Linking decarbonisation with trade policy could offer an alternative to rising protectionism. World leaders must consider what a positive, alternative vision of international trade could entail (Getty ...

A few days ago, I crossed one of Europe’s strangest borders – the Saatse Boot, a narrow slice of Russian territory that intrudes into southeastern Estonia. Vehicles may pass through the Boot along a 1 ...

The Lowy Institute acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, the traditional custodians of the land on which the Institute stands, and pays respects to their elders, pas ...

Indonesia’s decision to renew diplomatic engagement with North Korea this month is more than a nostalgic gesture recalling the Sukarno–Kim Il-sung era. Foreign Minister Sugiono’s visit to Pyongyang on ...

The claim that the twenty-first century will be Asian, just as the twentieth century was American, is often made but seldom examined. Yet this axiom is not just simplistic, it could also encourage the ...

The Pacific Islands received more than $40 billion in ODF between 2008 and 2021, with development assistance playing a larger role in the Pacific than any other part of the world. Despite record ODF ...

Hervé Lemahieu discusses the continuing threat of nuclear weapons, global efforts at arms control and Australia's interactions with the global non-proliferation regime around its proposed acquisition ...

Grace Stanhope is a Research Associate in the Lowy Institute’s Indo-Pacific Development Centre working on the Southeast Asia Aid Map, a tool that tracks and analyses foreign aid and development ...

Environmental damage and gendered violence are flashpoints on the tiny island dominated by US troops. Japanese governments have allowed US bases in Okinawa in exchange for a US commitment to defend ...

The Hon Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister of Samoa, delivered this address at the Lowy Institute in Sydney on Thursday, 30 August 2018. 30 August 2018 Check against delivery. Chairman Sir ...