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 ...

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 ...

In the northern winter of 2022, as Russian armour and troops massed on Ukraine’s borders, a highly effective psychological operation was reaching a crescendo. For several months, Russian diplomats had ...

America’s 47th president will be sworn in on 20 January 2025. Headlines have been loud about the potential impact of Donald Trump’s return to the White House given his promises to unleash tough ...