Sydney Morning Herald national security correspondent Matthew Knott paired two unlikely stories yesterday. The headline to his piece reads: “Australia fires Tomahawk missile for first time, spends ...

There is a haunting predictability in the way markets shrug off geopolitical risk. Oil prices languish near their 52-week low, even as tensions in the Middle East simmer toward a boil. For anyone who ...

In less than two months since assuming the Indonesian presidency, Prabowo Subianto has already visited six countries – China, United States, Peru, Brazil, the United Kingdom and the United Arab ...

Trillions of dollars are needed to meet the world’s climate and development goals. Joan Larrea, CEO of Convergence, a global blended finance network, speaks with the Lowy Institute’s Roland Rajah ...

New Delhi-based independent researcher and foreign affairs columnist. She is currently working as a security risk analyst with Horizon Intelligence, a Belgium-based threat intelligence firm. She was a ...

A friend who knows my interest in Chinese maritime power gave me a scale model kit of China’s new aircraft carrier, Fujian, for my birthday. It’s made of interlocking plastic bricks which you have to ...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced an historic treaty with Nauru President David Adeang, securing the financial future of the Pacific nation – or at least for the next five years ...

Lowy Institute's Research Fellow Dr Rahman Yaacob, recently traveled to Cambodia to investigate the controversial Ream Naval Base. In this podcast, Rahman shared his insights with Sam Roggeveen, ...

For the first time in 50 years, Syrians are free of the rule of the Assad family. After a string of stunning advances, opposition forces took control of Damascus on Sunday, as Bashar al-Assad boarded ...

Negotiations towards a global plastic treaty adjourned in Busan last week without delivering an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution. The introduction of ambitious caps to the ...