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China’s Military Display and Its Indo-Pacific Message
Commentary
China’s Military Display and Its Indo-Pacific Message
Originally published on Center for Strategic & International Studies
The UN at Eighty: Multilateralism in Crisis
Commentary
The UN at Eighty: Multilateralism in Crisis
Originally published in Global Memos on Council of Councils 
Bougainville’s future: A roadmap for development
Policy Brief
Bougainville’s future: A roadmap for development
The singular focus of Bougainville’s elected leaders on the goal of independence has overshadowed the practical challenges of running a new country and how political independence…
Hard New World
Commentary
Hard New World
Originally published in the Quarterly Essay
Understanding Democratic Erosion
Special Feature
Understanding Democratic Erosion
A special interactive tool maps how different drivers of democratic erosion interact, reinforce one another, and create feedback loops that accelerate decline.
Spy games: how China could take Taiwan without a war
Commentary
Spy games: how China could take Taiwan without a war
Originally published in The Australian Financial Review