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Three unanswered questions for Australia’s PNG Rugby League dream
Australia’s on-again, off-again affair with supporting a PNG-based team in the National Rugby League has taken another turn ...
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Conversations: Hostage diplomacy with Sean Turnell
Hostage-taking and arbitrary detention by both state and non-state actors are on the rise. The Lowy Institute’s Sean Turnell, ...
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The US wakes up to China’s latest threat – big ships
In a belated recognition that China has cornered the construction of ocean-going commercial vessels, those ships crucial to ...
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How Australia can get better results in Papua New Guinea
For instance, Australia has delivered more than AU$2.5 billion, on top of the estimated $AU2 billion in aid, directly into ...
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Amid a global aged care labour shortage, how will Australia address the challenge?
Despite raising wages up to 28.5% across the sector, Australia’s workforce shortage in aged care will probably still reach ...
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The UK deal on Diego Garcia is positive, but it won’t reverse declining support for the rules-based order
The UK government announced last week that it will cede sovereignty of the Chagos archipelago to Mauritius. The agreement ...
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Does Finland’s "total defence" doctrine hold lessons for Australia?
Liberal democracy doesn’t defend itself. The Finns know a thing or two about protecting it.
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The cruelty in banning Afghan women from poetry
While the Taliban claims that it is acting on Afghan culture, by banning women’s access to poetry it is acting completely ...
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EVs to the internet: Can the US and China unwind technology interdependence without disaster?
As our world becomes more digitally interdependent, geopolitical competition is increasingly centred around technology. The ...
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Governor Tim Walz and Minnesota’s relations with China
China again looms large in the US presidential election campaign. Republican critics have in recent weeks honed their attacks ...
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The risk of a Timor-like intervention still shapes Indonesia’s view of security
In two weeks, Indonesia’s Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto will officially take over the presidency. In leading the vast archipelago through the treacherous regional waters of great power rivalry ...