Mercedes Page
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Mercedes Page is a Fellow with the Schmidt Futures International Strategy Forum (Asia). She previously worked for the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, where she held a number of roles. Prior to DFAT, she worked for the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, was a non-resident WSD-Handa Fellow at the Pacific Forum and worked in the Australian defence industry. She is the founder and former CEO of Young Australians in International Affairs.
Mercedes holds a Masters in International Studies and undergraduate degrees from the University of Adelaide.
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Australia names and shames in its fight against foreign interference
Publicly attributing interference campaigns may become the new gold standard.
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With travel back, summit diplomacy is revamped
The foreign policy calendar for 2023 is stacked for a big year of geopolitics.
![Avenging the century of humiliation, one artefact at a time](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2023-01/Forbidden%20city%202.jpg?itok=-aD0XeUH)
Avenging the century of humiliation, one artefact at a time
The looting of Beijing’s “Garden of Eternal Brightness” by European armies in 1860 lingers in tales of the diaspora.
![A neck-and-neck election for the future of the internet](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2022-09/Internet%20computer%20compressed.jpg?itok=VIkHv2py)
A neck-and-neck election for the future of the internet
As the war in Ukraine goes from bad to worse, Russia may still win a vote to reshape the net as we know it.
![A tragedy in Xinjiang, a tragedy for the UN](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2022-09/GettyImages-1242858586.jpg?itok=O4yT9Eiq)
A tragedy in Xinjiang, a tragedy for the UN
A long-delayed report finding human rights abuses – though damning – is a sign of China’s level of influence at the United Nations.
![Unpacking China’s Global Development Initiative](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2022-08/Xi%20at%20BRICS%20compressed.jpg?itok=xHnqfmrY)
Unpacking China’s Global Development Initiative
Red flags should be flying about Beijing’s latest challenge to the international development agenda.
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Multilateralism matters again
The world’s big challenges – and main priorities for Australia – are best tackled by cooperation.
![A required update for the EU-US Trade and Tech Council](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-1239335160.jpg?itok=gqsb9e8X)
A required update for the EU-US Trade and Tech Council
As authoritarian challenges loom, more transatlantic cooperation on technology should be welcome news for Australia.
![The mysterious missing UN report on human rights abuses in Xinjiang](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-1235641561.jpg?itok=iwDC4fLv)
The mysterious missing UN report on human rights abuses in Xinjiang
Months of stalling over the release of a long-completed investigation raises suspicions about China’s pressure tactics.
Pagination
The Sydney Morning Herald
12 September 2022