The most comprehensive regional aid dataset of its kind, tracking $60 billion in aid and development finance across 50,000 ...

A growing share of regional support is shifting from grants to loans, led by Australia’s expanding infrastructure pipeline and the major multilateral banks. China, once the region’s largest lender, ...

Riley Duke is a Research Fellow at the Lowy Institute and lead author of the Institute's Pacific Aid Map. Roland Rajah Roland ...

The Pacific is acutely exposed to the economic fallout of the Iran war, particularly its disruptions to global supply chains. Costs for oil imports, for example, are much higher for the Pacific than ...

When Narendra Modi arrives in Australia this week, much of the focus will rightly be on how far the India–Australia relationship has travelled. This will be his third visit (Opens in new window) as ...

Elbridge Colby’s recent dismissal (Opens in new window) of a collective “middle powers strategy” has reignited a live debate about the future of US alliances and partnerships. Colby, the US Under ...

Pacific Island economies are among the world’s most energy insecure. Recent fuel-market volatility has underscored continued dependence on imported fossil ...

The India Chair produces independent research on India’s emergence as a global strategic actor. In a region marked by great power competition and a volatile order in transition, India’s choices on ...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese spoke plainly (Opens in new window) when he recently said that China was keen on increasing its influence “at a minimum, and [achieving] hegemony in the ...

As maritime coercion in the South China Sea becomes ever more routine, Southeast Asian governments have focused on managing tensions while continuing to underutilise one of the region’s most potent ...

Democratic erosion is the incremental and multifaceted deterioration in the freedoms, guarantees, and processes vital to the functioning of democracy. Various studies have tried to pinpoint one cause ...

Last month, Thailand decided to scrap a Memorandum of Understanding with Cambodia (Opens in new window) concerning their maritime disputes, including a framework for a joint marine resources ...