On 1 March, New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rt Hon Winston Peters, delivered an address at the Lowy Institute.

North Korea has rarely admitted the presence of its troops in foreign battlefields, let alone in an ongoing conflict. However, in late April, it did just that. The effort to reassure the public does ...

After the serenity of Baisaran Valley near Pahalgam in Indian-held Kashmir was shattered last week by a brutal attack, the urgent need is not only collective mourning but honest reflection. But ...

Significantly, sales of vehicles produced by BYD (Build Your Dreams) overtook Tesla’s before the re-election of Trump and Musk’s unprecedented, wildly unpopular role as Trump whisperer-in-chief and ...

The Mar-a-Lago Accord is an idea floated by Stephen Miran, recently appointed Chairman of the US Council of Economic Advisers. Such a deal, Miran claims, would address the US current account and ...

Fretting over “hidden” Chinese exports should not overshadow Vietnam’s helpful role in diversifying global supply chains.

Roland Rajah is Director of the Indo-Pacific Development Centre, a dedicated policy research centre within the Lowy Institute. The Centre is committed to producing fresh policy insights and ideas on ...

China is widely assumed to be the biggest beneficiary, although the full extent of the impact remains unquantified. A back-of-the-envelope calculation, however, offers some insight into the upheaval ...

Thailand’s National Anti-Corruption Commission announced recently it will indict 44 former MPs of the now-dissolved progressive Move Forward Party for seeking to amend Section 112 of Thailand’s ...

Australia and Papua New Guinea have announced the beginning of negotiations for a bilateral defence treaty, despite having signed a landmark Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) just 14 months ago. This ...