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Economic statecraft with American characteristics
Economic statecraft with American characteristics
Once upon a time, trade policy was a bit dull and the preserve of pointy-headed specialists. Its ends were rarely scrutinised. Its means were obscure to the public and largely…
Rise of the Redback
Rise of the Redback
In August, Beijing threw a lifeline to Argentina, a serial defaulter in sovereign debt, by arranging to pay back in yuan half of a US$2.7 billion instalment of an emergency loan…
A delicate dance: latest India allegations test the rules
A delicate dance: latest India allegations test the rules
Extraordinary new allegations have been levelled against India over an alleged assassination plot in the United States, featured on the front page of today’s Financial Times. The…
Economic diplomacy: Hits and misses for Project Diversify
Economic diplomacy: Hits and misses for Project Diversify
Trading places Stabilisation has been word of the month in Australia’s international economic relations as the Albanese government has sought to unravel the remaining Chinese…
The Bletchley Park artificial intelligence summit: Good optics, less substance
The Bletchley Park artificial intelligence summit: Good optics, less substance
The Lowy Institute’s Lydia Khalil gave us a guide in these pages to UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s two-day artificial intelligence summit, hosted by the United Kingdom this month…
1947 and now
1947 and now
A Moscow leader aggressively expanding. Conflict between Jews and Palestinians. An unpopular Democratic president in the United States suffering a polling slump one year before…
Ukraine: 2024 headwinds
Ukraine: 2024 headwinds
This week saw the US House of Representatives finally elect a new Speaker after a long and rancorous debate. A bill to fund continued American support for Ukraine’s war effort is…
The United States is more normal and less exceptional than you think
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The United States is more normal and less exceptional than you think
Originally published in Channel News Asia on 25 October 2023.
The future isn’t what it used to be
The future isn’t what it used to be
Who’d be a young person? The answer used to be an unambiguous cry of “me”. Nowadays, the response is a bit more half-hearted. Or it is for anyone paying attention, at least. In…
Instead of worrying about Trump, see the benefits of Biden
Instead of worrying about Trump, see the benefits of Biden
On the heels of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s visit to Washington last week, which the Biden administration used to convey many messages of support for the US-Australia…