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18 Apr 2019 16:00

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18 Apr 2019 14:30

Seeing what you want in Belt and Road

Nick Bisley

China’s sprawling infrastructure program has become a test of attitudes that tells us more about the analyst than BRI.
18 Apr 2019 13:00

Don’t rely on luck: making the most of the FTA with Indonesia

Melissa Crouch

It is time to put Indonesian back on the priority list of languages to be studied in Australia.

News and Media

Australia takes over Solomon Islands internet cable amid spies' concerns about China

Sydney Morning Herald

Myanmar accuses Bill Richardson of 'personal attack' as row deepens

The Guardian

Turkish offensive against Syrian Kurds risks greater tensions with US

Stars and Stripes

What role do arms sales play in China’s geopolitical ambitions?

World Politics Review

One year of President Trump: What has it meant for Australia?

SBS

Zombies, bubbles and the hidden risks of record low interest rates

Sydney Morning Herald

Questions over Beijing's rising loans to Pacific nations

Straits Times

Is China building roads to nowhere in the Pacific?

The Diplomat

Australia and Japan eye military co-operation pact

Financial Times

IMF’s timely warning on debt

The Australian

Australia fears decline in Chinese students over ‘treason’ laws

Times Higher Education

IMF worried over Pacific islands’ debt to China

The Australian

Korean War allies talk tactics to deal with Pyongyang

The Australian

Southeast Asia’s strongmen are looking forward to elections in 2018

Quartz

North Korea agrees to send orchestra to South as Pyongyang’s harsh words cast cloud over Olympic talks

Japan Times

Audio: A Foreign Affair

ABC RN Saturday Extra

Audio: Pacific aid row raises questions about Australia's own programs

ABC RN Breakfast

China protests Australia criticism of Chinese aid in Pacific

New York Times

China protests Australia criticism of Chinese aid in Pacific

Washington Post

China lodges diplomatic complaint following Australian minister's comments

Sydney Morning Herald

China protests Australia criticism of Chinese aid in Pacific

CNBC

Minister’s Attack on China over Pacific is ‘clumsy’ says Penny Wong

The Australian

Audio: Australia is still the largest partner of Pacific Islands region

ABC RN The World Today

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Mapping Chinese aid in the Pacific

Media release

Coalition attack on China over Pacific aid

The Australian

Video: President Oprah?

Channel 10 The Project

Audio: Does the Islamisation of politics in Indonesia and Malaysia pose any global risk?

ABC RN PM

Audio: North and South Korea agree to hold diplomatic talks

2GB

A look at China's pervasive attempts to exert its influence around the world

LA Times

TPP: Could UK really join Pacific trade group?

BBC

Video: Chinese pressure on North Korea only goes so far

CNBC

Fears of Chinese spying prompt Canberra to consider funding Solomon Islands seabed cable

Financial Times

Audio: The year in Asia

ABC RN Breakfast

South China Sea: How 2017's forgotten flashpoint could flare again

CNN

Audio: North Korea missile testing and diplomatic visits

ABC RN Saturday Extra

What do the world's most significant diplomatic networks look like - including North Korea's?

ABC The World

Alex Oliver talks to Beverley O'Connor on ABC The World program following the release of the latest Lowy Institute Global Diplomacy Index, which now covers 60 nations.

Australia and Indonesia fail to meet free-trade deal deadline

Sydney Morning Herald

North Korea accused financier ‘just an amateur’

The Australian

Hidden in Plain Sight: Australia’s Foreign Workers

The Diplomat

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Lowy Institute appoints Richard McGregor as a Senior Fellow

Media release

The Lowy Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of Richard McGregor as a Senior Fellow. Richard is one of the world’s leading writers and commentators on Asia. He served as the

Sydney man charged with acting as agent for North Korea

ABC News

North Korea's Australian 'agent' probably wanted to sell missile secrets to other countries, experts say

ABC News

Australian man accused of brokering North Korean missiles

Financial Times

Australian tried to sell missile parts for North Korea, police say

New York Times

Indonesia court rejects bid to ban gay and extramarital sex

Financial Times

Australian lawmaker to resign amid global allegations of Chinese meddling

Washington Post

Should Australia treat China as friend or foe?

New York Times

China: malign or misunderstood?

ABC Local Radio Nightlife

End-of-year deal on Indonesia Australia free trade agreement in doubt

Sydney Morning Herald

China or the US? Australia's tricky balancing act

CNN

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