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Turning AI against the conspiracy theorists
2+ hour, 19+ min ago (473+ words) Young people no longer trust institutions " and AI may be the tool to fight back against the radicalisation risk. Traditional metrics of trust across society are in free fall. So-called "vertical trust" " that in governments and media " has collapsed. But…...
Bangladesh charts a new multipolar course
9+ hour, 19+ min ago (229+ words) Dhaka has little incentive to allow its territory to become a theatre for proxy competition. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has secured a decisive parliamentary majority in what is more than a reset for the country's domestic politics after 15 years…...
The Chinese warships Australians never got to debate
19+ hour, 59+ min ago (321+ words) The silence around a second Chinese naval deployment near Australia cost the public a chance to understand the risks. The earlier voyage drew attention. This one did not. That does not make it less significant. It represents a further demonstration…...
Who’s afraid of Diego Garcia?
1+ day, 19+ min ago (603+ words) Behind Trump's "DO NOT GIVE AWAY DIEGO GARCIA" bluster lies a careful deal that actually protects American power. It seemed like things were finally settled. Deals had been struck, approval sought and granted, and final discussions scheduled. Enter the President…...
To succeed in Southeast Asia, Australia must balance security and trade
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (222+ words) Australia ranks second in defence networks but ninth in economic capability " and the region has noticed. This imbalance is reflected in the Lowy Institute's Asia Power Index, which saw Australia's ranking drop to sixth in Asia (behind Russia) in 2025. The…...
Bangladesh’s election gives India a chance to reset relations
2+ day, 18+ min ago (417+ words) With the BNP's landslide victory, can the neighbours move past the Hasina era? Bangladesh has delivered a decisive verdict at the ballot box after years of political repression and turmoil. But the ramifications reach beyond Bangladesh's borders. For neighbouring India,…...
The UN budget crisis is a security crisis
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (660+ words) The funding shock arrives as conflicts grow more complex, not less. Published daily by the Lowy Institute The UN budget crisis is a security crisis The funding shock arrives as conflicts grow more complex, not less. The UN's regular budget…...
The future of Australian aid
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (150+ words) The future of Australian aid It has been just over a year since the Trump administration's dramatic cuts to America's foreign aid budget and the shuttering of USAID. With other major donors also slashing their aid programs " potentially causing 22 million…...
Misreading the Monroe Doctrine is creating a true gulf in the Americas
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (309+ words) Military dominance without diplomacy is creating thevery foreign influence the doctrine was meant to prevent. It has been a year since Donald Trump renamed the "Gulf of Mexico" the "Gulf of America". Largely decried as a joke at the time,…...
New START expired. Now what for global nuclear stability?
3+ day, 2+ min ago (177+ words) Both states retain the technical capacity to rapidly expand deployed arsenals by uploading additional warheads onto existing delivery systems. While neither has yet announced a full-scale numerical expansion, the absence of limits lowers the political and strategic barriers to doing…...