“You’re dealing with the Iranian government here and one thing the Iranian government does not tend to react well to is hectoring and lecturing from the West in public, regardless of how much of the moral high-ground you occupy" @RodgerShanahan @australian https://t.co/9HjmmOHnDA

An audacious drug smuggling attempt and a #CoronavirusOutbreak put pressure on PNG’s police chief. @ShaneMcLeod, a Research Fellow working with the Lowy Institute’s @auspngnetwork, writes for The Interpreter. https://t.co/aqnVq28QTR

"As Ben Bland of the Lowy Institute points out, anti-establishment voices would have been given a safe place to speak up, international recognition, political experience and funding." @benjaminbland in @ClaraDFMarques and @mbrookerhk's @bopinion article. https://t.co/R8o8civaJF

“I think we need to be very clear when we look at the style of @realDonaldTrump and his own background. He isn’t a national security person, he’s a businessman.” President Trump's former Russia adviser, Dr Fiona Hill, interviewed by @mfullilove https://t.co/k8LZrUH0uE https://t.co/qGZ8FZdtUA

An edited extract from @mcgregorrichard's Lowy Institute Research Note China’s Deep State: The Communist Party and the Coronavirus was published in the @FinancialReview https://t.co/Qu0bEiZPsB

The 2016 US election was, for Russia, ‘an opportunity to pay something back.’ My recent podcast guest, Dr Fiona Hill, on Russian interference in US elections. https://t.co/09pB8lUkxo https://t.co/jAegjoZKNW

'[Russia] sees China as a positive for them, rather than a negative... and they most certainly do not want to be pulled into an anti-China coalition.’ My guest on The Director’s Chair, Fiona Hill, on calls for US-Russia cooperation against China. https://t.co/09pB8lCJFQ https://t.co/crpXFAGCrs

Australia must prioritise education and research, in science and humanities, too. Regional engagement may depend on it. Thom Dixon of @aiiansw writes for The Interpreter. https://t.co/kHFIvn60Ok

"It would be good for Australia if our great security ally the United States were not run by a preposterous figure who is poorly suited to the presidency and is deeply unpopular around the world" @mfullilove in @Gallo_Ways @ErykBagshaw's article for @smh https://t.co/5tRgr9KdLT

Tough punishment will be a deterrent only if paired with a credible threat of prosecution and impartial judgement. Lowy Institute Research Associate @AlyssaLeng writes for The Interpreter. https://t.co/2juqUN3qNq