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Why bother with a second-class seat at the Security Council?
4+ hour, 5+ min ago (200+ words) Contests for a non-permanent place at the world’s top table still draw a crowd. Why bother with a second-class seat at the Security Council? Abhinandan Kumar is a PhD Candidate at the Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University. Sam Roggeveen,…...
Social protection spending doubles at home, but donor support remains limited
2+ week, 5+ day ago (303+ words) Pacific governments have more than doubled social protection spending over the past decade, from 0.9% to 2.3% of gross national income. External financing has not mirrored this increase, accounting for less than 1% of total ODF. Social protection spending doubles at home, but…...
Why the West Papua rebels are targeting the Catholic Church
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (426+ words) The Lowy Institute is an independent Australian think tank producing authoritative research, innovative data tools, and expert commentary on international affairs. We acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, the traditional custodians of the land on which the Institute…...
How Fiji’s water pipeline ran out of road
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (80+ words) Parts of the country remain without clean reliable water, exposing the gap between national ambition and infrastructure delivery. The Lowy Institute is an independent Australian think tank producing authoritative research, innovative data tools, and expert commentary on international affairs. We…...
Who speaks for the Global South?
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (326+ words) India, China and Brazil each claim to be a representative voice – but the constituency they invoke resists any single position. All three powers converge in one respect. They assume that the Global South can be represented, which is harder to…...
PNG court clears the way for Starlink
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (485+ words) PNG’s national court has found the Ombudsman Commission exceeded its powers, likely ending a two-year block on licensing for the internet provider. That looks set to change after a judgement handed down on Friday, 24 April, at the PNG National Court,…...
Beijing intensifies diplomatic isolation of Taiwan’s president
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1069+ words) Lowy Institute Published daily by the Lowy Institute Beijing intensifies diplomatic isolation of Taiwan’s president Denying airspace transit is a new tactic – and its effectiveness may encourage China to use it again. Last week, Beijing deployed a new tactic for…...
Don’t write off the BRICS just yet
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (399+ words) Silence from BRICS over Iran looks damning. But India’s upcoming foreign ministers meeting may prove them wrong. In the weeks after the US-Israeli attack on Iran and now amid a fragile ceasefire, the silence from the BRICS grouping – where Iran…...
Blocking South Africa from the G7 and G20 carries a wider message to the world
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (498+ words) Non-alignment is becoming harder – and costlier – to sustain. As it stands, South Africa will not attend the upcoming Group of Seven (G7) Leaders’ Summit in June, despite earlier indications that it had been invited by host nation France. South African officials…...
BRICS promised a new world order. The Iran war shows it can’t deliver
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (313+ words) The Iran conflict has again shown unity isn’t a strong suit for the grouping. The BRICS grouping is nowhere to be found while the Iran conflict shows few signs of abating. Although Iran joined BRICS in 2024 and rising powers founded…...