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ROLAND RAJAH The economics of climate change are rapidly shifting, and that has opportunity for Australia. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/australia-s-place-decarbonising-world-economy

BLAKE HERZINGER US claims to upholding the rules-based order don’t squarewith its silence on Mauritian sovereignty in the Chagos. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/power-example-american-presence-diego-garcia

JAMES BLACKWELL New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta, the first Maori woman in that role, hit the ground running in her first few months in...

CONOR MCLAUGHLIN Breaking away from the UK would bring up some thorny issues – like what to do with nukes. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/scottish-independence-and-implications-british-defence

Michael Shoebridge Xi Jinping’s control over the China Coast Guard, together with a new law that authorises the coastguard to use force against foreign ships in places China defines...

David Uren The imposition of US sanctions on the generals of Myanmar last week suggests that economic coercion will remain the first resort for President...

Editorial Board, ANU The downward spiral in US–China relations during the Trump administration prompted many to assert that the United States and China were entering...

Dan Slater, University of Michigan Polarisation has torn the United States apart. Under former US President Donald Trump, it almost tore US democracy to shreds. https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/02/14/in-a-polarised-asia-pacific-democracy-should-be-a-goal-not-a-club/

Tai Wei Lim, NUS The latest round of arrests of pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong signals the death knell for democracy for Hong Kong’s pro-democracy factions and...