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Evaluate the Ladakh crisis, keep China at bay
Commentary
Evaluate the Ladakh crisis, keep China at bay
A critical assessment of the stand-off offers New Delhi key lessons in managing the strategic competition with China. Originally published by The Hindu.
By Arzan Tarapore
‘Fortress Australia’: what are the costs of closing ourselves off to the world?
Commentary
‘Fortress Australia’: what are the costs of closing ourselves off to the world?
Originally published in The Conversation. 
By Natasha Kassam
Australians need clarity on war or peace
Commentary
Australians need clarity on war or peace
A formal annual threat assessment from the government is better than the shapeless war talk voters are getting at the moment. Originally published in The Australian Financial…
By Ben Scott
Stoking fears of war could serve China’s goals. Australian policy needs rethinking
Commentary
Stoking fears of war could serve China’s goals. Australian policy needs rethinking
Tensions in the region are escalating, but trumpeting the coming threat of war plays into Beijing’s goals and risks undermining Taiwan further. Originally published in The…
By Mark Harrison, Natasha Kassam
Biden and Xi talk of a clash of civilisations. But the real shared goal is dominance
Commentary
Biden and Xi talk of a clash of civilisations. But the real shared goal is dominance
The US president has challenged the idea that the ‘east is rising, the west declining’. Instead, he insists that America’s day is far from done. Originally published by The…
By Richard McGregor
Extremism and clear terminology
Commentary
Extremism and clear terminology
New terminology introduced by ASIO to describe violent extremist groups carefully avoids ‘right- or left-wing’ descriptors. But in not calling out right-wing extremism, is the…
By Lydia Khalil
China strategy: Get a bigger stick with which to protect ourselves
Commentary
China strategy: Get a bigger stick with which to protect ourselves
Originally published in The Australian Financial Review.
By Alan Dupont
The Pacific went a year without COVID. Now, it’s all under threat
Commentary
The Pacific went a year without COVID. Now, it’s all under threat
Originally published by The Conversation.
By Jonathan Pryke
Is there life after Xi?
Commentary
Is there life after Xi?
The Chinese president has rewritten the post-Mao rules, and the global implications could be profound. Originally published by Inside Story.
By Richard McGregor, Jude Blanchette