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21 Jun 2021 14:00

The risks of escalating strategic competition in the Pacific Islands

Joanne Wallis

Becoming tangled in power politics can create divisions between – as well as within – nations across the region.
21 Jun 2021 12:30

Believing Biden

Daniel Woker

The US President has persuaded European allies of his values-based policy. But will such faith carry home?
21 Jun 2021 06:00

The battle for Africa

Nadège Rolland

A US-led coalition of Western democracies versus a China-led circle of developing friends.

News and Media

Frank Lowy lecture: An ambitious Australia

The Australian

Sir Frank Lowy calls for more migrants, fewer prime ministers

Australian Financial Review

China May Be Having 'Big Debate' on Trade War, Lowy's McGregor Says

Bloomberg Daybreak

Trumps Tells Apple To Move Production To U.S. After Company Raises Tariff Concerns

Ten Daily

Australia's Marise Payne: a China dove, hawk or parrot?

South China Morning Post

Beijing’s great game to win over Pacific’s small island states

Asia Times

Chinese President Xi Jinping Will Send a Close Ally in His Stead to North Korea’s Military Parade

TIME Magazine

Is it too quiet in emerging Asia?

ANZ Bluenotes

Why Australia loses prime ministers

The Economist

Fate of Nauru refugees casts shadow over Pacific conference

ABC

Audio: Bishop's Legacy, and a New Western Order

ABC RN Extra

Indonesia’s Widodo deflects criticism with cleric running mate

Financial Times

UN calls for genocide charges against Myanmar military

Financial Times

Audio: The morning after the leadership spill

ABC RN AM

Julie Bishop steps down as Foreign Minister

The Australian

Julie Bishop: 'well-liked, well-briefed and effective'

Sydney Morning Herald

Julie Bishop leaves a legacy, not a doctrine

Australian Financial Review

Audio: Is Australia an international joke?

ABC RN Drive

Scott Morrison Is a New Kind of Australian Prime Minister: An Evangelical Christian

New York Times

Spill puts a spanner in the works overseas

The Australian

Spill puts a spanner in the works overseasScott Morrison Becomes Australia’s Prime Minister After Back-Room Revolt

New York Times

Propaganda and politics figure in Xi's trade battle with Trump

Australian Financial Review

Liberal leadership chaos could jeopardise landmark Australia-Indonesia free trade deal

ABC Online

A week of whiplash in Australian politics -- and it's not over yet

CNN

Tonga called on Pacific islands to band together against China — then had a sudden change of heart

ABC

Audio: Uncertainty about what New Caledonian independence would look like

ABC RN Pacific Beat

Australia's population soars to 25m on brisk immigration

Nikkei Asian Review

Australian senator's call for Muslim ban is an outlier opinion in the country

CNBC

Turkey contagion bad timing for Indonesian President Joko Widodo

Australian Financial Review

Japan activated an elite marine unit for the first time since World War II to counter China — and it's getting ready for its first naval exercise

Business Insider Australia

Turnbull's China reset ends influence of China hawks

Australian Financial Review

World eyes on PNG’s emergence, financed by China

The Australian

Young people missing out on foreign aid funding: report

SBS

Indonesia president picks cleric as 2019 running mate

Financial Times

Pacific nations saddled with ‘onerous debts’, says Bishop

The Australian

China could overtake Australia as biggest donor to Pacific, if it pays up

CNN

Australia to Help Build Samoa Parliament in Latest Pacific Aid Pledge

New York Times

China’s commitment to the Pacific may be overstated

Financial Times

The rhetoric and the reality of Chinese aid in the Pacific

SBS

Huge increase in Chinese aid pledged to Pacific

The Guardian

China makes inroads on Pacific aid but Australia remains the stalwart, study finds

Sydney Morning Herald

China surges in Pacific aid race as Australia falls behind

The Australian

Audio: Why Australians are rethinking climate change

BBC World Service Radio

Audio: Multi-billion dollar infrastructure scheme for Asia Pacific region

ABC RN PM

Why Australia wants to build its own 'Belt and Road' scheme with Japan and the US to rival China's investment

ABC Online

Audio: Asia Power Index (ABC RN Big Ideas)

ABC RN Big Ideas

Exercise Kakadu: China to participate in Australia’s naval war games

The Australian

China to send a frigate to Australia for military exercises

Australian Financial Review

As China’s Woes Mount, Xi Jinping Faces Rare Rebuke at Home

The New York Times

Video: Australia by-elections: Corporate tax cuts and voter dissatisfaction

CNBC

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