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Grant Wyeth

Grant Wyeth is a Melbourne-based political analyst specializing in Australia and the Pacific, India and Canada.

Alongside his work for The Diplomat, his analysis has also been published by a range of outlets including Foreign Policy, World Politics Review, The Lowy Interpreter, EU Observer, Melbourne Asia Review, Inside Story and foreign affairs publications attached to Australian Strategic Policy Institute, and the Australian Institute of International Affairs.

He is formerly an academic researcher at the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne, and previously wrote the weekly newsletter for Australian Foreign Affairs magazine. Presently he is on the editorial panel for Asia-Pacific Development, Diplomacy & Defence Dialogue, and writes a weekly newsletter and periodic essays on his Substack: International Blue.

Grant holds a Bachelor of Arts (Politics) from La Trobe University, and a Master of International Relations from the University of Melbourne.

He tweets @grantwyeth

Posts by Grant Wyeth

June 15, 2023

Has China Overplayed Its Hand in the Pacific?

By Grant Wyeth

Fiji announced a reconsideration of its 2011 security agreement with China just before signing a new defense agreement with New Zealand. It was subtle but clear signal to Beijing.

June 01, 2023

Australia’s Undeclared National Crisis: A Dire Lack of Affordable Housing

By Grant Wyeth

For Australia to be a country that truly values its security, it needs to offer its young, and not-so young, adults the conditions for them to thrive.

May 31, 2023

Albanese at the Modi Show: Blurring the Line Between Australian Diplomacy and Indian Domestic Politics

By Grant Wyeth

When Modi visit countries with significant Indian diasporas, he puts on a stadium performance which serves primarily domestic political aims.

May 04, 2023

More Than Embarrassing: Australians Behaving Badly in Indonesia

By Grant Wyeth

An Australia that can engage culturally with Indonesia can also counter the perception that poorly behaved individuals are reflective of wider Australian culture.

April 28, 2023

‘Skill up or Sink’: A New Approach to Migration in Australia

By Grant Wyeth

Migration is a nation-building project, and Canberra’s review of its migration system reveals the need for new approaches.

April 18, 2023

The Importance of Augmenting AUKUS

By Melissa Conley Tyler and Grant Wyeth

Australia needs all the tools of statecraft it can muster, especially diplomacy.

April 14, 2023

The Real Shift in Australian Politics

By Grant Wyeth

If Australia’s Liberal Party is in decline, does this mean that the Labor Party is in ascendency?

April 13, 2023

Australia and the Geopolitics of Birthrates

By Grant Wyeth

The social policies of its partners are not something Canberra would ever directly comment on, but they matter for Australian foreign policy anyway.

March 31, 2023

Is Australia’s Liberal Party in Terminal Decline?

By Grant Wyeth

What saves political parties is their ability to adapt, but the aggressive populism that has saved conservative parties elsewhere has limited appeal in Australia.

March 22, 2023

Another Way to Look at AUKUS: Keeping the US Engaged in the Indo-Pacific

By Grant Wyeth

Beyond responding to the China threat, AUKUS is also a tool to maintain U.S. Indo-Pacific engagement through whatever domestic storms are to come in Washington.

March 13, 2023

Innovative Solutions Needed for Indian Community Tensions in Australia

By Grant Wyeth

Left unchecked, tensions, which have sparked vandalism of Hindu temples and attacks on Sikhs, have the potential to poison the Australia-India bilateral relationship.

February 28, 2023

What ABC Missed About Australia’s Interests in Taiwan

By Grant Wyeth

A recent article series assumed that Australia would only defend Taiwan because the U.S. demands it. But Australia has its own reasons to act.