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 ...

Sir Frank Lowy AC founded the Lowy Institute for International Policy in 2003 and has served as its Chairman since then. He co-founded global shopping centre company Westfield in 1960 and served as ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s drive to centralise power in his own hands, his elimination of term limits and thus the process of orderly succession, and (largely aspirational) personality cult draw ...

During the recent International Monetary Fund and World Bank spring meetings, US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent criticised both institutions for mission creep and stressed the need for them to “step ...

Papua New Guinea kicked off a festival of 50th anniversary independence celebrations last month with breathless fanfare that will run well into the rest of the year. The national milestone will fall ...

In the ongoing struggle for global recognition, Taiwan has long been the underdog. Diplomatic isolation, driven by Beijing’s “One China” policy, has pushed Taipei out of most international ...

When King Charles delivered the throne speech to open the Canadian parliament last month, British journalist Martin Kettle sought to capture the rare and elaborate occasion:. The idea that a vibrant ...

The fate of the subsea environment and the seabed are on the brink of a fundamental shift. Driven by the Trump administration’s recent sweeping changes to US national security and foreign and domestic ...

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto campaigned on a promise of continuity and better economic performance. Is Prabowo living up to his campaign promises or taking the country in a new direction? The ...

Shortwave antennas near Issoudun in France, a site that has operated since 1948 (Guillaume Souvant/AFP via Getty Images) War of words. As portents of a second world war became clear, American ...

There is no denying that China is aggressively branding itself as the world’s environmental champion. From the massive “Three-North Shelterbelt“ reforestation to the world’s biggest solar photovoltaic ...

Dr Milton Osborne was a Nonresident Fellow at the Lowy Institute for International Policy. He has been associated with Southeast Asia for more than 60 years since being posted to the Australian ...