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Hong Kong 20 years after the handover: Locked in stasis

by Kerry Brown

Never has the hand of the Beijing state apparatus been more visible in the city.

Aid and development links: Contractors, WHO leadership, aid budgets and more

by Jonathan Pryke

The role of private contractors in the aid sector, how impact-measuring affects development, the link between resources and violence, and more.

An appetite for risk? Food security in the South Pacific

by Paula Hanasz

A relatively recent change in diet risks having a devastating effect on an entire generation of Pacific Islanders.

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Aid and development links: Contractors, WHO leadership, aid budgets and more

The Economist reports on the growing role of private contractors in the aid sector, citing many cases from Australia. Senate Estimates recently revealed that close to 20% of Australia’s aid program is now being delivered by ten contractors. Michael Kleinman’s article in the Guardian

By Jonathan Pryke

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Malcolm Turnbull is taking a pragmatic regional approach to China

Originally published in the Australian Financial Review

By Euan Graham

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Almost half of us fear China could become a threat

Originally published in The Australian

By Michael Fullilove, Alex Oliver

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Trump tarnishes America's standing Down Under

Originally published in the Wall Street Journal.

By Michael Fullilove, Alex Oliver

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RAAF’s decision on Syria raises more questions than it answers

Yesterday the Australian government announced the RAAF is temporarily ceasing operations over Syria. Although a Defence spokesman told the ABC that ‘force protection was regularly reviewed’, it is hard not to conclude the move was a response to the US downing of a Syrian jet and the subsequent

By Greg Colton

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India-Australia relations: Getting over the Quad blues

Last week the Indian warships INS Kamorta, INS Shivalik and INS Jyoti arrived in Western Australia’s port city of Fremantle to participate in a bilateral exercise. The military drills came close on the heels of a controversial decision by New Delhi to reject Canberra’s request for observer

By Abhijit Singh

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Back in focus: The United Nations Command in South Korea

Following his recent speech at the Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore, US Secretary of Defense James Mattis was asked a question about North Korea. This excerpt from his answer should be of interest to Australians, among others: We obviously work very, very closely with the United Nations Command.

By Euan Graham

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The 2017 Lowy Institute Poll Interactive

The 2017 Lowy Institute Poll looks at Australians' reactions to a turbulent year in world politics. The Poll, the thirtennth annual Poll by the Lowy Institute, examines attitudes to important issues such as the importance of the US alliance in the Trump era, renewable energy,

By Alex Oliver

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Belt and Road PPPs: Opportunities and pitfalls

China’s push for the new normal has seen its local governments convert to public-private partnerships (PPPs), long-term contracts between a private party and government to provide a public asset or service. More than 12,000 such projects worth around US$2 trillion have kicked off since public

By Craig Sugden

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Australia's reputation in China entrenched as greedy, untrustworthy and a US lapdog

Originally published in the Australian Financial Review.

By Merriden Varrall

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Hong Kong 20 years after the handover: Locked in stasis

Aid and development links: Contractors, WHO leadership, aid budgets and more

An appetite for risk? Food security in the South Pacific

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Two decades after the Asian Financial Crisis: Have the world's financial firefighters learned anything?

Aid and development links: Contractors, WHO leadership, aid budgets and more

Malcolm Turnbull is taking a pragmatic regional approach to China

Almost half of us fear China could become a threat

Trump tarnishes America's standing Down Under

RAAF’s decision on Syria raises more questions than it answers

India-Australia relations: Getting over the Quad blues

Back in focus: The United Nations Command in South Korea

The 2017 Lowy Institute Poll Interactive

Belt and Road PPPs: Opportunities and pitfalls

Australia's reputation in China entrenched as greedy, untrustworthy and a US lapdog

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