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Rushali Saha 2 hours ago Indonesian foreign policy is still free, more active Equating Jakarta’s moves with either a “pro-Beijing” or “pro-US” orientation indicates a fundamental misreading of the concept of non-alignment.
Jessica Collins 19 hours ago New treaty ties Nauru to Australia via banks, security and telecommunications But the “permanent state of contest” in the Pacific appears set to continue.
William Gourlay 20 hours ago Bashar al-Assad is gone, but is the Syrian civil war over? Regional geopolitical dynamics remain in flux.
Sam Roggeveen 21 hours ago A wonky memento and a China metaphor A scale model kit offers an insight into Chinese manufacturing.
Henry Storey 1 day ago China’s EV manufacturing and Australia’s connected vehicles conundrum Canberra faces complicated trade-offs between competing domestic and foreign policy objectives.
Khang Vu 1 day ago Explaining North Korea’s silence amid South Korea’s political turmoil Pyongyang has made plain that its attention is firmly elsewhere.
James Paterson 1 day ago Beyond Assad: Jihadist strongholds and the threat to the West The rebel offensive needed a safe base from which to operate – and bitter experience tells of the wider dangers involved.
Alex P Dela Cruz 1 day ago The opportunity wasted to advance a global plastic treaty Negotiations have stalled and that’s a rubbish result for countries of the Indo-Pacific.
Fleur Johns 2 days ago Australia is out to lunch on disaster diplomacy Despite multiple strategies, frameworks and partnerships, Canberra still lags on regional disaster relief.