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  • 11 hours ago
    • Global Economy
    • Geo-economics
    • United States

    Economic statecraft with American characteristics

    Mark Beeson , Van Jackson
    The United States keeps pitching Asia regional deals for economic arrangements that are not politically viable at home.
  • 2 days ago
    • China
    • Global Economy
    • Debt
    • Global Issues
    • United States

    Rise of the Redback

    Selwyn Parker
    The US dollar remain the dominant currency. But China – and others – are driving the yuan as an alternative.
  • 23 Nov 2023
    • India
    • Australia
    • Canada
    • United States

    A delicate dance: latest India allegations test the rules

    Daniel Flitton
    How far can “strategic trust” be stretched?
  • 23 Nov 2023
    • Asia
    • Australia
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • United States

    Economic diplomacy: Hits and misses for Project Diversify

    Greg Earl
    India and Vietnam are the rising new trade partners as business cools on China amid new American protectionism.
  • 15 Nov 2023
    • Australia
    • European Union
    • United Kingdom
    • Technology
    • United States

    The Bletchley Park artificial intelligence summit: Good optics, less substance

    José-Miguel Bello y Villarino , Kimberlee Weatherall
    A jumbled collection of commonplace platitudes does not a remarkable outcome make.
  • 13 Nov 2023
    • Middle East Conflict
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • Middle East
    • Israel
    • United States

    1947 and now

    Steve Casey
    Strife in the Middle East, hyper-partisans in the US Congress, and Russian troops on the march. We've been here before.
  • 2 Nov 2023
    • Europe
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • United States

    Ukraine: 2024 headwinds

    Mick Ryan
    A country already severely tested will face challenges in politics, maintaining global attention, and ensuring the necessities of war.
  • 1 Nov 2023
    • India
    • India's Economy
    • Europe
    • Europe's Economy
    • Trade
    • Middle East
    • Iran
    • Israel
    • Saudi Arabia
    • United Arab Emirates
    • United States
    • US Economy

    History repeats: A new (old) economic corridor emerges

    Ved Shinde
    Renewed connectivity between India, the Middle East and Europe shows how maps are temporary, but geography persists.
  • 30 Oct 2023
    • Australia in the World
    • Global Issues
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability
    • United States
    • US Elections

    The future isn’t what it used to be

    Mark Beeson
    Will a revolution be the way the world’s young people right the wrongs of the modern era?
  • 30 Oct 2023
    • Australia
    • United States

    Instead of worrying about Trump, see the benefits of Biden

    Erin Hurley
    The opportunity now is to grow the understanding in Washington of the value provided by the US-Australia alliance.
  • 25 Oct 2023
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • United Kingdom
    • Technology
    • United States

    AUKUS as Big Science?

    Marigold Black
    With all the focus on nuclear-powered submarines, are we missing a chance to achieve something truly transformative?
  • 24 Oct 2023
    • United States

    The United States: More normal and less exceptional than you think

    Sam Roggeveen
    The exceptionalist mindset sees vital interests in every corner of the globe – only acts otherwise in practice.
  • 24 Oct 2023
    • Australia
    • Australia's Economy
    • United States
    • US Economy

    How should Australia react to Bidenomics?

    Stephen Grenville
    Difference in philosophy is not to be feared.
  • 18 Oct 2023
    • China
    • China's Economy
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australia's Trade
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Global Economy
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Trade
    • United States
    • US Economy

    Australia must play the geoeconomics game, or risk being side-lined

    Naoise McDonagh
    The world is moving away from a rules-based order and towards power politics. Is Canberra ready?
  • 13 Oct 2023
    • Australia
    • Canada
    • The Trump Presidency
    • United States
    • Review

    Imagining Trump’s second term

    Mark Pierce
    Could Canada cope? Might Australia? Two books on the “vice in the chest and tightness in the stomach” prospect.
  • 11 Oct 2023
    • Global Economy
    • United States
    • Recommendations

    The Fix: “Get your kicks…”

    Jenny Gordon
    Your weekly Interpreter feature to rake up resources and reads you might otherwise miss.
  • 10 Oct 2023
    • Ukraine
    • United States

    McCarthy’s fall and the far-right influence on American foreign policy

    Emma Shortis
    Critical support for Ukraine’s war effort could be torpedoed by a small minority of US congressional extremists.
  • 6 Oct 2023
    • Australia
    • United States

    How Australia features in Trump’s crosshairs

    Daniel Flitton
    Another Trumpian persecution again has an alliance partner connection.
  • 2 Oct 2023
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • United States

