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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

January 09, 2019

Taiwan and the Pacific: One Big, Happy Austronesian Family

By Grant Wyeth

In focusing efforts to promote its indigenous peoples and culture, Taiwan is making a political gambit in the Pacific as well.

January 03, 2019

Explaining Australia’s Meek Response to China's Arbitrary Detention of 2 Canadians

By Grant Wyeth

Australia has been slow to respond to these events, instead choosing to remain mostly aloof. Why?

December 18, 2018

Australia’s Israel Embassy Decision and the Convergence of Conservative Identity

By Grant Wyeth

Australia’s foreign policy may be moving into a phase where it is no longer mostly above partisan politics.

December 11, 2018

India, Pakistan, and the Kartarpur Corridor

By Grant Wyeth

The Kartarpur Corridor may be a small initiative to create some goodwill and ease one pressure on both states.

December 07, 2018

Australia’s Liberal Party in Disarray

By Grant Wyeth

Does the party have the ability to purge its reactionary elements and realign itself as a responsible governing entity?

November 19, 2018

Bainimarama and FijiFirst Secure Electoral Victory

By Grant Wyeth

Former coup leader-turned Prime Minister Bainimarama held onto power, winning more time to reshape Fijian politics.

November 06, 2018

New Caledonia Votes to Stay With France, For Now

By Grant Wyeth

An interview with Alexandre Dayant on New Caledonia's independence referendum and the future of France in the Pacific.

November 05, 2018

In Bhutan, a Win for Australia's International Education Strategy

By Grant Wyeth

Bhutan’s incoming prime minister and foreign minister both hold degrees from Australian universities.

October 30, 2018

Paying Attention to the Blue Pacific

By Grant Wyeth

Pacific Island countries want to rebrand as “large ocean states,” custodians of large swaths of the Pacific Ocean.

October 18, 2018

What Concerns Japan in the Pacific?

By Grant Wyeth

Tokyo remains highly engaged among Pacific Island states, and shares some of their concerns about China.

October 11, 2018

Why is Australia Trying to Push Migrants Away from Sydney and Melbourne?

By Grant Wyeth

Canberra simply doesn’t understand the power and pull of urban spaces in the modern economy.

September 27, 2018

Fiji: The Peacekeepers

By Grant Wyeth

Per capita since 1970, Fiji has contributed more personnel to UN Peacekeeping missions than any other state.