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Grant Wyeth
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Writer | Analyst at Asia-Pacific Development, Diplomacy and Defence Dialogue | Columnist for The Diplomat | Weekly newsletter and periodic essays: https://www.grantwyeth.com
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Grant Wyeth @grantwyeth.bsky.social · Jun 14
You can find my personal writing – on a range of subjects from foreign affairs, politics, philosophy, music, and urbanism – here at A Bridge Adjusting To The Water.
A Bridge Adjusting To The Water | Grant Wyeth | Substack
A weekly newsletter on international affairs with analysis, essential articles and podcasts. With additional essays on issues of interest. Click to read A Bridge Adjusting To The Water, by Grant Wyeth...
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Grant Wyeth @grantwyeth.bsky.social · 3d
A piece of mine for @lowyinstitute.bsky.social on Finland's decision to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention on the banning of landmines, and how Russia's aggression is starting to unravel the international agreements around arms control, and the norms of daily behaviour in border regions.
The return of landmines marks a darker era for Europe – and the world
Countries withdrawing from the ban treaty shows how Russian hostility is forcing choices that undermine global norms.
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Grant Wyeth @grantwyeth.bsky.social · 3d
A piece of mine for @lowyinstitute.bsky.social on Finland's decision to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention on the banning of landmines, and how Russia's aggression is starting to unravel the international agreements around arms control, and the norms of daily behaviour in border regions.
The return of landmines marks a darker era for Europe – and the world
Countries withdrawing from the ban treaty shows how Russian hostility is forcing choices that undermine global norms.
www.lowyinstitute.org
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Grant Wyeth @grantwyeth.bsky.social · 10d
September in Australia saw two national recognition days. National Wattle Day and Australia National Flag Day. But what if we merged the two and made the Golden Wattle the national flag? My piece outlining the case.

thediplomat.com/2025/09/does...
Does Australia Need a New Flag? The Case for the Golden Wattle
Australia has a compelling story to tell as an independent and incredibly successful country. Yet its current flag doesn’t reflect this.
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Grant Wyeth @grantwyeth.bsky.social · Jun 13
Over the past couple of years I've occasionally been seeing how pretentious I can make an album review. Find an album's context and its philosophical ideas and expand them out. Luke Haines's concept album about the Red Army Faction obviously offered fertile material.
Baader Meinhof – Baader Meinhof (1996)
The Auteurs and Black Box Recorder's Luke Haines's emblematic concept album about the Red Army Faction
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Grant Wyeth @grantwyeth.bsky.social · Aug 1
With Trump's new regime of tariffs being introduced this week, I thought I'd re-up this piece on the worldview that is driving this protectionism. Markets as agents of change, and the enormous emotional stress this change creates in some people.
The Hermit King
The Trump Administration's retreat from the world is driven by the ordeal of change
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Grant Wyeth @grantwyeth.bsky.social · Aug 19
The decline in global birth rates has many explanations, but one we may be overlooking is that women now have higher expectations on partnership and fatherhood, and men are failing to rise to the task.
The Elephant in the Womb
The global decline in birth rates may be due to the greater expectations women now place on partnership and fatherhood, and men failing to meet the moment
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Grant Wyeth @grantwyeth.bsky.social · Aug 23
A piece of mine on what the Australian idiom "she'll be right" reveals about the country's national character, both positive and negative.
Curse of Dialect
Australian English's idiom "she'll be right" reveals many positives about who we are as a people, and where we are failing.
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Grant Wyeth @grantwyeth.bsky.social · 22d
There doesn't need to be a trade-off between building housing and neighbourhood character. We can build and build with style!
Character Development
On why Melbourne's housing growth needs to involve good-looking design
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Grant Wyeth @grantwyeth.bsky.social · 22d
There doesn't need to be a trade-off between building housing and neighbourhood character. We can build and build with style!
Character Development
On why Melbourne's housing growth needs to involve good-looking design
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Grant Wyeth @grantwyeth.bsky.social · Aug 20
A short piece of mine on how low birth rates will affect our ability to invest in public transport, and why public transport is so important for economies, sociability, democracy and health.
