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Go beyond the US-China binary to understand the full picture of influence in Southeast Asia. Track how Australia, India, Japan, South Korea, and others compare, plus the often-overlooked relationships ...

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Lisa Martin is an Australian journalist based in Copenhagen. She is a four-time Walkley Award finalist. Before moving to Denmark, Martin was a Southeast Asia Correspondent in Bangkok for Agence France ...

We stand, all of us,’ said Winston Churchill in 1941, ‘upon the watchtowers of history.’ Now, as then, the view from the watchtower is disquieting. There are patches of sunshine. Nearly three-quarters ...

Confidence in world leaders. Only 21% of Australians say they trust Donald Trump to do the right thing regarding world affairs, the lowest level of confidence in any US president ...

Support for cultural diversity has softened among the Australian public. In 2024, the last time the Lowy Institute polled on ...

When asked about supply chains, 68% of Australians say they would prefer supply chains to ‘run through countries that are ...

The growing global use of artificial intelligence (AI) models such as Anthropic’s Claude and OpenAI’s ChatGPT has prompted widespread discussion about the technology’s benefits and risks — from ...

Australians register historic levels of distrust and unease in 2026 Charles Lyons-Jones ...