Martina Zapf is the General Manager at the Development Intelligence Lab and is an international expert in peacebuilding and governance. She has previously worked on peace and development programs in ...

The peacebuilding commission, or PBC, was created as part of the UN’s broader Peacebuilding Architecture in 2005. Its creation responded to a gap in the UN’s ability to respond to the “conflict trap”, ...

Max Broad is Research Associate to the Executive Director of the Lowy Institute, Dr Michael Fullilove. He works closely with the Executive Director to provide research support for papers, books and ...

The public agrees on climate, so why can’t our politicians?

The Productivity Commission is calling for ideas on how to improve Australia’s productivity growth, so it is worth paring away the DOGE rhetoric and asking whether taking an axe to government can ...

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Oliver Sinclair is a practising lawyer and is studying a Masters of International Relations at the Australian National University. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and a Bachelor of Laws.

There are multiple explanations for last week’s changes in how Meta will moderate content across its platforms, including financial ones, the evolving views of CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Meta’s policies ...

During a recent visit to Fiji, I heard firsthand the poor state of public health messaging in response to the recent uptick in drug use. In a local market in Labasa, on the island of Vanua Levu, a ...

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) may soon have the support of a clear majority of countries to take control of Taiwan, with or without force, a new Lowy Institute Data Snapshot reveals. The report ...

Chinese soldiers do not operate the Panama Canal. And the Panama government is not ripping off the consumers of the United States through inflated shipping rates. That’s the only possible conclusion ...