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India’s underperforming ties to Vietnam
India’s underperforming ties to Vietnam
Book Review: India-Vietnam Relations: Development Dynamics and Strategic Alignment, by Reena Marwah and Le Thi Hang Nga (Springer Nature, 2021) ​In Vietnamese culture dissent…
It’s time Australia branded Russia’s Wagner Group a terrorist organisation
It’s time Australia branded Russia’s Wagner Group a terrorist organisation
The French parliament has recently designated Russia’s Wagner Group, led by Vladimir Putin’s “chef” Yevgenyi Prigozhin, as a terrorist organisation. Paris has called for the wider…
Chinese-Australian shouldn’t be limited to tick-box of citizenship
Commentary
Chinese-Australian shouldn’t be limited to tick-box of citizenship
A commentary first published in the The Australian on 9 May 2023.
Five potential global consequences of Sudan’s escalating conflict
Five potential global consequences of Sudan’s escalating conflict
In Sudan’s 67 years as an independent state, the country has known more times of war than peace. Half a million people died in the First Sudanese Civil War (1955–1972). Two…
Public holiday: ANZAC Day
Public holiday: ANZAC Day
Don’t reward the Taliban’s gender apartheid with recognition
Don’t reward the Taliban’s gender apartheid with recognition
Despite international condemnations and failed diplomatic engagement, the “Taliban 2.0” have deliberately instituted gender apartheid to optimise their political control in…
2023 Being Chinese in Australia Poll
Interactives
2023 Being Chinese in Australia Poll
The third Being Chinese in Australia: Public opinion in Chinese communities survey asks how Chinese-Australians see Australia and their place in it; how they consume news and…
Russia foreign policy: the search for new friends
Russia foreign policy: the search for new friends
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to its near-complete political and economic estrangement from the West. This has obliged Moscow to intensify reorientation of its foreign…
‘Cause I'm leavin’ on a jet plane
‘Cause I'm leavin’ on a jet plane
And as John Denver says, “Tell me that you’ll wait for me.” See you all when regular publishing resumes on Tuesday.   Image via Flickr user Cityswift
What “Utopia” got wrong about China and defence policy
What “Utopia” got wrong about China and defence policy
You’ve probably seen it on Twitter or Instagram. Maybe a friend emailed it to you, or maybe you were the sender. It gets waved around social media like a talisman that can settle…