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Grant Wyeth

Grant Wyeth is a Melbourne-based political analyst specializing in Australia and the Pacific, India and Canada.

Alongside his work for The Diplomat, his analysis has also been published by a range of outlets including Foreign Policy, World Politics Review, The Lowy Interpreter, EU Observer, Melbourne Asia Review, Inside Story and foreign affairs publications attached to Australian Strategic Policy Institute, and the Australian Institute of International Affairs.

He is formerly an academic researcher at the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne, and previously wrote the weekly newsletter for Australian Foreign Affairs magazine. Presently he is an editor at Asia-Pacific Development, Diplomacy & Defence Dialogue. and writes a weekly newsletter and periodic essays on his Substack: International Blue.

Grant holds a Bachelor of Arts (Politics) from La Trobe University, and a Master of International Relations from the University of Melbourne.

He tweets @grantwyeth

Posts by Grant Wyeth

December 27, 2024

More Than Backpacking: The True Value of Australia’s Working Holiday Maker Visa

By Grant Wyeth

The Working Holiday Maker visa is more than just a “backpackers visa,” or a tool to ease agricultural labor shortages.

November 29, 2024

Why Is Australia Banning Social Media for Youth Under 16?

By Grant Wyeth

Canberra is sounding the alarm: Social media usage has been linked to a host of horrible outcomes for youth and something needs to be done.

November 29, 2024

A Little Less Like-minded? Australia and the US Under Trump 2.0

By Grant Wyeth

How does Australia approach a world where the idea of the U.S. being a “like-mind” becomes questionable?

November 12, 2024

Will Australian Domestic Politics Experience the Trump Effect?

By Grant Wyeth

Trump isn’t popular in Australia, but he is a highly influential cultural figure. How will his reelection affect Australia’s domestic politics as it approaches a federal election by May 2025?

October 31, 2024

A New Era for Australia-Japan Cooperation

By Grant Wyeth

The era of U.S reliance is over. The era of enhanced Australia-Japan cooperation may just be beginning.

October 19, 2024

What Can Be Done About Australia’s Declining Birthrate?

By Grant Wyeth

The country needs to think more creatively about how to secure its economic future.

September 30, 2024

At UN, Australia’s FM Wong Defends International Institutions at a Time of Crisis

By Grant Wyeth

Wong argued, “We have no option and no excuse but to find a way through our challenges today, immense and intractable as they are.”

September 25, 2024

Is Australia’s Unaffordable Housing a Foreign Policy Problem?

By Grant Wyeth

A “whole-of-nation” approach to foreign policy would understand how each element of domestic policy is critical to enhancing the country’s overall capabilities and international power – including housing.

September 09, 2024

Will the Future Be Made in Australia?

By Grant Wyeth

The Australian government has a keen motivation to incentivize the emergence of new industries that will protect its standards of living and advance its strategic position.

August 30, 2024

Guam, American Samoa Upgraded to Associate Membership in Pacific Islands Forum

By Grant Wyeth

Associate membership for its unincorporated territories may give Washington a greater interest in Pacific regionalism, but will need to be managed carefully to make sure full member states drive PIF agendas.

August 29, 2024

Pacific Islands Agree on $270 Million Pacific Policing Initiative

By Grant Wyeth

The creation of the PPI is an indication of the strength of Pacific regionalism.

August 14, 2024

What’s Paul Keating’s Problem With Taiwan?

By Grant Wyeth

Once again the former Australian prime minister has made headlines, this time by making the ahistorical claim that Taiwan is “sitting on Chinese real estate.”