The Lowy Interpreter
China's Investments Switch From Big Infrastructure to Local Business
In a virtual meeting with a group of African students in late April, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken asked a questi...
China's Climate Policy Has Major Implications for Trade
[By Stephen Minas] Diplomacy is not always diplomatic. This fact of international life was on full display during the rece...
High Hopes and Hot Air on Climate Change
[By Anthony Burke] Amid a very bad week for news about Covid-19, there was a long-awaited ray of hope about climate. Within an...
Toxic Reaction to Japan's Fukushima Water Dumping Plans
The Netflix documentary “Seaspiracy” caused a stir following its release last month, both for highlighting the serious...
Israeli and Iranian Attacks on Shipping May Hinder Nuclear Talks
[By Rodger Shanahan] Just as the negotiations between Tehran and Washington appear to be making some, albeit slow, progres...
The Mozambique Channel May Become the Next Maritime Security Hotspot
The waters off Mozambique are becoming a major new security hotspot in the Indian Ocean. An Islamist insurrection in northern Moza...
An Oil Spill Nobody Owns
[By Rodger Shanahan] What does the continuing, low-intensity conflict between Israel and Iran have to do with the mysterio...
West of Diego Garcia, India is Building an Island Base of its Own
[By Samuel Bashfield] The small, remote Mauritian island of North Agalega, located in the south-western Indian Ocean, 700 miles...
New Law Expands Chinese Coast Guard's Jurisdiction
[By Eli Huang] China’s new law giving the China Coast Guard more freedom to use force has increased the concern...
How China is Bending the Rules in the South China Sea
[By Oriana Skylar Mastro] Chinese exercises in the South China Sea last month, and the strong U.S. response, show these dispute...