As Australians head to the polls on 3 May, the stakes for foreign policy in the Indo-Pacific are quietly profound. From where I sit in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, the debate in Australia around national ...

Australia is Tonga’s largest aid partner but on the ground in the capital Nuku’alofa it certainly doesn’t feel that way. “China Aid” logos adorn trucks and public buildings, airport x-ray machines and ...

The media typically only has enough space to focus on one big story at a time. Trump’s tariffs are dominating now. Last week it was “Signal-gate”, after a journalist was added to a White House-led ...

As the world gears up for COP30 in Brazil and the hopefully soon-to-be-announced COP31 in Australia (co-hosted with the Pacific), the urgency of the climate crisis has never been more apparent. Yet, ...

For decades, the tiger economies of the ASEAN region have flourished under an export-led growth model, anchored by strong trade relationships with major economies, including the United States and ...

If, like me, you’ve had the (mis)fortune of attending a few too many dinner parties in Sydney, then you’d be well-acquainted with Australians’ preoccupation with home ownership. Older Australians are ...

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 ...

The decision by the United States to withdraw from Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) agreements with Indonesia, Vietnam, and South Africa is a setback not only for climate action but also for ...

As the second Trump administration assembled, the Philippines appeared relatively sanguine about the prospects of stronger bilateral relations. The elevation of China hawks such… In March 2022, the ...

Last week in response to the “Liberation Day” tariffs, Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reached for the diplomatic gambit that has increasingly become the government’s go-to response to geo ...

The Interpreter features daily commentary and analysis on international issues. The site is edited by Daniel Flitton and research editor Clare Caldwell, along with founding editor Sam Roggeveen. In ...

What could “victory” realistically look like in this context? Until recently, Ukraine defined “victory” as the liberation of all Russian-occupied territories, including Crimea. President Volodymyr ...