Whitlam’s legacy in Australia–Vietnam relations 50 years on
Author: Derek McDougall, University of Melbourne After winning office in December 1972, former Australian Labor prime minister Gough Whitlam established…
Japan and South Korea’s rapprochement still begs questions
Author: Editorial Board, ANU Japan–South Korea relations have been on a rocky road for far too long. While both countries…
Can the South Korea–Japan rapprochement stick?
Author: Daniel Sneider, Stanford University The Tokyo summit that brought together South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister…
Foreign policy of an anxious adolescent superpower
Author: William H Overholt, Harvard Kennedy School China’s incredibly successful economic development brings two predicaments, one domestic and one foreign.…
Assuring Beijing key to building guardrails on US–China Relations
Author: Harrison Prétat, Center for Strategic and International Studies Speaking at the Aspen Institute in December 2022, National Security Council…
How the ‘Pacific Way’ of diplomacy shored up the PIF
Author: William Waqavakatoga, University of Adelaide Newly elected Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka pulled off a remarkable diplomatic feat during…
Global diplomacy breaks the hard nexus between war and famine
Author: Editorial Board, ANU This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Bengal Famine in India and the less well-known…
Despite the odds, multilateral cooperation has helped secure global food security
Author: Peter Timmer, Harvard University It has been a tough year for hundreds of millions of households across the world…
The unintended consequences of unconstrained economic sanctions
Author: Editorial Board, ANU It’s now been a year since Russia invaded Ukraine. In response to an unprovoked act of…
Without diplomatic carrots, economic sanctions less likely to work
Author: Ken Heydon, LSE There is a paradox with economic sanctions. They tend to command widespread support within the sanctioning…