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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

August 10, 2023

Is This the Australian Government’s Marshall Plan?

By Marc Purcell and Grant Wyeth

The Albanese government announced its new International Development Policy which aims to create the foundations for a peaceful, stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific.

July 31, 2023

Australia Moves Toward Vote on a Voice for First Nations People

By Grant Wyeth

No date has been announced for the referendum yet, but the decision has critical ramifications not just for First Nations people in Australia but Canberra’s international reputation.

July 24, 2023

Multinational Talisman Sabre Exercises Underway

By Grant Wyeth

This year's iteration of the exercise burnishes Canberra’s credentials as a creative middle power with significant cooperative reach across the Indo-Pacific.

July 11, 2023

What China’s Ethnic Nationalism Means for Australia

By Grant Wyeth

Protecting its citizens from the CCP’s extraterritorial reach will be a major test of the resilience of Australia’s liberal democracy.

June 30, 2023

Australia Works to Combat Modern Slavery

By Grant Wyeth

Modern slavery ranges from debt bondage and forced child labor to sexual exploitation.

June 29, 2023

From Myanmar and Bangladesh to Ukraine, Australia Announces New Assistance Packages

By Grant Wyeth

Ukraine dominates the media landscape in a way that Myanmar's civil war and the refugee crisis in Bangladesh don’t.

June 15, 2023

Has China Overplayed Its Hand in the Pacific?

By Grant Wyeth

Fiji announced a reconsideration of its 2011 security agreement with China just before signing a new defense agreement with New Zealand. It was subtle but clear signal to Beijing.

June 01, 2023

Australia’s Undeclared National Crisis: A Dire Lack of Affordable Housing

By Grant Wyeth

For Australia to be a country that truly values its security, it needs to offer its young, and not-so young, adults the conditions for them to thrive.

May 31, 2023

Albanese at the Modi Show: Blurring the Line Between Australian Diplomacy and Indian Domestic Politics

By Grant Wyeth

When Modi visit countries with significant Indian diasporas, he puts on a stadium performance which serves primarily domestic political aims.

May 04, 2023

More Than Embarrassing: Australians Behaving Badly in Indonesia

By Grant Wyeth

An Australia that can engage culturally with Indonesia can also counter the perception that poorly behaved individuals are reflective of wider Australian culture.

April 28, 2023

‘Skill up or Sink’: A New Approach to Migration in Australia

By Grant Wyeth

Migration is a nation-building project, and Canberra’s review of its migration system reveals the need for new approaches.

April 18, 2023

The Importance of Augmenting AUKUS

By Melissa Conley Tyler and Grant Wyeth

Australia needs all the tools of statecraft it can muster, especially diplomacy.