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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

September 25, 2018

Australia and Papua New Guinea Close in on Manus Island Base Deal

By Grant Wyeth

What would a permanent Australian naval presence at Lombrum on Manus Island mean for the Pacific?

September 10, 2018

Australia’s Domestic Politics Hamstrings Its Pacific Foreign Policy

By Grant Wyeth

In the Pacific, climate change is an existential threat. Australia’s domestic unease on the issue hinders its foreign policy.

August 29, 2018

What Happened to Australia’s Liberal Party?

By Grant Wyeth

The party’s internal meltdown is rooted in the tensions inherent to its liberal and conservative roots.

August 28, 2018

Why Did Australia Block Huawei, ZTE From 5G Roll out?

By Grant Wyeth

The Diplomat spoke to Bates Gill about the decision and Canberra's relations with Beijing.

August 17, 2018

Why Is Peaceful, Prosperous Australia Anxious?

By Grant Wyeth

As global focus turns increasingly to the Indo-Pacific, it’s no time for Australia to retreat into fearful, baseless timidity.

August 13, 2018

What Drives Indonesia's Pacific Island Strategy?

By Grant Wyeth

Jakarta is courting Pacific Island states, hoping to change regional positions on the West Papua issue.

July 25, 2018

Education a Key Field in the Growth of India-Australia Relations

By Grant Wyeth

If Australia is serious about enhanced engagement with India, then the education push should go both ways.

July 17, 2018

Pacific Island Solidarity: Papua New Guinea and Fiji

By Grant Wyeth

The PNG prime minister used his time in Fiji to reiterate that both countries have an essential role in providing regional leadership.

July 10, 2018

Polynesian Triangulation: Polynesian Leaders’ Group Expands

By Grant Wyeth

New Zealand, Hawaii, and Rapa Nui, the outer points of the triangle, joined the group recently.

June 30, 2018

Australia’s Short-Sighted Abandonment of Pacific Shortwave

By Grant Wyeth

Beijing swiftly moves into any of the spaces Australia abandons, and Canberra lacks the capability to reclaim them.

June 20, 2018

Afghanistan and India's Cricket Diplomacy

By Grant Wyeth

What a recent Test Match tells us about Afghan-Indian relations.

June 08, 2018

The Qantas Quandary: Is Taiwan in China?

By Grant Wyeth

Recently Australia’s Qantas airlines changed the language it uses to refer to Taiwan at Beijing’s request.