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Diplomacy the Southeast Asian way

How ASEAN, Australia and New Zealand are making progress through informal dialogue.

  
Two steps up in Australia’s Southeast Asia engagement

The detail is starting to emerge for the government’s big ticket spending initiatives in the…

  
Ignoring the real biowarfare threat

The sudden renovation at an old Soviet biological weapons site needs to be better explained.

  
The trouble with Australia’s best friends in Asia

Political turmoil in Japan and South Korea cannot be insulated from relations with the region.…

  
US tariffs are nothing new – history should be our guide

With a change of guard in the White House, Australia could take its lead from Chifley’s art of…

Mapping Industry Networks as a Key to Coordinated Economic Growth

Some products and services are closely associated with the countries that produce them. Japan is…

  
Peru’s new megaport reveals a refined Belt and Road

China’s gain is America’s loss as deal wraps up control of key Latin American port for more than…

  
Australia’s new chequebook diplomacy in the Pacific

The potential for a bidding war should be acknowledged.

  
An ounce of prevention: Nauru deal puts defence spending in a different light

Australia’s Nauru deal is a victory for preventive diplomacy, closing off any possibility of a…

  
The new energy shock: Complacency in oil markets could ignite a global crisis

The cascading effects of even minor disruptions are too often ignored. It’s time to reassess the…

  
Indonesian foreign policy is still free, more active

Equating Jakarta’s moves with either a “pro-Beijing” or “pro-US” orientation indicates a…

  
Korean turmoil: What the North thinks looking South

A “main enemy” suffering disarray at home and ridicule from abroad, Pyongyang might suddenly…