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Susannah Patton

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Director of the Southeast Asia Program and Project Lead, Asia Power Index at the Lowy Institute

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The Lowy Institute @lowyinstitute.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
“The same personal factors that delivered this win for Australia also point to its limitations,” writes Susannah Patton in The Interpreter. www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpret…
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The Australia-Indonesia pact won’t shift the regional balance
But this diplomatic win for Australia does reflect warm neighbourly ties.
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Susannah Patton @susannahpatton.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Two FANTASTIC jobs going @lowyinstitute.bsky.social. Program Director, public opinion and foreign policy (for an expert on Australian international affairs) and our inaugural India Chair, for a senior expert on Indian foreign policy. All details: www.lowyinstitute.org/about/careers
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Careers | Lowy Institute
The latest career opportunities at the Lowy Institute, Australia’s leading international policy think tank.
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The Lowy Institute @lowyinstitute.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
“Calling an election in Thailand is akin to throwing the cards in the air in the hope of a more favourable arrangement,” writes Susannah Patton in The Interpreter. www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpret…
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Who is Thailand’s new Prime Minister, Anutin Charnvirakul?
The installation of a “middleman” prime minister is a warning sign for Thailand’s political stability.
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The Lowy Institute @lowyinstitute.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
“What is required is a willingness by the Prime Minister to speak more directly about Australia’s strategic circumstances,” writes Susannah Patton in The Interpreter. www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpret…
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Does Australia see China as a threat?
Squaring the circle between public opinion and political rhetoric.
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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
'Paetongtarn’s inexperience has been on full display this week' writes @susannahpatton.bsky.social www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...
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A border skirmish and leaked phone call sees the Thailand-Cambodia dispute surge back to life
An international dispute that is all about domestic politics.
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Susannah Patton @susannahpatton.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
My take on the renewed Thailand-Cambodia border dispute, drawing on lots of conversations with experts over the past two days at the Asia-Pacific Roundtable conference: www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...
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A border skirmish and leaked phone call sees the Thailand-Cambodia dispute surge back to life
An international dispute that is all about domestic politics.
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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
I've been thinking about starting an Indonesia-Australia relationship substack for years. Albo just popped up in Jakarta, so why not now? A quick look at the background to this trip. Please read/subscribe etc. if you like flatkopi.substack.com/p/prabowo-al...
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🇮🇩🇦🇺 Prabowo, Albanese to meet in Jakarta
Like an amateur AFL team in their late-30s, Albo heads north feeling good
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Susannah Patton @susannahpatton.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Opposition leader Peter Dutton says first overseas visit would be to the United States, breaking longstanding tradition that Australian PMs make first bilateral visit to Indonesia. amp.abc.net.au/article/1050...
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Dutton claims 'common ground' with Trump in major foreign policy speech - ABC News
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The Lowy Institute @lowyinstitute.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
“Compared with other information flows in the region which we measure – news agencies, newspapers and TV – radio skews more favourably to the United States than any other medium,” writes Susannah Patton in The Interpreter. www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpret…
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Silencing the Voice of America
Data from the Asia Power Index shows just how successful the Voice of America has been.
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Susannah Patton @susannahpatton.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
New Interpreter post from me: data from the Asia Power Index shows just how successful the Voice of America has been in Asia. The results of the next Asia Power Index may look very different … www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...
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Silencing the Voice of America
Data from the Asia Power Index shows just how successful the Voice of America has been.
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Hunter Marston @hmarston.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
I have conflicting thoughts on sanctioning Thai officials. While it aligns with US concerns for human rights (good), we are punishing Bangkok for not standing up to Beijing even as we alienate the Thais & fail to provide them with any alternative #Thailand www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/us-thai...
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US hits Thai officials with visa sanctions over deportation of Uyghurs to China
The move appeared intended to discourage Thailand and other countries from such deportations.
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The Lowy Institute @lowyinstitute.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
In a new episode of Lowy Institute Conversations, defence analyst Marcus Hellyer talks with the Lowy Institute’s Sam Roggeveen about the unprecedented appearance of Chinese warships off Australia’s east coast. youtube.com/watch?v=Ujvw...
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 11/03/2025
Commentary: Japan is increasingly concerned that the U.S. may no longer be a reliable ally, especially as its shifting policies raise fears of a weakened security partnership amid rising threats from China and Russia.
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Japan reels from — and steels for — U.S. policy shifts
“What Japan has learned from the Ukraine war is that the era where we could rely entirely on the U.S. is over.”
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Susannah Patton @susannahpatton.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Australia needs to respond with urgency to the second Trump administration, but framing the conversation around a narrowly cast Plan B would be self-defeating. www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...
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Time to retire the term “Plan B”
Australia needs to respond with urgency to the second Trump administration, but framing the conversation around the idea of a Plan B is self-defeating.
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Alexandre Dayant @alexandredayant.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Climate pledge delays: The world can’t afford more hot air - by @lowyinstitute.bsky.social IPDC @georgiahammersley.bsky.social Global temps have exceeded 1.5°C, yet major emitters are delaying climate commitments. With the US absent, global ambition is at risk. www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...
