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The abandoning of Afghanistan is all about a shift to diplomacy and deal-making, not firepower and force. Originally published in the Australian Financial Review

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How Biden's China doctrine can swing the pendulum back

A shift toward the center is more likely in coming months. Originally published in Nikkei Asia Review

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The trouble with Washington’s ‘Rules-Based Order’ gambit

Improved U.S. compliance with international norms would greatly enhance U.S. defense of the rules-based international order. Originally published in The Diplomat

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Rules Based Audio (Episode 1): In Conversation with John Ikenberry

In an increasingly contested world, basic questions about how the world works, and how it should work, are being asked anew. In Rules Based Audio we will be posing those questions to some of the world’s leading thinkers and practitioners. This podcast series is part of the Lowy Institute’s Rules

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Decoding intelligence on Afghanistan

An official inquiry should answer much wider questions about the US mission than only those of the final few weeks.

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Defending the liberal international order

John Ikenberry takes a long view of the success and failures of efforts to make “a world safe for democracy”.

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Australia right to back Biden on democracy

Foreign policy trade-offs are an uncomfortable truth on the road to rules-based freedom.

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Rules-based order: What’s in a name?

The genesis, rise and complex ambitions of one of the most speculated about concepts in global politics right now.

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Australians need clarity on war or peace

A formal annual threat assessment from the government is better than the shapeless war talk voters are getting at the moment. Originally published in The Australian Financial Review

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Quad’s great leap forward leaves free trade behind

Originally published in The Australian

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The US and the Rules-Based Order: Testing the plan

A frank new guidance document shows that in directing his foreign policy, Joe Biden still has to resolve means and ends.

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Lowy Institute Conversations: The United States and the Rules-Based Order

In this episode of Lowy Institute Conversations, Lowy Institute Director of Australia’s Security and the Rules-Based Order project, Ben Scott, sits down with Stacie Goddard and Michael Mazarr to discuss the United States and the rules-based order

By Ben Scott

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The United States and the Rules‑Based Order

Six experts debate America's approach to the rules-based order

By Madeleine Nyst, Ben Scott, Michael J. Mazarr

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We can’t combat China’s ‘grey zone’ war while polarised

Originally published in The Australian

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Australia needs America to follow global rules too

Australia's troubles with China won't end until its US ally starts more actively supporting a rules-based world order itself. Originally published in the Australian Financial Review

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Can Trumpism live without Trump?

Might a more competent Republican leader turn this movement into a far more powerful force? Or will the bloc splinter?

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But what does “rules-based order” mean?

For Australia to shape the future order, it will have to get more specific about what it wants.

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Australia's Security and the Rules-Based Order: Tracking a Decade of Policy Evolution

In this feature, we identify ten recurring propositions about the rules-based order and show it's evolution through national debate and government policy. Explore how the rules-based order has developed over time and in meaning with experts offering inside commentary along the way

By Ben Scott, Madeleine Nyst, Sam Roggeveen

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Smart China choices

Australia’s relationship with China is unavoidably asymmetric. That shouldn’t stop Australia finding a competitive edge.

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China and the Rules‑Based Order

Seven experts debate China’s approach to the rules‑based international order

By Ben Scott, Nadège Rolland, John Culver, David Kelly

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Hidden seams in the UAE-Israel deal

It’s all about Iran, right? Actually, the agreement has more to do with managing the US and China.

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Book review: “The false promise of liberal order”

A contrarian view on a cherished historical narrative and the necessity of “dark bargains with illiberal forces”.

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COVIDcast: Salvaging the liberal international order

In this episode of COVIDcast, Ben Scott, Lowy Institute Director of the Rules Based Order Project, sat down with Bobo Lo to discuss Bobo’s new Lowy Institute Analysis: “Global Order in the Shadow of the Coronavirus: China, Russia and the West”.

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Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Inquiry into the Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic for Australia's Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade

Joint submission by Lowy Institute researchers to the JSCFADT inquiry into the implications of the pandemic.

By Ben Bland, Alexandre Dayant, John Edwards, Michael Fullilove, Bonnie S Glaser, Stephen Grenville, Natasha Kassam, Lydia Khalil, Hervé Lemahieu , Richard McGregor, Shane McLeod, Annmaree O’Keeffe, Alex Oliver, Jonathan Pryke, Roland Rajah, Sam Roggeveen, Ben Scott

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Five Eyes: Blurring the lines between intelligence and policy

Intelligence sharing is one thing. Aligning policy with the same brand risks making too exclusive a grouping.

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Why Australia hasn't given up on a rules-based world order

Putting 'negative globalism' talk aside, strategic shocks are forcing Canberra to think about an international system that can protect sovereignty and prevent great power conflict. Originally published in the Australian Financial Review

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Australia must enter the grey zone to counter threats of the future

Originally published in The Canberra Times

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Emerging From COVID: Policy Responses To The Pandemic

In this new feature, Lowy Institute experts provide policy recommendations for Australia to address issues that are critical to our nation’s — and the world’s — successful emergence from the pandemic

By Alex Oliver, Natasha Kassam, Richard McGregor, Roland Rajah, Ben Scott, Sam Roggeveen, Hervé Lemahieu , Stephen Grenville, Alyssa Leng, John Edwards, Ben Bland, Alexandre Dayant, Shane McLeod, Jonathan Pryke

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Emerging from COVID: Policy Responses to the Pandemic

Lowy Institute experts provide policy recommendations for Australia to address issues that are critical to our nation's — and the world's — successful emergence from the pandemic

By Ben Bland, Alexandre Dayant, John Edwards, Stephen Grenville, Natasha Kassam, Hervé Lemahieu , Richard McGregor, Shane McLeod, Alex Oliver, Jonathan Pryke, Roland Rajah, Sam Roggeveen, Ben Scott

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How to fight China's cyber-warriors

We must persuade Beijing that it should do it as it would be done by in cyber space. Rules are much better than retaliation. Originally published in the Australian Financial Review.

By Ben Scott