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

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 ...

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 ...

When Papua New Guinea announced last week that Taiwan’s representative office would “no longer be recognised” (Opens in new window) within its jurisdiction, the reflex was to file the news under a ...

Donald Trump’s communication style might not lend itself to the use of terms like “hegemony” to describe the strong political and military foothold the United States maintains in the Western Pacific.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sarah Thompson is a Research Associate in the Pacific Islands Program and the Project Director of the Australia–Papua New Guinea Network (Opens in new window) at the Lowy Institute. Her research ...

Connor Graham is a Research Fellow in the Pacific Islands Program at the Lowy Institute. His research spans Pacific public health, climate change, regional security, resource governance, and ...