While Australia is a major producer of raw materials, it remains heavily dependent on China for midstream processing and downstream manufacturing.

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Corneliu Bjola is Associate Professor in Diplomatic Studies in the Department of International Development, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford. Bjola received his PhD in Political Science ...

Michael Pezzullo was appointed as CEO of the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service on 15 February 2013. Prior to this, Mr Pezzullo was Acting Chief Executive Officer September 2012, ...

Ambassador Chan Heng Chee is Ambassador-at-Large with the Singapore Foreign Ministry. She is Chairman of the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities in the Singapore University of Technology and ...

We are featuring a series of highlights from across the year, with normal publishing to resume 6 January 2025. This article first appeared on 21 May 2024. It is commonly agreed that the Biden ...

Dr Hadianto Wirajuda, a member of Indonesia's diplomatic corps, received his Doctorate from the LSE, London, and is currently assigned to Indonesia's G20 Sherpa Office at the Coordinating Ministry for ...

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We are featuring a series of highlights from across the year, with normal publishing to resume 6 January 2025. This article first appeared on 16 May 2024. Asia, a crucial region for migratory species, ...

Oliver (Oli) Nobetau is the 2024 FDC Pacific Fellow at the Lowy Institute. Working in the Institute’s Pacific Islands Program, he is on a one-year secondment from the Government of Papua New Guinea ...

The inaugural Lowy Interview, featuring US President Joe Biden’s National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan. During all the moments that have defined US foreign policy over the past four years — from ...

Ryan Neelam is Director of the Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Program at the Lowy Institute and is Project Lead on the annual flagship publication, the Lowy Institute Poll. Prior to joining the ...