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Richard McGregor 27 Nov 2020 13:00

Fareed Zakaria on Australia’s “opportunity” between the US and China

Inspiration from a tiny giant in Southeast Asia might help Australia find a way through multiple diplomatic obstacles.
Erin Watson-Lynn 27 Nov 2020 12:00

Prospects for a G20 “pandemic treaty”

Spared the “theatre of summitry”, the next leaders of the grouping now have a chance to get on with the job.
Andrew Hunter 27 Nov 2020 10:30

Port Adelaide to Shanghai: Sports diplomacy and the long road ahead

When a sports club thinks strategically, governments can benefit too.
Oriana Skylar Mastro 27 Nov 2020 06:00

Beijing’s line on the South China Sea: “Nothing to see here”

China’s official denials of growing military capability in the region look a lot like gaslighting.
David Hopkins 26 Nov 2020 13:00

Myanmar’s military-backed opposition party stares into political abyss

An electoral failure might be a repudiation of the military’s influence in politics – but not its irrelevance.
Renee Jeffery 26 Nov 2020 11:00

Who was Hugo Grotius and what is a “Grotian world”?

The PM extols a philosopher who put moral conduct at the centre of international relations.
Lisa Louis 26 Nov 2020 05:00

The outlines of a European policy on the Indo-Pacific

Germany and the Netherlands have new strategies for the Indo-Pacific, and maybe the beginnings of a common EU stance.
Jeffrey Robertson 25 Nov 2020 14:00

In search of a middle-power rethink on North Korea policy

An international commission could potentially transform an outdated and failed approach to the Korean peninsula.
Ian Hill 25 Nov 2020 06:00

A Biden presidency and US-Russia relations

The new US administration will certainly push back harder on the Kremlin, but there may also be chances for engagement.

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Back to the future: Will Biden’s Asia policy come full circle?

Zack Cooper

Hopes might be high for a new US administration. But polls show views on regional challenges have changed markedly, too.
Small hope for justice in Mexico’s deadly “war on drugs”

Ann Deslandes

Outrage over the 2014 disappearance of 43 students and the demand for national reckoning has far-reaching implications.
Thailand: Military, monarchy and the masses

Craig Keating

To understand today’s protests, look to the decades past and the country’s incomplete transition to democracy.

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Fareed Zakaria on Australia’s “opportunity” between the US and China

Prospects for a G20 “pandemic treaty”

Port Adelaide to Shanghai: Sports diplomacy and the long road ahead

Beijing’s line on the South China Sea: “Nothing to see here”

Myanmar’s military-backed opposition party stares into political abyss

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Fareed Zakaria on Australia’s “opportunity” between the US and China

Beijing’s line on the South China Sea: “Nothing to see here”

Who was Hugo Grotius and what is a “Grotian world”?

Explore

Fareed Zakaria on Australia’s “opportunity” between the US and China

Prospects for a G20 “pandemic treaty”

Port Adelaide to Shanghai: Sports diplomacy and the long road ahead

Beijing’s line on the South China Sea: “Nothing to see here”

Myanmar’s military-backed opposition party stares into political abyss

Who was Hugo Grotius and what is a “Grotian world”?

The outlines of a European policy on the Indo-Pacific

In search of a middle-power rethink on North Korea policy

A Biden presidency and US-Russia relations

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Back to the future: Will Biden’s Asia policy come full circle?

Small hope for justice in Mexico’s deadly “war on drugs”

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