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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 15, 2022

A Year After AUKUS, What Challenges Loom Largest?

By Grant Wyeth

From Indonesian concerns to possible overreliance on an unpredictable U.S., Australia’s nuclear submarine ambitions present plenty of challenges.

September 09, 2022

Fixing Australia’s Labor Shortage

By Grant Wyeth

Enhancing the skills and opportunities for each individual person in Australia – as well as those who wish to make Australia their home – is the bedrock on which Australia’s security is built.

September 01, 2022

In Solomon Islands, Sogavare Plays China off the West

By Grant Wyeth

In playing China off against Australia and other allies Sogavare is engaged in a fairly rational game of maximizing the number of resources Solomon Islands can secure.

August 15, 2022

Why Fixing Australia’s Housing Crisis Should Be a National Priority

By Grant Wyeth

Sydney has the second least affordable housing market in the world, and it’s not much better elsewhere in the country.

August 12, 2022

Australia, China, and the Language of Humiliation

By Grant Wyeth

When Australia defends mutually beneficial rules – or the status quo in Taiwan – China takes offense.

July 29, 2022

Are Australia and New Zealand Compromising on Democratic Ideals in the Pacific?

By Grant Wyeth

The best approach to safeguarding democracy in the region is for both countries to demonstrate the prosperity and human flourishing that can flow from good governance.

July 21, 2022

How Australia Can Help Sri Lanka

By Grant Wyeth

If the northeast Indian Ocean is of strategic interest to Australia, then the current economic and political crisis in Sri Lanka ought to be a pressing concern for Canberra.

July 12, 2022

Queensland: A Political Conundrum

By Grant Wyeth

What explains Queensland's unique -- and divergent -- political choices at the state and federal levels?

June 30, 2022

Indian Australians Fastest Growing Group in Australia

By Grant Wyeth

Since 2016 India has leapfrogged both New Zealand and China to become the third largest country of birth in Australia after Australia itself and the United Kingdom.

June 28, 2022

How One Nation and UAP Fit Into Australia’s Political Landscape

By Grant Wyeth

Australia cannot be complacent about the votes that both One Nation and the UAP attracted in the last election.

June 07, 2022

The Forgotten, Quiet, Battlers: Who Are The Real Australians?

By Grant Wyeth

If the Liberal Party wants to find its way back to government it needs to abandon the attempt to define an “authentic” class of Australians, and instead simply see people as people.

May 31, 2022

The Real Power of Preferential Voting in Australia

By Grant Wyeth

Preferential voting has been harnessed effectively to create a change that invested actors – in major political parties and the media – find disconcerting.