I was fortunate enough to return to Lowy in November last year as a distinguished visiting fellow. After conversations with a wide range of informed people across Sydney and Canberra – during the week ...

Since taking over Afghanistan in August 2021, the Taliban regime has faced escalating tensions with neighbouring countries, particularly over water issues and regional security. The regime’s deadly ...

Chinese soldiers do not operate the Panama Canal. And the Panama government is not ripping off the consumers of the United States through inflated shipping rates. That’s the only possible conclusion ...

The undercurrent of Donald Trump’s worldview has deep historical roots. It plays like a retro film on a loop. Consider Alexander Hamilton. As America’s first Treasury secretary, Hamilton was a ...

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) may soon have the support of a clear majority of countries to take control of Taiwan, with or without force, a new Lowy Institute Data Snapshot reveals. The report ...

The Moscow-Pyongyang partnership has crossed into uncharted territory. The major shift in the dynamics of North Korea-Russia relations was epitomised by Kim Jong-un’s decision to bolster Vladimir ...

Last month’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake near Vanuatu caused widespread devastation and left at least a dozen people dead. The disaster also exposed a critical vulnerability in Vanuatu’s digital ...

In recent years, US policy has increasingly focused on restricting China’s access to advanced technologies. The Biden administration’s latest export controls targeting hundreds of Chinese ...

Predicting the outcome of the US presidential election was a popular project for diplomats drafting cables and political commentators penning their columns. But it was also the undertaking of people ...