Ticket To Thrive
Low birth rates are not just an impediment to public transport being built, they will weaken the social bonds and economic advantages this infrastructure brings
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Grant Wyeth @grantwyeth.bsky.social · Aug 29
Why did the Trump Administration decide to describe a meeting between Australia's minister of defence, Richard Marles, and US secretary of defence, Pete Hegseth and Vice President JD Vance as a "happenstance encounter"?
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Grant Wyeth @grantwyeth.bsky.social · Aug 29
Read more:
What to Make of the Australian Defense Minister’s ‘Happenstance Encounter’ at the Pentagon
The Pentagon walked back remarks denying that Marles had had an official meeting with his U.S. counterpart and the U.S. vice president. But the puerile fiasco reveals an important truth about the Unit...
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Grant Wyeth @grantwyeth.bsky.social · Aug 29
Why did the Trump Administration decide to describe a meeting between Australia's minister of defence, Richard Marles, and US secretary of defence, Pete Hegseth and Vice President JD Vance as a "happenstance encounter"?
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Grant Wyeth @grantwyeth.bsky.social · Aug 23
A piece of mine on what the Australian idiom "she'll be right" reveals about the country's national character, both positive and negative.
Curse of Dialect
Australian English's idiom "she'll be right" reveals many positives about who we are as a people, and where we are failing.
www.grantwyeth.com
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Grant Wyeth @grantwyeth.bsky.social · Aug 20
A short piece of mine on how low birth rates will affect our ability to invest in public transport, and why public transport is so important for economies, sociability, democracy and health.
Ticket To Thrive
Low birth rates are not just an impediment to public transport being built, they will weaken the social bonds and economic advantages this infrastructure brings
www.grantwyeth.com
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Grant Wyeth @grantwyeth.bsky.social · Aug 20
Following on from this essay, I thought I'd write a quick piece on how low birth rates will affect my favourite thing in the world - public transport
Ticket To Thrive
Low birth rates are not just an impediment to public transport being built, they will weaken the social bonds and economic advantages this infrastructure brings
www.grantwyeth.com
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Grant Wyeth @grantwyeth.bsky.social · Aug 19
I've had 7 people unsubscribe to my Substack after posted it. So it seems it pissed a few people off, haha.
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Grant Wyeth @grantwyeth.bsky.social · Aug 19
Maybe just leaving myself a little wriggle room? I should have been more confident with the assertion.
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Grant Wyeth @grantwyeth.bsky.social · Aug 19
Yes, I guess I was trying to pose this as an idea for us to consider, but I suspect it is a certainty.
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Reem Alsalem @unsrvaw.bsky.social · Aug 19
"...To build such men we are required to think seriously about masculinity and what it needs from our social structures, without returning to structures that disadvantage or oppress women” . By @grantwyeth.bsky.social
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Grant Wyeth @grantwyeth.bsky.social · Aug 19
The decline in global birth rates has many explanations, but one we may be overlooking is that women now have higher expectations on partnership and fatherhood, and men are failing to rise to the task.
The Elephant in the Womb
The global decline in birth rates may be due to the greater expectations women now place on partnership and fatherhood, and men failing to meet the moment
www.grantwyeth.com
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Grant Wyeth @grantwyeth.bsky.social · Aug 1
With Trump's new regime of tariffs being introduced this week, I thought I'd re-up this piece on the worldview that is driving this protectionism. Markets as agents of change, and the enormous emotional stress this change creates in some people.
The Hermit King
The Trump Administration's retreat from the world is driven by the ordeal of change
www.grantwyeth.com
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Grant Wyeth @grantwyeth.bsky.social · Jul 31
@aimenlau.bsky.social Hi Ai-Men, I see you've disappeared from Twitter (a good move). I've got a colleague from the University of Melbourne coming to Taipei looking to write on mis and disinformation. I'd love to be able to put her in contact with you. Can you follow me so I can send you a DM?
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Grant Wyeth @grantwyeth.bsky.social · Jul 5
For those who want to suffer the inconvenience of having to navigate from a post you might be interested in, to the profile page to find a link to the site, and then search for the article itself on that site, I've set up an Instagram page for my writing.

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Grant Wyeth @grantwyeth.bsky.social · Jul 5
The Instagram page may evolve to have other features following my various endeavours in due course.