Melissa Conley Tyler

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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

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

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

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 ...

In the Global South, opinions on the Ukraine war are mixed. One main reason for this: developing countries have more pressing issues to deal with.

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 …

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

Australian policymakers have increasingly spoken of the need to use all the tools of statecraft in international engagement. This includes statements by the prime minister, defence minister, foreign ministers (current, former and shadow), minister for development, chief of the defence force and others. So, what does ’all ...

Relationships, forums and neighbours are still a winning combination for Canberra on the global stage.

The language may have changed, but the message stays the same.

Focussing on small areas of cooperation will help Australia and Thailand move beyond their very real strategic differences.

If New Delhi wants Taipei to help build supply chain security, it should expect Taiwan to ask for more political support.

With changes both of style and substance, the Albanese government is making diplomacy more central to Australia’s foreign policy.

Bridge institutions like AP4D can use imaginative narratives to help connect the world of research with the world of policy.

More than offering neighbourly support, Poland wants to ensure Russia suffers a strategic defeat.

There is a big opportunity for Australia to help Southeast Asia meet its energy needs. But time is running out.