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15 Jul 2020 06:00

Another independence referendum looms in New Caledonia

Jon Fraenkel , Anthony Tutugoro

The Covid-19 crisis has been a major controversy, but almost every issue is divided on pro- and anti-independence lines.
14 Jul 2020 13:00

Putting study abroad on ice carries a diplomatic cost

Iona Main

The benefits of international education come from cultural capital and influence – Covid-19 is putting these at risk.
14 Jul 2020 12:00

A high-risk, low-reward defence posture

Victor Abramowicz

What exactly does Australia showing “willingness” to use force look like? And where does it lead?

News and Media

Australia set to be part of Trump's G7 expansion

Sydney Morning Herald

Hong Kong could become globally isolated over time

CNBC

US is not going to be motivated to fight ‘another Cold War’

Sky News Australia

Carbon road map winning few friends, little influence

Sydney Morning Herald

Richard McGregor on China, Australia Tensions (Radio)

Bloomberg

Chinese newspaper labels Australia 'a giant kangaroo that serves as a dog to the US'

Sky News Australia

Unveiling post-COVID China's future at the biggest show in Beijing

Sydney Morning Herald

Chinese Communist Party's National People's Congress to be more subdued than usual

ABC RN Breakfast

Australia Risks Getting Dragged Into U.S.-China Spat, Economists Say

Bloomberg

Australia-New Zealand travel bubble with Fiji and Pacific islands ‘can counter China’

South China Morning Post

China Faces Angry World Seeking Virus Answers at Key WHO Meeting

Bloomberg News

China Considers More Economic Pain for Australia on Virus Spat

Bloomberg News

China has tamed the coronavirus – now for the economy

Australian Financial Review

Criminal justice system faces trial as Diggers investigated for ‘war crimes’

The Australian

Inside Trump’s coronavirus meltdown

Financial Times

Aussies trust PM and ABC in crisis: poll

Channel 7 News

Pandemic dents Australians’ views of both China and the United States

The Conversation

China's standing plunges among Australians

Australian Financial Review

Coronavirus: Survey shows massive support for our government, but China and the US are on the nose

The Australian

Morrison is playing a long game with China as the world is watching

The Australian

'Dangerous, damaging': China trade dispute triggers national division

Sydney Morning Herald

Coronavirus pandemic has changed how Australians see China and the United States

news.com.au

Australians deliver scathing judgment of Trump’s Covid-19 response

Financial Times

For China's aggressive new diplomacy, coronavirus is both a crisis and an opportunity

CNN

Murky origins: why China will never welcome a global inquiry into the source of COVID-19

The Conversation

China's post-pandemic shopping spree: how coronavirus strengthens the Belt and Road Initiative

Sydney Morning Herald

Europe leads push for global coronavirus response as China and US trade accusations

South China Morning Post

With angry words around the world, China uses COVID-19 pandemic to take on superpower mantle

The Globe and Mail

Islands in sun bask in virus battle result

Australian Financial Review

Taiwan counters China's isolation campaign with mask diplomacy

Nikkei Asian Review

China rejects call for independent scrutiny of virus origins

Australian Financial Review

Australia to use coronavirus suppression to push diplomatic weight

Sydney Morning Herald

This Tiny Nation Has Zero Coronavirus Cases. After a Devastating Cyclone, It’s Refusing Foreign Aid Workers to Keep It That Way

TIME Magazine

CNN Newsroom Transcript: 17 April 2020

CNN

Labor warns Australia cannot afford to turn its back on global bodies like the World Health Organization

The Guardian

Multilateralism and the Nation State

Lowy Institute

COVID-19 to push 8 per cent of world's population into poverty

ABC RN Breakfast

In sickness and wealth

The Australian

Johnson's hospitalisation exposes potential flaw in the British system

Sydney Morning Herald

International relations’ hottest states are not the great powers

The Washington Post

Small, Far-Flung Pacific Islands Are Combating COVID-19 Just Like The Rest Of Us

National Public Radio

Australia steps up medical support for South Pacific

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cracks emerge in Australia's wartime cabinet structure

Australian Financial Review

China could use virus to challenge Pacific 'step up'

Australian Financial Review

Even tiny Pacific islands cannot escape covid-19

The Economist

‘A mess in America’: Why Asia now looks safer than the U.S. in the coronavirus crisis

Los Angeles Times

Lowy Institute Events and COVID-19

In light of the rapid evolution of the coronavirus COVID-19, the Lowy Institute is keeping a close watch on the situation to ensure we have appropriate procedures in place to protect the health and safety of our visitors and staff.

Asia aid slashed in shift to Pacific

The Australian

China Draws Myanmar Closer with Visit from President Xi

VOA News

As fires rage, Australia sees its leader as missing in action

The New York Times

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