Dr Wesley Morgan

My latest journal article - which explores weaknesses of Australia's Pacific Step Up and suggests ways forward - is now open access (free to download): "Large Ocean States: Pacific Regionalism and Climate Security in a New Era of Geostrategic Competition" link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Peter Dutton threatens to take Australia backwards on climate - expanding gas production, weakening emissions targets and abandoning plans to host COP31 with Pacific nations. As I explain here 👇 this would undermine Australian foreign policy in our region theconversation.com/peter-duttons-…

Fresh analysis here. A national gas reservation scheme is on the table for Australia's federal election. Gas reservation may be useful - to ensure we meet remaining, dwindling, demand and as signal to trade partners like Japan - but no new gas is needed. theconversation.com/dutton-unveils…

If you are looking for an analytical framework to think about what is happening in the US, this piece from Steven Levitsky and Lucan Way is very useful - how a radicalised Republican Party is weaponising the machinery of state against political enemies. foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

Was great to talk with @BloombergTV today about Australia's plans to host the UN climate talks with Pacific island nations in 2026 - a key opportunity to accelerate the shift away from fossil fuel production toward clean energy industries of the future. bloomberg.com/news/videos/20…