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My analysis of international affairs has been quoted in national and international news outlets such as The New York Times, Nikkei Asia, ABC News, and the South China Morning Post
Public Commentaries (since 2019)
2025 Hynd, A. & D. Connolly ‘South Korea will not take the Trump tariffs lying down’, East Asia Forum, (July 7).
2025 Hynd, A. ‘After a chaotic 6 months, South Koreans will elect a new president – and hope for bold leadership’, The Conversation, (May 29).
2024 Hynd, A. ‘South Korea had martial law for 6 hours. Why did this happen and what can we expect now?’, The Conversation, (December 4). [c.50,000 views in first week]
2024 Hynd, A. & M. Broad. ‘We must have our own cars’: Looking under the hood of Indonesia’s new official car project’, Indonesia at Melbourne, (November 11).
2024 Hynd, A. ‘The Washington Declaration Turns One: Is it Time to Celebrate?’, Korea in Global Politics Current Affairs, Monash University Korean Studies Research Hub, (April 26 [paid contribution]).
2024 Hynd, A. ‘South Korean firms’ “TV Alliance” adds to the Indo-Pacific Drama’, Korea in Global Politics Current Affairs, Monash University Korean Studies Research Hub, (February 27) [paid contribution].
2024 Barros Leal Farrias, D., A. Hynd, W. Clapton, & E. Thurbon, ‘Australia and Brazil must seize the chance for closer green cooperation’, The Lowy Interpreter (January 23).
2023 Thurbon, E., A. Hynd, & H. Tan, ‘We urgently need $100bn for renewable energy. But call it statecraft, not ‘industry policy’’, The Conversation (September 13).
2023 Thurbon, E., A. Hynd, & H. Tan, ‘Australia’s national security mandates a new type of green energy statecraft’, The Mandarin (September 8).
2023 Hynd, A. & T. Wilkins, ‘Indo-Pacific middle powers: rethinking roles and preferences’, PacNet Commentary #43, Pacific Forum (June 9) [republished in Asia Times, June 16].
2023 Hynd, A. & D. Connolly, ‘Clearing the air on East Asian ADIZs’, East Asia Forum (May 10) [republished in Asia Times, May 11].
2023 Hynd, A. & M. Broad, ‘Maintaining momentum in Indonesia-Korea economic agenda, The Jakarta Post (March 4) [print & online].
2023 Hynd, A. & M. Broad, ‘Japan’s climate coalition? – Tokyo’s green chequebook diplomacy campaign is gathering momentum’, IDOS German Institute of Development and Sustainability (February 22).
2023 Hynd, A. & M. Broad, ‘Indonesia’s own subs conundrum’, The Lowy Interpreter (February 17) [republished in Australian Naval Institute, February 24].
2022 Hynd, A. & S. Dove, ‘Bargaining Chips? Taiwan’s Economy May be its Best Defence, Australian Outlook (December 23).
2022 Tan, H., A. Hynd & E. Thurbon, ‘Tensions and war undermine climate cooperation – but there’s a silver lining’, The Conversation (November 10).
2022 Hynd, A. ‘North Korea Slips Down the Agenda at UN General Assembly’, NK Pro/NK News, (September 28), [paid contribution].
2021 Hynd, A. ‘How Will Kim Jong Un Respond to the Biden Administration?’, Centre for Strategic and Contemporary Research (July 12).
2020 Hynd, A. ‘Strengthening South Korea’s Non-Proliferation Norm: Should Anti- Nuclear Arguments Have Emotional Appeal? Asia-Pacific Leadership Network for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (APLN) and The Korea Times (November 27).
2019 Hynd, A. ‘South Korea Poised to Commit to the US’s Strait of Hormuz Maritime Coalition, The National Maritime Foundation (August 22).
2019 Hynd, A. & A. Sanchez, ‘Japan’s imperial ghosts lurk well beyond Korea’, The Lowy Interpreter (August 20) [republished in The News Lens, August 20].
2019 Hynd, A. & N. Kerkhoff, ‘Can South Korea’s rival parties unite behind opposition to Japan?’, The National Interest (July 24).
2019 Hynd, A. & N. Kerkhoff, (2019), ‘What’s behind Abe’s change of heart on a Japan–North Korea summit?’, The Strategist (May 30).
2019 Hynd, A. & A. Sanchez ‘Trash talk in the Philippines reveals waste trails in Southeast Asia’, The Lowy Interpreter (May 20) [republished in Channel News Asia, May 27].
2019 Hynd, A. & A. Sanchez, ‘With US out of favour and China doubts, Duterte turns to Tokyo’, The Lowy Interpreter (March 15).
2019 Hynd, A. ‘The End of An Island? How Inter-Korean Connections Will Change the South’, The Diplomat (January 24).