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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 09, 2020

Why Can’t Australia Just Trust the Market on Climate Change?

By Grant Wyeth

Renewable energy technologies have become better and cheaper, but Australia’s politics haven’t embraced the energy market’s transition.

November 30, 2020

Can Australia and India Effectively Partner for COVID-19 Vaccine Roll-out?

By Grant Wyeth

Australia is well-positioned to help roll-out a COVID-19 vaccine across the Pacific and Southeast Asia; India’s vaccine manufacturing capability would be a huge boost to that effort.

November 16, 2020

Pacific Island States Look Hopefully to Biden Administration for Movement on Climate Change

By Grant Wyeth

Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has extended an invitation to Biden to travel to Fiji in August 2021 for the Pacific Islands Forum.

November 03, 2020

New Zealand Names Minister for the Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence

By Grant Wyeth

Despite all the positive advances New Zealand has achieved, the prevalence of violence against women and children remains a persistent scourge.

October 28, 2020

Demanding a Loyalty Test From Chinese Australians Will Backfire

By Grant Wyeth

By targeting Chinese Australians for questioning about political loyalties, Australian politicians play right into the CCP’s hands.

October 19, 2020

Is the Quad Bound by Values or Interests?

By Grant Wyeth

Is the Quad really made up of “vibrant and pluralistic democracies with shared values”?

October 06, 2020

Fiji’s Bainimarama Makes Pacific Plea for Multilateralism

By Grant Wyeth

From COVID-19 to climate change, the most pressing global issues – and those of most concern to Pacific states – are best served by collective action.

September 28, 2020

Bougainville Elects Ishmael Toroama President, Eyes Set on Independence

By Grant Wyeth

An autonomous region in Papua New Guinea, Bougainville is aiming for independence and elected a president who shares that ambition.

September 24, 2020

The Case of Cheng Lei: China Blurring the Lines of Ethnicity and Citizenship

By Grant Wyeth

China has effectively created a Schrödinger’s Chinese Australian, where a person’s nationality is simultaneously Australian and Chinese depending on which serves the CCP’s purposes.

September 09, 2020

How China and Taiwan Became ‘Pawns’ in Solomon Islands’ Internal Dispute

By Grant Wyeth

The question of recognizing China vs. Taiwan has been weaponized in a long-standing dispute between Malaita and the central Solomon Islands government.

August 31, 2020

New Australian Foreign Policy Legislation Stresses Consistency

By Grant Wyeth

Canberra is set to introduce legislation giving the federal government a veto over state and territory deals with foreign governments.

August 21, 2020

The Trump Effect: What Trumpian Politics Mean for Australia

By Grant Wyeth

U.S. President Donald Trump’s style of politics has infected Australia’s Liberal Party.