International relations
Alternative labels
Foreign affairs
Foreign relations
Policy report
Overcoming digital threats to democracy
This report finds that there is increasing awareness of digital threats to democracy, and less complacency about online harms. There is also greater buy-in for deliberative democracy principles among both the general public and elected decision-makers.
Data portal
Lowy Institute Global Diplomacy Index
The Global Diplomacy Index is an interactive tool that maps the world’s most significant diplomatic networks. It includes 66 countries or territories in Asia, the Group of 20 (G20), and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), drawing on data collected up to November 2023.
Blog post
The Regulatory Institute’s checklist for international treaties, agreements and other instruments
This checklist is based on current international practices, as well as being inspired by an analysis of frequent weaknesses of international treaties.
Report
National resilience: lessons for Australian policy from international experience
This report reviews international experience of national resilience strategies, planning and processes, to find lessons for Australia. It also examines a series of case studies in which national resilience has (or has not) proved instrumental in the weathering of crises.
Discussion paper
What does it look like for Australia to take a ... whole-of-nation approach to international policy
This paper includes examples where cross-sector collaboration on foreign policy are already in action, and provides models and lessons that can be replicated in developing a whole-of-nation approach.