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A world with two Americas

Former Biden White House official Thomas Wright launches his new Lowy Institute Paper, Inflection Point: Biden, Trump, and the Future World Order, Wednesday, 13 May, 12:30–1:30 pm

After annexation: How China plans to run Taiwan

Beijing needs to do more than just take Taiwan; it needs to govern it as well, a task that its scholars admit will be a fraught, decades-long project.

Mainstreamed but sidelined: Global funding for gender equality

Gender equality aid is shrinking globally just as progress stalls.

The ungoverned sky: Drones and the domestic extremist threat

The combination of easy accessibility and payload potential, and the limitations of domestic counter-drone systems, presents a growing challenge.

After the compromise: Australia’s COP31 blueprint for the Pacific

Australia’s bid to co-host COP31 with Pacific Island countries was built around a clear objective to elevate Pacific climate concerns and use the spotlight to deliver for one of the world’s most climate exposed regions. That objective is now at risk.