This week, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a change in Russian nuclear doctrine. The new approach permits Russia to use nuclear weapons against conventional attacks. The announcement is ...

China and Indonesia recognise that they have overlapping claims in the South China Sea. However, this should not be construed as Indonesia’s acknowledging the legitimacy of the nine-dash line. Mutual ...

Emirza Adi Syailendra is a PhD Scholar at the Strategic and Defence University, the Australian National University. He is also a Co-Investigator of a Strategic Policy Grant on Indonesia’s Maritime ...

Food safety remains a top priority for Chinese authorities and the public. Two significant scandals in China this year have again raised concerns about the quality and safety of locally produced food.

The building that is now home to the Lowy Institute was once part of a much larger building — the New South Wales Club. Founded on 16 March 1883, this gentlemen’s club purchased a large block of land ...

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Daniel Balazs, PhD, is a Research Fellow of the China Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University. His research focuses on Chinese foreign policy, ...

Khalifa Akbar is an Analyst at CPI, based in Jakarta, where he provides technical assistance, project management, and strategic stakeholder coordination for government initiatives. His expertise lies ...

Russia’s latest strike against Ukraine represents a serious escalation of tensions between the Moscow and NATO, led by the United States. Moscow has employed an intermediate-range ballistic missile ...

Break out the Tooheys and orange slices. With the first ball today of the Australia-India test series in Perth, Australia’s summer of cricket has officially started. And with it, another stride ...

The most powerful country in the world has elected as its leader someone who is not only stupendously ill-qualified for the role by any intellectual or moral measure, but who is routinely described as ...