    Ukraine counteroffensive makes gains but dark clouds loom in Washington

    Adam Simpson
    Successful attacks and talk of new missile systems shifts momentum in Kyiv’s favour provided that political support is sustained.
  • 26 Sep 2023
    • China and the Pacific
    • United States

    US under pressure to conclude compact agreements in the North Pacific

    Patricia O’Brien
    Free association deals have been central to Washington’s Pacific engagement for forty years. Will new deadlines be met?
  • 22 Sep 2023
    • United Nations
    • Pacific Islands
    • Papua New Guinea
    • Solomon Islands
    • Tonga
    • Vanuatu
    • United States

    The US–Pacific Islands Partnership, one year on

    Meg Keen , Daniel Mandell
    Recognising that it cannot go it alone, Washington needs to coordinate its development efforts with like-minded partners.    
  • 21 Sep 2023
    • Japan
    • South Korea
    • United States

    The Camp David Agreement’s shallow foundations

    Henry Storey
    A new trilateral security arrangement could precipitate unintended and deleterious consequences for the US–Korea alliance.
  • 18 Sep 2023
    • China
    • Seychelles
    • Australia
    • United States
    • Africa

    Seychelles: Washington comes calling

    Ashton Robinson
    Small island states are back on the diplomatic agenda with the West looking for strategic depth in the Indian Ocean region.
  • 12 Sep 2023
    • Asean
    • Vietnam
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • United States

    Amid great power visits, don’t underestimate middle power cooperation

    Melissa Conley Tyler
    With Vietnam supercharging its relationship with the United States, Australia may be next.
  • 4 Sep 2023
    • China
    • Climate change
    • United States

    Climate justice: friendshoring, China’s supremacy and America’s IR Act

    Michelle Lyons
    The goal of ensuring equitable outcomes through the energy transition must be global.
  • 28 Aug 2023
    • Southeast Asia
    • Pacific Islands
    • United States

    Indo-Pacific strategy: Uniting all the players on the board

    Saba Sattar
    Trouble in the Pacific shows that an aligned approach across the sub-regions is essential in the contest with China.
  • 28 Aug 2023
    • Japan
    • Australia
    • Cyber Security
    • Cyber Warfare
    • Emerging Threats
    • Multilateral Institutions
    • United Nations
    • United States

    Australia and the UN: A new agenda for peace

    Adam Bartley , Charles T. Hunt , Aiden Warren
    Multilateral responses to the threats of new and emerging tech – from AI warfare to bioweapons – are crucial to success.
  • 25 Aug 2023
    • Australia
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Australian Navy
    • Defence & Security
    • Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament
    • United Kingdom
    • United States

    The social licence for AUKUS has not yet been earned

    Peter K. Lee , Alice Nason , Sophie Mayo
    Convincing Australians that nuclear-powered subs are needed, and worth the $368 billion price tag, is a hard sell.
  • 17 Aug 2023
    • China
    • Japan
    • North Korea
    • South Korea
    • Defence & Security
    • United States

    Bridging the divide: the significance of the US-South Korea-Japan trilateral

    Daniel R. DePetris
    The Biden administration sees the upcoming summit as historic – China and North Korea may also, for different reasons.
  • 14 Aug 2023
    • China
    • India
    • Russia
    • Space exploration
    • United States

    The Moon: The great game on new turf

    Ved Shinde
    India joins a powerplay with the United States, China and Russia in the hunt for lunar treasure and strategic superiority.
  • 7 Aug 2023
    • Japan
    • Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament
    • Nuclear Weapons
    • Pacific Islands
    • United States

    For America’s atomic bomb legacy, the past is present

    Daniel Mandell
    The fallout of Hiroshima and Nagasaki – as well as nuclear testing in the Pacific – continues to hang over the US regional reputation.
  • 4 Aug 2023
    • Indonesia
    • Maritime Security
    • International law
    • United Nations
    • United States

    Archipelago angst: How Indonesia and the US differ on air routes over sea lanes

    Aristyo Rizka Darmawan
    UNCLOS ambiguity, again.
  • 3 Aug 2023
    • China
    • India
    • Russia
    • Global Economy
    • United States
    • US Economy

    De-dollarisation: shifting power between the US and BRICS

    Michael Roach
    Will a new global reserve currency threaten the greenback's supremacy? The short answer is yes.
  • 3 Aug 2023
    • Australia
    • Diplomacy
    • United States

