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Jessica Collins

Labor’s Pacific plan: ticking the economic box

Melissa Conley Tyler

Ukraine: The view from Warsaw

Donna Weeks

Albanese steps cautiously through the Quad wrangle

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Antara Chakraborthy, Pravin Prakash 27 May 2022 11:00

A tale of two countries: interpreting The Kashmir Files

Once famed for their secular constitutions, India and Singapore have taken different tacks on religious vilification.
Jessica Collins 27 May 2022 10:00

Labor’s Pacific plan: ticking the economic box

Tightening up on fees charged for remittances will ensure millions of dollars get to households across the region.
Melissa Conley Tyler 27 May 2022 05:00

Ukraine: The view from Warsaw

More than offering neighbourly support, Poland wants to ensure Russia suffers a strategic defeat.
Philip Citowicki 26 May 2022 13:00

“Black ships”, the Quad and space

Satellite technology underpins the attempt to tackle China’s illegal fishing.
Donna Weeks 26 May 2022 11:00

Albanese steps cautiously through the Quad wrangle

Japan’s media enthusiastically covered the “diplomatic debut” of Australia’s new PM, expecting continuity over change.
Jenny Gordon 26 May 2022 03:00

Where to for trade policy?

Australia is building the micro foundations for global cooperation.
Di Brown, Kylie McKenna, Michele Rumsey 25 May 2022 11:00

PNG’s new health plan: “Leaving no one behind is everybody’s business”

A homegrown effort to empower healthy communities will still benefit from sustained international engagement.
Sam Roggeveen 25 May 2022 09:00

Australia enters the post-party phase of Western democracy

Get used to governing with wafer-thin majorities or as a minority.
Aidan Craney 25 May 2022 05:00

Pacific youth: challenges today need the leaders of tomorrow

On climate, geopolitics, recovering from pandemic, and more – it’s vital to engage youth populations across the region.

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Long Reads

Resetting Australia’s relationship with the Pacific – three ideas

Anna Gibert

Listen, for a start. Getting down to granular, person-to-person engagement is needed for effective regional diplomacy.
Back in the USSR – surprises in the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Tim Harcourt

It’d be funny, if it wasn’t so deadly serious.
Economic diplomacy: Slow dividends for Australia from ASEAN spending

Greg Earl

Amid the Ukraine sanctions showdown, an Indian trade deal looms as a pre-election win for the Morrison government.

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