Southeast Asia’s great haze: Laggards and leaders Indonesia is the region’s biggest producer of haze, so why was it the last to ratify ASEAN’s pollution prevention agreement? This article by Dr Pia Dannhauer was originally published in The Interpreter by Lowy Institute on 22 August 2024. Transboundary haze pollution remains a key environmental challenge for […]
Author Dr Paco Milhiet, Visiting Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Singapore Dr Paco Milhiet holds a PhD in International Relations jointly conferred by the University of French Polynesia and the Catholic Institute of Paris. He is currently a Visiting Fellow at S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore.
All eyes on sports diplomacy at Paris 2024 By Sarah Leary and Dr Kate O’Shaughnessy As athletes worldwide participate in the Paris Olympics, foreign policy analysts are also preparing to observe and officiate the geopolitical contests that loom. What will France make of its time in the global sports diplomacy spotlight? Will the 2024 games […]
Vietnam – an emerging regional leader? By Dr Pia Dannhauer In April 2024, Vietnam convened the first-ever ASEAN Future Forum (AFF). The forum was intended to shape conversations about future challenges surrounding sustainable development and a people-centred region by bringing together diverse stakeholders from government to business. The AFF demonstrated strong intellectual leadership from Vietnam as ASEAN […]
The US-Australia alliance and critical minerals Australia is currently a leading supplier of the critical minerals needed for net zero goals. In 2022 it produced 27 critical minerals, 15 of which ranked in the top five for global supply. Australia ranked number one in the world for economic resources of nickel, widely used in lithium-ion […]