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Climate pledge delays: The world can’t afford more hot air
Last-minute extension stretches deadline for national climate plans to later this year, raising hopes for stronger pledges
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Susannah Patton @susannahpatton.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
In some ways aid cuts by Europeans are understandable but Australia already spends so little that any further restrictions here would have a disastrous impact. Sadly I don’t see any political support for expanding the aid budget in response to others’ cuts.
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Susannah Patton @susannahpatton.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Pretty devastating blow for reputation of Thailand’s current government here. And a data point, ir one was needed, about China’s influence at the expense of international law www.voanews.com/amp/outcry-b...
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Outcry builds as Thailand deports Uyghurs to China after 10 years in detention
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The Lowy Institute @lowyinstitute.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
NEW RESEARCH: This @lowyinstitute.bsky.social interactive map reveals how global trade with the world's two largest economies, the United States and China, has changed since 2001. interactives.lowyinstitute.org/features/chi...
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Susannah Patton @susannahpatton.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Is Timor-Leste joining ASEAN this year? It really wants to. en.tatoli.tl/2025/01/27/t... 1/6 🧵
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Timor-Leste’s accession to ASEAN expected to take place in May 2025 - TATOLI Agência Noticiosa de Timor-Leste
DILI, 27 january 2025 (TATOLI) – Timor-Leste’s accession to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is expected to take place in May 2025. “Timor-Leste’s full membership of ASEAN is ‘a prio...
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Susannah Patton @susannahpatton.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Giving a talk today at the beautiful Vann Molyvann designed library building at the Royal University of Phnom Penh.
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Susannah Patton @susannahpatton.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Looking forward to visiting Phnom Penh and Hanoi next week for the first time in a while! Please get in touch if you’d like to meet up in either city! ✈️ 🇰🇭 ✈️ 🇻🇳
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Max Walden @maxwalden.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Huge Australia-Indonesia news as the remaining Bali nine members are returned home www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
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Susannah Patton @susannahpatton.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Are there any teachers or academics on here who ever use the Asia Power Index in their teaching? If so, I would love to hear from you about how you use it … please let me know!
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Map - Lowy Institute Asia Power Index
Map the distribution of power across 27 countries in the Asia-Pacific with @LowyInstitute Asia Power Index
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Susannah Patton @susannahpatton.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Important new Lowy Institute research from my colleague Rahman Yaacob released today: www.lowyinstitute.org/publications...
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Partnership of convenience: Ream Naval Base and the Cambodia–China convergence
While China is pouring resources into Ream Naval Base, the West must continue to engage Phnom Penh to counter Beijing's influence in the kingdom.
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Daniel Flitton @danielflitton.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Oi. Get along if you can to this Melbourne event at the State Library of Victoria. It’ll be great fun to listen to @susannahpatton.bsky.social, Lydia Khalil and @becstrating.bsky.social. And I’ll be hanging around, too. portal.lowyinstitute.org/eventdetails...
Banner for Asia in 2025 event, Melbourne, State Library of Victoria, Wednesday 11 December 2004 for one hour from 6pm, presented by Lowy Institute.
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Susannah Patton @susannahpatton.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Malaysia and Vietnam reach a CSP deal, but count the caveats on oil and gas cooperation in this line “consider establishing a mechanism to jointly develop cooperation in overlapping areas, if any” thediplomat.com/2024/11/viet...
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Vietnam, Malaysia Announce Major Diplomatic Upgrade
Malaysia has become the ninth nation, and the first in ASEAN, to establish a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with Vietnam.
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Susannah Patton @susannahpatton.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
As a summit nerd this is the stuff I live for. In an era where multilateral consensus is getting harder, surely at least a photo should be possible... amp.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
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No-show Joe: G20 leaders take group photo without Biden | G20 | The Guardian
US president arrived for photograph with other world leaders – but found they had gone ahead without him
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Panarat A @panarat.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Two great starter packs for people interested in Southeast Asia: go.bsky.app/Rzj3ND9 go.bsky.app/2mwrXEg #SoutheastAsia #SEASky #SEAsiaSky
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Susannah Patton @susannahpatton.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
I recently had the chance to visit Thailand and discuss Thai foreign policy with a number of close watchers. Some observations in the Interpreter: www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...
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Thai foreign policy in the twilight zone
If foreign policy reflects domestic politics, its unsurprising that Thailand’s diplomacy is confused and haphazard.
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Susannah Patton @susannahpatton.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
My - totally missing the news cycle - article on Albanese’s decision to skip the inauguration www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...
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The cost of Albanese skipping Prabowo’s inauguration
Bilateral ties won’t be adversely affected, but errors like this change the way Australia is seen in the region.
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Mercedes Page @mercedespage.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Made a (very) quick starter pack of Australia's foreign policy, security, and IR community to keep up as more people jump over from the Bad Place. It’s a work in progress, so if I missed anyone or if you want to be included let me know! go.bsky.app/VqMquA
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Ken Lohatepanont @kenlmathis.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Still looking for Southeast Asia watchers to add to my SEA Starter Pack! bsky.app/starter-pack...
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