It’s a great honour to have been invited to deliver the annual Lowy Lecture. The Lowy Institute has been an important part of our national discourse for 20 years. It is a great gift to Australia from ...

From where I stood, at a stunning lookout on Mavulis Island’s highest hill, gleaming turquoise waters stretched out to the horizon – a reward well worth a short but punishing steep climb for a ...

Across the world, financial regulators are racing to adapt to the explosive growth of digital lending, fintech platforms, and non-bank credit. Traditional methods of supervision, based on reports that ...

Pakistan and Saudi Arabia recently concluded a defence pact, marking a pivotal moment in South Asian security. It binds the security of the Indian subcontinent to that of the Gulf region, and comes ...

Conflict risks are increasing. The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) notes that “2024 marked a historic peak … with 61 active conflicts across 36 countries – the highest number recorded since 1946” ...

When Donald Trump signed an executive order on 25 September forcing the sale of social media platform TikTok’s US operations, he wasn’t just settling a domestic tech controversy, he was pulling the ...

The recent Cambodia–Thailand border skirmishes ended with leaders meeting face to face, producing a ceasefire agreement. Now picture the next round of clashes with loitering munitions and ground ...

Mick Ryan is a Senior Fellow for Military Studies in the Lowy Institute’s International Security Program. Mick spent 35 years in the Australian Army and had the honour of commanding soldiers at ...

It would serve no western interests to leave Assad with no option but to look to Iran and Russia for ongoing support.

With Western countries consumed by domestic problems, will it be China and Russia that now define the rules of global politics? In a disorderly world, each has become increasingly assertive, and their ...

In April, the International Chamber of Commerce published a new report on piracy and armed robbery against ships. Among 37 incidents recorded worldwide in the first three months of 2022, 41 per cent ...

The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) war with the Kuomintang (KMT, or Nationalist Party) started in the 1920s, hit pause during the decade of anti-Japanese war and the Second World War, then culminated ...