This consultation document seeks feedback on proposed regulations affecting the international trade in e-waste. The New Zealand Government proposes extending the current conditions of consent that apply to the import or export of hazardous e-waste to include non-hazardous e-waste, in line with amendments to the Basel Convention.

This paper argues that Australia should plan for and be ready to respond to developments in Pacific regionalism. The paper articulates some of the barriers to Australia being a fully integrated member of a Pacific alliance and suggests pathways for Australia to support Pacific regionalism instead.

Acts of economic statecraft – both positive incentives and negative sanctions – are key foreign policy tools. Countries use tools like development assistance, loans, visas, tariffs and investment as policy levers to achieve their aims. This paper sets out future focused actions for Australia in its practice of economic statecraft, including how it can support...

We are entering a period where (space) trade frictions are falling, creating new markets. Space as a new economic domain is rapidly expanding, with momentous political, security and economic implications. This new domain of economic competition will generate new opportunities but also open up new challenges requiring policymakers’ focus and action.

This paper provides a guide to First Nations foreign policy which seeks to embed the unique experiences and perspectives of indigenous people into a country’s international policy priorities and programs. When a country adopts a First Nations foreign policy approach to their interactions with the world, it is often based on the principles of mutual...