The Lowy Interpreter
Indonesia Discovered a Subsea Spy Drone. Is it Legally a Ship?
[By Dita Liliansa] Indonesian fishers found a torpedo-like object in the waters north of Gili Trawangan, Lombok, on&n...
Iran Crisis Puts China's UN Diplomacy to the Test
[By Courtney J. Fung and Andrea Ghiselli] China and Russia this week vetoed a UN Security Council Resolution on the S...
Cambodia's Blue Economy Problem
[By Nory Ly] Cambodia isn’t typically thought of as a coastal nation. But its shoreline of 435?kilometers along...
Vietnam is Winning the Trade Wars
[By Roland Rajah] Vietnam has again emerged as the apparent winner of Donald Trump’s trade wars,...
The Lonely Island at the Center of Taiwan Contingency Planning
[By Frances Mangosing] From where I stood, at a stunning lookout on Mavulis Island’s highest hill, gleaming tur...
China's Victory Day Parade: A Tale of Two Audiences
The twin messages from the spectacle that unfolded in Tiananmen Square on September 3 could not be missed. China’s...
Op-Ed: Worried About China's Rise? Beijing's Ambitions are Mostly Regional
[By Sam Roggeveen] Australia’s former prime minister Tony Abbott wrote in the Wall Street Journal&nbs...
Fear, Pride or Miscalculation Could Start a War in the Pacific
[By Henry Yep] Thucydides famously observed that nations go to war for reasons of fear, honor, and interest...
Is Australia Doing Enough to Ensure Confidence in the AUKUS Sub Deal?
[By Jennifer Parker] At an estimated $368 billion cost, a Pentagon review underway and talk of the United S...
A Conflict in the Pacific Could Prompt a Fight Over the Strait of Malacca
[By Adam Leong Kok Wey] The strategic relevance of maritime choke points has remained a constant throughout mili...