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G20 Balancing Asia on a Trump Tightrope
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Chinese President Xi Jinping have met on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. "No…
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Asia-Pacific Potency
Technology innovation key to China's modernisation drive, APEC, energy transition, protectionism, China Through a Southeast Asian Lens.
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Australian Auxiliary Power
AUKUS, increasingly seen as a dud deal, though an expensive one, with a $368 billion price tag, stands as the clearest example of the cognitive…
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Cambodia urges swift Myanmar resolution
Cambodia, Thailand and Malaysia consensus solution for Myanmar lies in direct negotiations between the military junta and pro-democracy leader Aung San…
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Subimperial Notions
Professor James Curran sees unrestrained US influence over Australia's defence and foreign policy. Former Australian ambassador to China, Geoff Raby…
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ASEAN REDEFINED
ASEAN summit in Laos, new plan for Myanmar, informal consultations, Antony Blinken, Narendra Modi, Shigeru Ishiba, Li Qiang and Sergei Lavrov in…
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AI Material Matters
AI fuelling rapid race for new chip-making materials, AI-powered autonomous experimentation, or AI/AE, driving paradigm shift in materials science for…
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AUKUS: "Dead Seahorse"
Can Washington go ahead with the sale of Virginias to Australia in the absence of an understanding that it will join the US in any regional fight…
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Deputy Pacific Sheriff
Featured contributor Geoff Raby on Australia’s ‘”deputy Sheriff” role, which has been on full display again in our foreign policy. Also, PM's…
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Telegram Tick Tock
Telegram becomes free speech flashpoint after founder Paul Durov's arrest, AUKUS CLOCK, Harmony OS Launch Microsoft Crash,
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AUKUS Under Attack
AUKUS is unhinged from reality. Australia will only ever be a pit-stop for nuclear subs, AUKUS is terrible for Australian national interests – but we’re…
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China-ASEAN Trade and Investment Relations
China-ASEAN trade and investment 20+year surge and largest trading partners, Thai heiress Paetongtarn Shinawatra elected Thailand’s 31st PM, July 2024…
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AUKUS CLOCK
AUKUS agrees to get-out subs clause, New dry dock for Aussie subs?, Royal Navy watches Chinese warships travelling through UK waters, [Official…
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AUKUS Anti-climax
AUKUS Debate Loss for Albanese, Keating at War with Washington
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Comprehensive coverage of public concerns and power contradictions across ASEAN, ASEAN+1, ASEAN+3 and the RCEP
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Comprehensive coverage of ASEAN integration, politics, economics and society
Long Mekong
Comprehensive coverage of power and social contradictions across the Greater Mekong Region and Lancing in China
Small State Diplomacy
Reporting on micro and small state diplomatic interaction in the context of great power competition
Global Polarity
Reporting on the global transition to a multipolar world order
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Young Minds
ASEAN-wide program for higher education and vocational training for students of Public Policy and Public Diplomacy
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Geopolitical Risk Analysis, Investment and Trade Advisory
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