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Erin Hurley

America and China: Imagining the worst

Bryan R. Early , Erik Gartzke

No surprise: Spying from space is a good thing

James Laurenceson

Will the Five Eyes stare down China’s economic coercion?

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Philip Citowicki 20 Apr 2021 10:00

Roosevelt’s lessons for nations across generations

Over a century ago, Theodore Roosevelt declared “the quality of the leaders is all-important”. It’s as true now as then.
Justice Gua 20 Apr 2021 06:00

Accountability is the path to better governance in PNG

A more inclusive environment and more responsive public-service initiatives will lessen the citizen-state divide.
Matthew Sussex 19 Apr 2021 12:00

Sticks and carrots in Biden’s Russia strategy

Washington deserves two cheers for its early moves against Moscow. But the approach remains fundamentally reactive.
Erin Hurley 19 Apr 2021 10:00

America and China: Imagining the worst

A little well-crafted speculation can shake off complacency and allow people to focus on the true challenge.
Bryan R. Early, Erik Gartzke 19 Apr 2021 06:00

No surprise: Spying from space is a good thing

With countries all watching each other, there is less chance anyone is caught off guard – a deterrent to aggression.
Dick Grant 16 Apr 2021 12:00

Light at the beginning of the tunnel?

A look at the first months of the Biden administration gives cause for optimism – and caution.
Khang Vu 16 Apr 2021 10:00

South Korea on North Korea: Keep on keeping on

Moon Jae-in wants diplomacy to work with Kim Jong-un and is determined to push ahead.
Anita Inder Singh 16 Apr 2021 06:00

Russia’s Asia diplomacy

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s visits to Beijing, New Delhi and Islamabad showed Moscow still has clout in the region.
James Laurenceson 15 Apr 2021 12:00

Will the Five Eyes stare down China’s economic coercion?

Trade figures suggest promises to “have Australia’s back” are yet to be matched by economic solidarity.

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Long Reads

An interim government would bring ruin to Afghanistan

Nishank Motwani

A US proposal to dissolve the Afghan administration risks a tragic repeat of the past.
Can vaccines offer an exit plan from Covid-19?

Raina MacIntyre

Extraordinary global efforts are bearing fruit, but not all vaccines will be equal – in efficacy or to escape pandemic.
The strange connections of isolation

Melissa Conley Tyler

Reflecting on a year when a virus closed borders and drove us all together.

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Nikola Mikovic 14 Apr 2021 11:30

Serbia’s vaccine diplomacy: Balancing China and the West

The politics of Covid have tangled up countries across the world – but that’s not always a drawback.
James Laurenceson 15 Apr 2021 12:00

Will the Five Eyes stare down China’s economic coercion?

Trade figures suggest promises to “have Australia’s back” are yet to be matched by economic solidarity.
Michael Altman-Lupu , Matthew Bugher 15 Apr 2021 05:00

Thailand’s sweeping associations law courts disaster

Draft legislation to strictly control all kinds of groups could crush civil society and drive out foreign organisations.
Susan Thornton 12 Apr 2021 17:00

The Quad (finally) delivers: Can it be sustained?

The future of the grouping might well be determined by China’s behaviour.
Samuel Bashfield 2 Mar 2021 06:00

Agalega: A glimpse of India’s remote island military base

Satellite imagery reveals the transformation of an Indian Ocean island into a strategic outpost. Many questions remain.
Roland Rajah 8 Apr 2021 05:00

The big bark but small bite of China’s trade coercion

Targeted sanctions on Australian exports have affected billions in trade, but the real damage has been limited.

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