Euan serves as an editor and analyst on Australian foreign policy, the Asia-Pacific region and international institutions. He specialises in analysing Australia’s political, security, diplomatic and developmental place in the Asia-Pacific region.
Canberra plans to add heavy sticks to its diplomatic arsenal, but still lacks carrots to cajole cooperation.
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Ballots now replace bullets on the South Pacific island, ending a bloody, conflict-ridden chapter.
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The glacially slow pace of action to address global warming is creating tension in world bodies.
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The Osaka summit failed to live up to expectations, casting a deeper pall over the institution’s future.
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The spike in multilateral naval engagements excluding China has not gone unnoticed in Beijing.
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New party rules should ensure the next prime minister serves a full term for the first time since 2007.
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The Attack class may still be in service in sixty years, leaving Canberra with no room for error.
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Canberra’s mixed record on human rights has prompted international criticism and accusations of hypocrisy.
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The Pacific island could become the newest member of the international community.
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Without US economic power backing it, the WTO could become a toothless tiger.
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The ruling conservative government is likely to fall, bringing to office yet another prime minister.
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The public divide at APEC 2018 is unlikely to be bridged soon.
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Blocking the work of the dispute resolution body could cause considerable blowback for the US.
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The constant churn in leadership is preventing Australia from pursuing its foreign policy goals.
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A reversion to US unilateral could have significant consequences for the world’s institutional order.
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The annual discussions occurred amid renewed questions about US commitment to the Indo-Pacific.
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French President Macron called populism a disease — soon after populists took power in Rome.
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Australia’s deceptively low foreign aid budget boost will struggle to achieve Canberra’s goals.
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Australia-Russia relations have soured further after Canberra expelled Russian diplomats in response to the poisoning of ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.
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Australia and Timor-Leste’s agreement marking their maritime border may signal an uptick in relations.
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