Melissa conley Tyler

Whether the DMZ or sites of historic atrocities, place carries a connection to remind us of the precariousness of life.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made headlines over the weekend when his claim the Ukraine war was ‘launched against’ Russia provoked laughter from the audience during a forum in India. But I was in the room and ...

For the first time, a major Defence policy statement recommends more diplomatic funding.

Australia should seek to be an exemplar of how to ensure that only legitimate catches enter the seafood supply chain.

Combating illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU fishing) is key to the integrity of the international legal framework and the rules-based international order. A report by the Asia-Pacific Development, Diplomacy & Defence Dialogue (AP4D) considers this problem ...

Australia’s response to IUU fishing must recognise the different challenges faced by partner countries, say Melissa Conley Tyler and Camille Goodman.

In a budget speech that focused on domestic priorities, Treasurer Jim Chalmers’s only international announcement was of a package allocating $1.9 billion to strengthening Australia’s relationships in the Pacific. It wasn’t a surprise that the ...

Health and education are where Canberra can help Dili the most. But language barriers require thinking outside the box.

The government’s new international development policy, released last week, has some interesting implications for defence. In particular, it completes the process of aligning messaging across the different arms of statecraft on their important and complementary ...

When Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong visited Dili last month, one of the projects she highlighted was the Timor-Leste South Submarine Cable. This is a positive contribution to Timor-Leste’s digital infrastructure. However, to fully ...