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Defending the liberal order takes more than rhetoric

Julie Bishop’s recent speech in Singapore was out of date and stale. Her remarks exhibited two major and ongoing flaws in the government’s foreign policy thinking. The first is the persistent lack of substance in the Turnbull government’s response to both China’s challenge to the status quo

By Michael Heazle

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Asia in the Age of Uncertainty

In the context of an increasingly demanding security environment in Asia, the Lowy Institute joined with five research partners in Asia Pacific in a six-nation 2016 multinational survey of public opinion in the Asia Pacific.

By Alex Oliver

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Barnaby Joyce's mixed messaging on property rights

There’s been a good deal of mixed messaging coming from Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce recently. This week he made headlines by declaring to an audience (which included the Chinese ambassador) that Labor's policies for insisting on rules concerning vegetation

By James Laurenceson

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What needs to happen before the 2018 ASEAN-Australia leaders summit

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's pledge to hold an ASEAN-Australia leaders' summit in 2018 is a sign that Australia intends to take a more proactive and public role in shaping the Southeast Asian regional order. With a focus on strengthening economic ties and boosting links between Australian and

By Patrick Ingle

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Much at stake for Turnbull and the region at East Asia Summit

The 10th East Asia Summit this weekend promises to be one of the most interesting bits of summitry in some time. This, the last stop on Malcolm Turnbull’s five-nation tour which has included one-on-one meetings with the top three on Forbes' Most Powerful List, is also likely to prove the most

By Elliot Brennan

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India's interests are aligning with Australia's; now Modi must grasp the opportunity

As the fastest growing economy in Asia, many countries are vying for India's attention. India's understaffed Ministry of External Affairs is constantly grappling with the demands of foreign governments for meetings with senior Indian leaders. There is no doubt Australian leaders have to work harder

By Pradeep Taneja

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Why no tears will be shed for Australia's knights and dames

So Tony Abbott's revival of knights and dames has proved a short lived thing, with newly installed PM Malcolm Turnbull moving quickly to axe the contentious honours. It's a move likely to be greeted with relief at home and bemusement abroad, given it is less than two years since knights and dames

By Emma Connors

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As RAN prepares to exercise with China's navy, Australia risks a PR disaster

Australia and its Navy are in an awkward spot, caught between China and the US in the full glare of a global media spotlight shone on the South China Sea. Two Royal Australian Navy ANZAC frigates are due to arrive tomorrow in China's naval base Zhanjiang for a port visit, ahead of live-fire

By Euan Graham

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Diagnosing Asia's Australian problem

For decades, there has been a familiar refrain: Australia has an Asia problem. We don’t engage enough with Asia, or understand its languages or diverse cultures. From Ross Garnaut in the 1980s to the Australia in the Asian Century White Paper, the narrative has been that if only Australia could

By Melissa Conley Tyler

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Xi in America: China's poor grasp of public diplomacy on full display

Having a Catholic Pope and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China descend on Washington at almost exactly the same time helped illustrate something important about diplomacy. When staging a high-level state visit, there is a simple choice: emphasise either the head or the heart. This

By Kerry Brown

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2017 Lowy Lecture: UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, the Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP

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Australia’s role in the fight against modern slavery

Defending the liberal order takes more than rhetoric

Asia in the Age of Uncertainty

Barnaby Joyce's mixed messaging on property rights

What needs to happen before the 2018 ASEAN-Australia leaders summit

Much at stake for Turnbull and the region at East Asia Summit

India's interests are aligning with Australia's; now Modi must grasp the opportunity

Why no tears will be shed for Australia's knights and dames

As RAN prepares to exercise with China's navy, Australia risks a PR disaster

Diagnosing Asia's Australian problem

Xi in America: China's poor grasp of public diplomacy on full display

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