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Are Beijing and Washington testing the dark forest hypothesis?
Are Beijing and Washington testing the dark forest hypothesis?
Last week, Netflix released Three-Body Problem, its widely anticipated TV adaptation of the acclaimed novels by science fiction author Liu Cixin. While met with broadly positive…
China and the great global AI governance divide
China and the great global AI governance divide
For all the common global purpose on the need to manage the risks associated with the rapid development of Artificial Intelligence, deep fissures about how to govern this new…
Don’t be timid about Trump, Australia, just roll with the punches
Don’t be timid about Trump, Australia, just roll with the punches
The late Allan Gyngell was right to characterise a “fear of abandonment” as a trait evident throughout the history of Australian foreign policy. Our fragile national ego has been…
Some allies are more equal than others
Some allies are more equal than others
Senator Don Farrell admitted overnight that he got himself into a “bit of trouble”. The Trade Minister, unaccustomed to leading the government’s international talking points in…
The ripple effects of NATO expansion
The ripple effects of NATO expansion
After lengthy diplomatic toing-and-froing, Sweden has been inducted into the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), with some pundits quipping that the Baltic Sea is now…
A summit between Japan and North Korea? About time
A summit between Japan and North Korea? About time
North Korea keeps on surprising. While Pyongyang is busy erasing all references to unification with South Korea, it is extending an olive branch to Japan. It all began early in…
Grand strategising: The view from outside
Grand strategising: The view from outside
Leaders make history, but not in circumstances of their choosing. One of us is a former Pentagon insider during the years of the Barack Obama presidency and knows that even well…
From confrontation to collaboration: Working together on critical minerals supply chains
From confrontation to collaboration: Working together on critical minerals supply chains
A recent article in the Australian Financial Review on the urgent “parachuting” of Chinese technicians to a troubled lithium processing plant in Western Australia has highlighted…
When war-planning and politics collide
When war-planning and politics collide
Book review: War on the Ballot: How the Election Cycle Shapes Presidential Decision-Making in War, by Andrew Payne (Colombia, 2023) Political scientist Andrew Payne…
Can South Korea become a global pivotal state?
Can South Korea become a global pivotal state?
“South Korea should no longer be confined to the Korean Peninsula but rise to the challenge of being what I have described as a ‘global pivotal state’, one that advances freedom,…