared security goals, giving Canberra greater knowledge of and ability to influence ...

It was with diplomatic appointment number eight that Penny Wong made a notable pledge. “The Albanese government is reversing the previous government’s approach and rebalancing appointments towards ...

Warren Mundine is an Australian Aboriginal leader and the former National President of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). He quit the Labor Party in 2012 and was appointed to the position of chairman ...

Time is running out for the Australian government’s bid to host the global climate change negotiations COP31 in partnership with the Pacific in November 2026. The government has pushed to host the ...

Not so long ago, Scott Morrison delivered an infamous Lowy Lecture, assailing the multilateral system as “negative globalism”. Many were rightly stunned that the former prime minister didn’t ...

The study of how Ukrainian forces have adapted, learned, and transformed their training regimes is a vital but under-examined element of this war, and war more generally. Ukraine’s military training ...

The official inauguration of Timor-Leste’s membership in ASEAN has been the main topic in Dili this week and a highlight of the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This is a moment of great joy ...

The Bougainville Peace Agreement, signed in August 2001 after extensive consultation and negotiation, has stood the test of time. There has been no return to conflict, and many of the agreement’s most ...

For generations, Papua New Guinea’s economic story has been told through the lens of what lies beneath its soil. The promise of the “gold in the hills” has shaped investment, policy decisions and the ...

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. The Lowy Institute was born of Sir Frank Lowy’s desire to commemorate the 50 th anniversary of his arrival in Australia by giving something back to the country that had ...