United States
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 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
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
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…
Commentary
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
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
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…
History repeats: A new (old) economic corridor emerges
The newly announced India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) seeks to reimagine the natural connectivity of eras past. Historic trading links between the Indian…
AUKUS as Big Science?
Alvin Weinberg, integral contributor to the infamous Manhattan Project, coined the term “Big Science” to describe the large-scale, often multi-nationally funded methods devised to…
The United States: More normal and less exceptional than you think
“American leadership is what holds the world together,” said US President Joe Biden in a televised national address last Friday. It was a comment bound to get a reaction, and…