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Richard Marles 1 hour ago Supporting the kind of region we want In tougher strategic times, ASEAN stands as a crucial forum to ensure competition doesn’t tip into confrontation.
Justin Burke 8 hours ago Australia–India: “Hands Across the Water” Naval port visits send important signals and contribute to the thriving bilateral relationship.
Rodger Shanahan 23 hours ago Iran: Deep state, shallow protests In a case of better the devil you know, potential for the country’s current unrest to be regime-changing is low.
Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat 1 day ago Getting the narrative right: China’s media reach in Indonesia Beijing is weaving its story into hearts and minds in the region via influence campaigns that could impact democracy.
Hugh Piper 2 days ago Redemption complete? Australia’s image and the end of “sandpaper gate” The only truly national sport is bound to local identity – but believing in exceptionalism is a dangerous game.
Ian Hall 2 days ago Confident, competent, inconsistent: Australia’s strategic personality Canberra’s report card receives a solid “pleasing result” on Southeast Asia, but a “could do better” on the Pacific.
Anouk Ride 25 Nov 2022 Riots serve an unexpected lesson in the Pacific A new report on civil unrest in the region calls for a longer and wider lens in analysing reasons and rationales.
Daniel Flitton 25 Nov 2022 Fruits of labour: Guatemala’s 30 minutes with the PM With farmers in Australia crying out for more workers, some outside-the-box thinking could help.
Tom Barber 24 Nov 2022 Defence and development reviews: bringing parallel tracks together A cultural change in the way Australia’s approach to the world is formulated and prosecuted.