Africa

The “satellite clause” for North Korea’s rockets

by Morris Jones

If North Korea does launch another satellite, will this really be an act to cover another missile test?

Australia–India ties: closing the gap between intent and action

by Natasha Jha Bhaskar

The potential of this relationship is often overshadowed by a severe lack of enthusiasm and episodes of prejudice.

Australia’s PNG gateway: far north Queensland

by Shane McLeod

The far-north will be key to closer cross-border ties and Cairns hosted the Australia-PNG Emerging Leadership Dialogue.

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The new US Africa strategy is not about Africa. It’s about China

President Donald Trump’s national security advisor John Bolton outlined the US administration’s new Africa strategy in a speech last week at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank in Washington, DC. The main tenets of the strategy, including the prioritisation of trade and

By Cornelia Tremann

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America builds on development aid

In the biggest reform of US foreign aid policy in recent history, the US Senate this month passed the Better Utilization of Investment Leading to Development, or the BUILD Act. This legislation, signed into law by President Donald Trump on 5 October, will create the new US International

By Cornelia Tremann

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China’s aid: the image boost

Mounting accusations of Chinese debt traps, trade imbalances, and neocolonialism in Africa made for a heady backdrop to this month’s meeting of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. China’s Xi Jinping made clear he was having none of it. In his keynote speech to African leaders gathered in

By Cornelia Tremann

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China’s arms trade: a rival for global influence?

Against the backdrop of the recent China-Africa Defence and Security Forum, numerous articles have been written questioning the rationale behind the conference and the potential ramifications of a closer Sino-African relationship. The fall in export of Russian made weapons to Africa

By Nan Tian

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A life in fear: violence against adolescent girls

The escalating violence by Boko Haram in Nigeria in 2014 sparked widespread international condemnation, but the fighting triggered a regional crisis in neighbouring countries of northern central Africa that continues to this day. While the roots of the problem are complex – involving inequality

By Hannah Jay

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Xi Jinping, Senegal, and China’s West Africa drive

Xi Jinping’s choice of Senegal for a state visit on 20–21 July, his first visit to West Africa, en route to the BRICS summit in South Africa, suggests that China seeks to deepen cooperation in a region that has seen comparatively less Chinese engagements than elsewhere in Africa. In using

By Cornelia Tremann

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“Poor old” China meets “poor young” Africa

The success of China’s reform and opening program across 40 years has shifted the nation from backwater to the centre of global growth, lifting 800 million people from poverty in the process. A largely complementary economic relationship has meant Australia has enjoyed a record-breaking prosperity

By Lauren A. Johnston

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The “satellite clause” for North Korea’s rockets

Australia–India ties: closing the gap between intent and action

Australia’s PNG gateway: far north Queensland

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The new US Africa strategy is not about Africa. It’s about China

America builds on development aid

China’s aid: the image boost

China’s arms trade: a rival for global influence?

A life in fear: violence against adolescent girls

Xi Jinping, Senegal, and China’s West Africa drive

“Poor old” China meets “poor young” Africa

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