The Lowy Interpreter
Trouble on the Mekong: Climate Change, Overdevelopment Hit Fisheries
[By Mark Tilly] Two reports released last month by The Mekong River Commission (MRC), an inter-governmental organization that w...
Op-Ed: Indonesia Deserves Transparency About China's Research Drones
[By Taufik Rachmat Nugraha] According to the Indonesia Ocean Justice Initiative, between 2018 and January 2021, a lar...
Op-Ed: For Europe, Renewables Would Be Better Than Nord Stream 2
[By Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo] Of the several specters haunting Europe, the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is one of the most pers...
Op-Ed: Why Australia Should Burn Illegal Fishing Boats
[By Aristyo Rizka Darmawan] Last week, the Australian Border Force released photographs of burning Indonesian fishing vess...
India's Answer to Chinese Ports in Sri Lanka
[By Dr. Chulanee Attanayake] On September 30, Adani Group, India’s largest private port operator, signed what has b...
Op-Ed: Just How Serious is China About Climate Change?
{By Elliott Zaagman] As the leaders of world’s largest carbon emitters meet in Glasgow in the coming days, it is still un...
Op-Ed: The U.S. and China Should Learn to Live With Each Other
[By Ali Wyne] As strategic tensions between the United States and China calcify so too does the conclusion that they have enter...
Ethiopia's Mega-Dam is About to Reshape the Water Politics of the Nile
[By Aly Verjee] Amid an increasingly bitter war and an impending famine in Ethiopia’s northern r...
Is a Nuclear Submarine Really the Right Choice for Australia?
[By Hugh White] Are nuclear-powered submarines better – more cost-effective – for Australia’s operational nee...
Thailand Perseveres with New Vision for Kra Canal
[By Shaun Cameron] In 1677, the Thai monarch Narai the Great had a dream. He sent an engineer south to investigate th...