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5 Aug 2020 06:00

The way to post-Covid recovery in the Indo-Pacific? Act now

Roland Rajah

If Australia wants to see future stability in the region, it needs to find ways to help today, not down the track.
4 Aug 2020 11:00

Covid and crime: Twin tests for Papua New Guinea

Shane McLeod

An audacious drug smuggling attempt and a coronavirus outbreak put pressure on PNG’s police chief.
4 Aug 2020 10:00

Defending Australia in a high-tech future

Thom Dixon

Australia must prioritise education and research, in science and humanities, too. Regional engagement may depend on it.

News and Media

Dodging blame, China urges US to stop hurling threats at North Korea

Washington Post

How visions of war could keep peace between US and North Korea

Globe and Mail

Why Trump's North Korea threat is the last thing China needs

CNN

North Korea: Julie Bishop warns of escalation as Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un trade threats

Sydney Morning Herald

Trump’s ‘Fire and Fury’ Threat Raises Alarm in Asia

New York Times

ASEAN set to hit China with a feather over North Korea

The Australian

Beijing sends warning with second naval drill in Yellow Sea

South China Morning Post

Experts divided on fallout for Australia of US-China trade fight

The Australian

Papua New Guinea prime minister returned in chaotic election

Nikkei Asian Review

Donald Trump: Australian politicians told how to deal with US President

The Australian

Trump 'cautious' on N Korea force: expert

The Australian

'Lord of misrule': Australian thinktank delivers scathing assessment of Trump

The Guardian

Australia must 'work around' erratic Trump

Sky News

Australia should take Trump's trade threats against China 'very seriously'

Sydney Morning Herald

US companies review Papua New Guinea timber imports

Financial Times

Men arrested over Sydney plane bomb plot had links to Syria

Sydney Morning Herald

Discontents: identity, politics and institutions in a time of populism

The Conversation

New UK carriers to sail through disputed Asian seas

Financial Times

Chinese spy ship off Queensland's coast: Was its activity legal?

ABC Radio Australia

Chinese military ships are popping up everywhere – and highlighting an embarrassing double standard

Quartz

Statement on the Lowy Institute Media Lecture

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Statement on the Lowy Institute Media Lecture

Media release

The Lowy Institute Media Award recognises excellence in Australian foreign affairs journalism. Each year a distinguished panel of judges gives this Award to an Australian

RBA sending a warning shot on rates: John Edwards

The Australian

Indonesia Sounds a Soft Warning in Renaming Part of Disputed Sea

Voice of America

China bans Winnie the Pooh over internet jokes comparing him to President Xi Jinping

ABC RN The World Today

Australia to sit on UN Human Rights Council for first time

ABC RN Breakfast

Indonesia renames part of South China Sea

Straits Times

Indonesia renames part of maritime economic zone in defiance of Beijing

ABC News

China to set up new military base in Djibouti

ABC RN The World Today

Asserting sovereignty, Indonesia renames part of South China Sea

Reuters

Indonesian decree dangerous: rights groups

West Australian

Feud over Qatar deepens: expert

ABC RN The World Today

Indonesia bans dangerous 'mass organisations'

Sky News

Australia's Central Bank Uses Obscure Rule to Justify Rate Stance

Bloomberg

Australia’s Special Forces Are Accused of Killing Civilians. What Needs to Change?

New York Times

Defeat of Islamic State in Mosul not the end of Iraq's deadly crisis: analysts

ABC RN The World Today

RBA will keep rates on hold until 2018 — Edwards

Herald Sun

Vote counting begins in Papua New Guinea amid electoral roll confusion

Reuters

Lowy Institute Media Award lecture to be named in honour of Mark Colvin

Media statement

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Lowy Institute Media Award lecture to be named in honour of Mark Colvin

Media release

Update: Statement on the Lowy Institute Media Award Lecture. Lowy Institute Media Award

Trump Taunts North Korea Over Missile Test, But U.S. Policy Remains Unclear

New York Magazine

North Korea ICBM poses ‘global threat’ as Japan, allies weigh options

Japan Times

North Korea's intercontinental missile test: What does it mean for Australia?

ABC News

North Korea tests missile it claims can reach 'anywhere in the world'

CNN

US, China relations begin to cool as Trump's honeymoon with Xi ends

CNN

Rates on the way up: Ex RBA board member

ABC RN Counterpoint

Interest rate rises won't happen overnight, but they will happen

Sydney Morning Herald

Electoral fraud claims disrupt Papua New Guinea elections

Deuctshe Welle

China builds new missile shelters on South China Sea islands

Financial Times

John Howard and a former warlord praise Australia's Solomon Islands mission

Sydney Morning Herald

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