Director's Corner

By Alopi Latukefu, The U.S. departure from the Paris Agreement, a legally binding international agreement - while predictable with a Trump victory – deeply undermines global efforts to combat and mitigate the impacts of...

By 'Alopi Latukefu Published on The Interpreter, a daily by the Lowy Institute. For many scholars of international relations, the orthodoxy of the realist approach – much like “market–based” approaches in economics – has...

By 'Alopi Latukefu Over the past month, I, among many in Australia and around the world have watched with growing unease as, ethnocentrism, and far-right movements accelerate their influence in favour of a nationalism....

The climate crisis is not a distant threat for our Pacific neighbours—it is a lived reality. Rising sea levels, extreme weather events, and land degradation are already displacing communities, breaking apart traditional knowledge systems,...

Every February 14th, millions of people exchange chocolates as a token of love, indulging in the silky, bittersweet luxury that has become synonymous with Valentine’s Day. But beneath the glossy wrappers and heart-shaped boxes...