The COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan ended in disappointment. The central task of the talks – to establish a new climate finance goal to replace the pledge of $100 billion annually from wealthy to ...

The 2022 G20 Summit marked a turning point for Indonesia’s energy transition with the signing of an agreement to explore the early retirement of Cirebon-1 coal-fired power plant. The 660-megawatt ...

At the first Disinfo Pacific Conference in Brisbane this month, a striking contrast emerged between European and Pacific approaches to combating disinformation. While Europe has moved towards ...

Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States – the traditional “Anglo” destinations – have together held a relative monopoly on international students from the Asia-Pacific region, and ...

Foreign Minister Penny Wong repeatedly declares an “ambition in our statecraft” for Australia to confront uncertain times. But Australia’s international budget books don’t match the ramped-up rhetoric ...

Each year, the Lowy Institute updates is Pacific Aid Map – the most comprehensive database tracking aid and development flows to the Pacific Islands region ever assembled. In this episode of ...

This week, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a change in Russian nuclear doctrine. The new approach permits Russia to use nuclear weapons against conventional attacks. The announcement is ...

The consequences of Donald Trump’s impending return overshadowed most reports of Xi Jinping’s likely last meeting with Joe Biden at the weekend. The change on the horizon perhaps provided the impetus ...

China has regained its place as the second-largest bilateral donor to Pacific Island countries, narrowly edging out the United States, the 2024 edition of the Lowy Institute’s Pacific Aid Map reveals.

Against the backdrop of reporting on global climate negotiations, the jargon and acronyms are coming thick and fast. Some media outlets have even created jargon buster guides. One of the expressions ...

Earlier this week, a disturbing escalation in the suspected sabotage of undersea cables unfolded in the Baltic Sea. Two fibre-optic cables – one linking Lithuania and Sweden, and the other connecting ...