Mercedes Page
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Mercedes Page is a former senior fellow at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute and a former Fellow with the Schmidt Futures International Strategy Forum. She previously worked for the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, where she held a number of roles. She is the founder and former CEO of Young Australians in International Affairs.
Loyalty over competence: A historical novel for the modern age
Malcolm Knox’s dark comedy about power and paranoia in Stalin’s Russia carries an enduring wisdom.
Australia names and shames in its fight against foreign interference
Publicly attributing interference campaigns may become the new gold standard.
With travel back, summit diplomacy is revamped
The foreign policy calendar for 2023 is stacked for a big year of geopolitics.
Avenging the century of humiliation, one artefact at a time
The looting of Beijing’s “Garden of Eternal Brightness” by European armies in 1860 lingers in tales of the diaspora.
A neck-and-neck election for the future of the internet
As the war in Ukraine goes from bad to worse, Russia may still win a vote to reshape the net as we know it.
A tragedy in Xinjiang, a tragedy for the UN
A long-delayed report finding human rights abuses – though damning – is a sign of China’s level of influence at the United Nations.
Unpacking China’s Global Development Initiative
Red flags should be flying about Beijing’s latest challenge to the international development agenda.
Multilateralism matters again
The world’s big challenges – and main priorities for Australia – are best tackled by cooperation.
A required update for the EU-US Trade and Tech Council
As authoritarian challenges loom, more transatlantic cooperation on technology should be welcome news for Australia.
The Sydney Morning Herald
12 September 2022
