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Vietnamisation in space: America withdraws from ISS
Vietnamisation in space: America withdraws from ISS
Private enterprise is taking great strides in space. Recently, entrepreneur Elon Musk launched his own Tesla car into Martian orbit with the world’s most powerful rocket, his own…
Sex, Russia ties, and guns debate – what Turnbull takes to Washington
Sex, Russia ties, and guns debate – what Turnbull takes to Washington
Malcolm Turnbull jets off to Washington this week for talks with Donald Trump as both men are engulfed in distracting scandals. For Trump, chaos is constant, while for…
The Monroe Doctrine revival
The Monroe Doctrine revival
No other great powers will be allowed in Latin America, and liberal democracy is the only political system allowed in the region (or, in practice, no socialist or Marxist rule…
Assessing global threats
Assessing global threats
The US has delivered its annual Worldwide Threat Assessment, a useful document in that it provides a measure of transparency for judgements by the US intelligence community, yet…
Admiral Harris, you can see China at a different angle from down here
Commentary
Admiral Harris, you can see China at a different angle from down here
Originally published in The Australian. Euan Graham
Despite the Olympics, Trump is moving the Western debate on North Korea to the right
Despite the Olympics, Trump is moving the Western debate on North Korea to the right
It is a weird time on the Korean Peninsula. Last year saw an extraordinary ramp-up in tensions. US President Donald Trump used incendiary rhetoric for months. His national…
Indonesia–US relations: sweating the small stuff
Indonesia–US relations: sweating the small stuff
The US and Indonesia have declared an overarching “strategic partnership” to meet broader challenges, from regional architecture building to global governance. At least, this was…
Asia’s escalating missile race
Asia’s escalating missile race
If the Cold War was one long arms race, the modern era could be accurately described as an arms jog. Countries are defined less by how many nuclear warheads they have,…
Joining the dots to Vancouver
Joining the dots to Vancouver
Represented by Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Frances Adamson, Australia was one of 20 countries that participated in a conference last week on…
What a US–China trade war would look like
What a US–China trade war would look like
Sometime soon, US President Donald Trump will announce his plan to respond to what the administration calls China’s “economic aggression”. When he does, it is not only China that…