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Oceania’s Place in Australia’s New Foreign Policy White Paper
By Grant Wyeth
Importantly, the paper dedicated a chapter to Australia’s role within the Pacific.
Why Has Australia Shifted Back to the Quad?
By Grant Wyeth
Among other things, the Quad gives Australia an opportunity to expand on its underdeveloped relationship with India.
France in the Pacific: Growing Strategic Ties With Australia
By Grant Wyeth
Forging closer security ties with France seems to be Australia's best regional hedge against U.S. political instability.
5 Hidden Costs of the RCEP to People and Planet
By Sam Cossar-Gilbert
Trade negotiators are meeting next week in South Korea to discuss the RCEP, which could impact billions of lives.
‘The Nonsense of Witnessing Such Beauty’: Malinowski’s Tryst with Sri Lanka
By Krzysztof Iwanek
The great ethnographer’s little-known adventures on the way to the Pacific.
Closing The Gap: Asia’s Slow Progress on Equality
By Anthony Fensom
Gender equality remains a distant pursuit for much of the Asia-Pacific region, despite the economic and social benefits.
A Stronger Australia in Southeast Asia?
By Luke Hunt
Concerning regional developments have put Canberra’s role in the spotlight.
Australia Tries to Unlock the Benefits of Proximity with Indonesia
By Kyle Springer
Put simply: Australia has yet to see Indonesia as an opportunity.
Will Bougainville Hold Its Independence Referendum?
By Grant Wyeth
The referendum is scheduled for June 2019, but the PNG premier says the criteria to do so have not been met yet.
Australia Just Commissioned Its Deadliest Warship
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The Royal Australian Navy has commissioned the lead ship of a new class of air warfare destroyers.
MIKTA’s Next Steps
By Fikry Cassidy
Its members -- Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea, Turkey and Australia -- have some shared and some divergent interests.
Australia to Welcome More Pacific Islanders With New Visa Program
By Grant Wyeth
The new Pacific Labor Scheme will allow 2,000 people from Nauru, Kiribati and Tuvalu to work in parts of Australia for up to three years.