    The vanishing options for Julian Assange

    Donald R Rothwell
    Extradition for the WikiLeaks founder to the United States looks likely unless Anthony Albanese can persuade Joe Biden otherwise.
  • 1 Aug 2023
    • China
    • India
    • Japan
    • Australia
    • Quad
    • Sustainability
    • United States

    Something fishy about China’s anger over the Quad’s open ocean plans

    Denny Roy
    Even illegal fishing is politicised amid growing China-US tensions.
  • 27 Jul 2023
    • China
    • United States

    Qin Gang has come and gone, but US-China drama is stuck on repeat

    Daniel R. DePetris
    The sudden and surprising demise of China’s foreign minister won’t change the systemic tensions in the relationship.
  • 27 Jul 2023
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • United States

    An agenda for the AUSMIN talks

    Sam Roggeveen
    Australia should spend less time worrying about American strength – and more time thinking about its resolve.
  • 26 Jul 2023
    • China
    • China's Economy
    • Global Economy
    • Free Trade
    • Geo-economics
    • Trade
    • WTO
    • United States
    • US Economy

    A return to old-school mercantilism?

    Ved Shinde
    Suspicion and economic competition are forcing states back in time, with protectionism and self-sufficiency the new norm.
  • 24 Jul 2023
    • China
    • North Korea
    • South Korea
    • United States

    Forget Washington, Pyongyang’s most important target has always been Beijing

    Khang Vu
    Kim Jong-un’s charm offensive with Donald Trump may have yielded few results. Not so his efforts with Xi Jinping.
  • 17 Jul 2023
    • China
    • Japan
    • Taiwan
    • Australia
    • United States

    The emergence of “collective strategic ambiguity” on Taiwan

    Rupert Schulenburg
    With a change in language, has Washington over-promised on its allies’ appetite for conflict with China?
  • 10 Jul 2023
    • India
    • Japan
    • Australia
    • Cyber Security
    • Technology
    • United States

    The Quad: Tackling the spider, not cobwebs, in cyberspace

    Ravi Nayyar
    A security pact, but not as we know it. How a commitment to uplift software security will reap benefits for all.
  • 5 Jul 2023
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Papua New Guinea
    • United States

    The downsides for Australia from the US‑PNG defence agreement

    Henry Storey
    Sovereignty concerns about the American deal will create additional hurdles for Australia-PNG Defence Treaty currently under negotiation.
  • 27 Jun 2023
    • China
    • Vietnam
    • United States

    China’s double wedge against efforts to foster Vietnam-US relations

    Khang Vu
    Just as Beijing seeks to coerce Hanoi in the South China Sea, it warns about Washington’s intentions closer to home.
  • 19 Jun 2023
    • India
    • United States

    Will Modi charm again in Washington?

    Aarti Betigeri
    The Indian PM’s visit will see Biden embrace a polarising leader while trying to keep an influential diaspora onside.
  • 16 Jun 2023
    • Global Economy
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Global Economic Governance
    • United States
    • US Economy

    Is US industrial policy headed in the wrong direction?

    Connor O’Brien
    Washington’s geopolitical strategy threatens to entrench economic hierarchies and undermine the global green transition.
  • 15 Jun 2023
    • Middle East
    • United States

    Washington’s difficult dance in the Middle East

    Ved Shinde
    The United States is recalibrating its strategy in the region and using history as a guide.
  • 15 Jun 2023
    • China
    • North Korea
    • South Korea
    • United States

    It’s time for South Korea to refocus on multilateral diplomacy 

    Gabriela Bernal
    A new national security strategy stresses values-based diplomacy, but that can’t be at the expense of talking to China. 
  • 13 Jun 2023
    • China
    • Defence & Security
    • United States

    Shangri-La: A missed chance for US–China dialogue

    Cherry Hitkari
    But at least both sides recognised that the outbreak of a conflict would be “unbearable”.
  • 9 Jun 2023
    • Bangladesh
    • United States

    The US steps up pressure on Bangladesh ahead of elections

    Md Salman Rahman
    Concerns about fostering democracy must also be considered alongside growing US strategic interests in the country.
  • 8 Jun 2023
    • China
    • China's Economy
    • Europe's Economy
    • European Union
    • Global Economy
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Geo-economics
    • IMF
    • United States
    • US Economy

    Economic diplomacy: Duelling D-words to delineate China

    Greg Earl
    Australia seems to be treading carefully around the G7’s agreement to de-risk dependence on the region’s biggest economy.
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