19+ hour, 27+ min ago  (60+ words) Friday and Monday are public holidays in Australia. Normal publishing will resume on Tuesday. Published daily by the Lowy Institute We're hopping off for the Easter long weekend Friday and Monday are public holidays in Australia. Normal publishing will resume…...

3+ week, 11+ hour ago  (591+ words) The real benefits of the NRL franchise lie not in the fundingbut in boosting social development and local industry. The question is not whether rugby league can change PNG. It already has. The question is whether this investment builds something…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (445+ words) The drive to survive spans the worlds of car racing and warfare. The Formula 1 Grand Prix in Melbourne is over for another year. Businesses and government in the host state of Victoria are examining how more revenue might be generated…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (126+ words) By targeting passenger terminals rather than runways,Iran has opened a new front in economic coercion. A plane that cannot land cannot circle indefinitely. Diversion airports fill up fast. Insurers reprice or pull coverage. The only comparable disruption to global…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (283+ words) Celebrity activism can only go so far in'relieving the plight of Pakistan's former PM. When world-class cricketers, including senior Australian figures, spoke publicly in support of better treatment of former Pakistan prime minister and onetime national cricket captain Imran Khan,…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (214+ words) New venues, old problems: the Winter Olympics cannot build its way out of climate change. There was a time when hosting the Winter Olympics meant one simple thing: winter. With reliable winter came reliable snow and mountains that did not…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (327+ words) The country is expanding maritime influence without formal alliances. India is moving beyond episodic maritime diplomacy of occasional ship visits or infrequent exercises. It is attempting to embed itself as a central node in Indian Ocean governance. The choreography in…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (527+ words) The fortress built by Washington to keep Chinese electric vehicles out is no longer looking so impregnable. On many metrics, certainly scale and affordability, Chinese companies are well ahead of the rest when it comes to manufacturing electric vehicles (EVs)....

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (201+ words) Restricting national symbols targets the wrong actors and risks being counterproductive. This is not an argument for banning more flags. It is an argument that once institutions begin selectively regulating national symbols on moral grounds, the outcomes will likely be…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (705+ words) Artists and writers are uniquely positioned to defend the secular space carved out since 1971. But Bangladesh's intelligentsia can serve as a bulwark. By virtue of history and influence, the country's writers, artists, and film-makers are uniquely positioned to rebalance religious…...