Oliver (Oli) Nobetau is the 2024 FDC Pacific Fellow at the Lowy Institute. Working in the Institute’s Pacific Islands Program, he is on a one-year secondment from the Government of Papua New Guinea ...

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Dr Hadianto Wirajuda, a member of Indonesia's diplomatic corps, received his Doctorate from the LSE, London, and is currently assigned to Indonesia's G20 Sherpa Office at the Coordinating Ministry for ...

Ryan Neelam is Director of the Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Program at the Lowy Institute and is Project Lead on the annual flagship publication, the Lowy Institute Poll. Prior to joining the ...

The inaugural Lowy Interview, featuring US President Joe Biden’s National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan. During all the moments that have defined US foreign policy over the past four years — from ...

Bitter experience shows a “global” crisis can result from failures of domestic governance and regulatory oversight in the United States. Given the Trump family’s personal investments in crypto and the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pacific Islands countries view Donald Trump’s impending return as US president with hope and apprehension. Trump’s attention on the region amid geopolitical tension with China could help address the ...

In the nearly three years since Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine of February 2022, many nations have re-examined their national security postures, defence budgets and alliances. The government ...

While North Korea has yet to respond to the ongoing turmoil in the South, it’s a “Hermit Kingdom” in name only – Pyongyang will be watching with rapt attention. The declaration of martial law last ...