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To give or not to give: Australia’s aid budget 0
- Asia Pacific
- May 25, 2018
Australia’s deceptively low foreign aid budget boost will struggle to achieve Canberra’s goals.
Spratly no more: The new order in China’s ‘Ancestor Sea’0
- Southeast Asia, Asia Pacific
- May 24, 2018
Beijing’s slow-burning ambition to control the strategic sea appears to be a nearing completion.
North Korea: Hermit Kingdom emerging from its shell?0
- Korea, Asia Pacific
- May 18, 2018
Pyongyang may be seeking short-term relief from sanctions to ease its economic distress.
The ties that (don’t) bind: Australia-Russia relations 0
- Asia Pacific
- April 29, 2018
Australia-Russia relations have soured further after Canberra expelled Russian diplomats in response to the poisoning of ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.
“You’re fake news”: censorship in Southeast Asia 0
- Southeast Asia, Asia Pacific
- April 25, 2018
Anti-fake news legislation may be used against legitimate media sources and political adversaries.
David vs Goliath – Australia Timor-Leste border treaty 0
- Asia Pacific
- April 6, 2018
Australia and Timor-Leste’s agreement marking their maritime border may signal an uptick in relations.

Comprehending the hyperbole of President Xi Jinping 0
- China, Asia Pacific
- March 19, 2018
The president has commenced his second term with the former anticorruption tsar as his deputy.
A sea of uncertainty: Pacific Islands Forum diplomacy 0
- Multilateral Institutions, Asia Pacific
- March 2, 2018
Schisms within the PIF are inhibiting coordinated responses to Pacific issues.
Warming the ice: North Korea at the Winter Olympics 0
- Asia Pacific
- March 1, 2018
As President Moon looks forward to engage with the North, his greatest achievement may be behind him.
Honest broker? Singapore in the driver’s seat 0
- Asia Pacific
- January 25, 2018
Singapore will struggle to reconcile the competing interests of other ASEAN members and China.
The surveillance of the Uighurs: the future for China?0
- China
- January 18, 2018
Beijing could use civilian control techniques in the west as a template for its policies in the east.
Cyber is the new black: Australia’s cyber security strategy 0
- Asia Pacific
- January 5, 2018
Despite confessing its offensive capabilities, Australia’s cyber strategy may struggle to win favour.