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Can Indonesia take on Freeport?
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Can Indonesia take on Freeport?
Originally published in the East Asia Forum. Matthew Busch
'Bishop's strategic passivity won't work'
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'Bishop's strategic passivity won't work'
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review on 18 March 2017. Photo: US Navy.  Euan Graham
Trump takes allies back to 19th century global order
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Trump takes allies back to 19th century global order
Originally published in the Nikkei Asian Review on 20 March 2017.Thomas Wright
The price of Indonesia’s economic nationalism
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The price of Indonesia’s economic nationalism
Jakarta's efforts to retake control of the country's natural resources are going to be costly for taxpayers, wrote Matthew Busch for the Wall Street Journal on 15 March…
North Korea’s Kim Jong-un keeps going ballistic
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North Korea’s Kim Jong-un keeps going ballistic
Originally published in the Australian on 14 March 2017.  Alan Dupont
India and Australia eye the world according to Trump
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India and Australia eye the world according to Trump
There's a momentum towards greater cooperation among India, Japan, and Australia, writes James Curran in CFR's Asia Unbound blog on 9 March. Photo: Flickr/Us State Department…
Trump and America the ordinary
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Trump and America the ordinary
Donald Trump has no time for talk of the 'indispensable power'. That might be safer than a US which talks big but doesn't back it up, writes Sam Roggeveen for the Australian…
Fairness not the meat in Joko Widodo deal
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Fairness not the meat in Joko Widodo deal
More than anything, President Joko Widodo's brief recent visit to Australia showcased a warm, personal rapport between him and Malcolm Turnbull, and the Prime Minister is to be…
We spend so little on ambassadors but they're more important than ever
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We spend so little on ambassadors but they're more important than ever
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop should not be harangued for bringing together all of Australia's heads of mission for the first time, writes Alex Oliver for the Sydney…