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Australia and Japan should calm tensions in the South China Sea

Geopolitical tensions are rising again in the South China Sea. President Biden’s trilateral meeting with PM Kishida from Japan and President Marcos...

17.04.2024 6

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China is chastised for its new boundary in Tonkin Gulf

China is one of the most misunderstood and maligned nations when it comes to what it does and does not do in the South China Sea, and that it claims...

23.03.2024 7

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Canberra’s endearment of ASEAN must be taken with a pinch of salt

“When Australia looks out to the world, the first thing we see is the countries of ASEAN.” – Australian Foreign Minister, Penny Wong. Foreign...

03.03.2024 7

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Indonesians likely to vote for change

Indonesia, Australia’s largest neighbour, will go to the polls on 14 February 2024 to elect a new President. Some 160 million eligible voters are...

01.02.2024 10

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Fumio Kashida should steer away from getting entangled in AUKUS

Among the superstitious political elites in Japan, recent events like the earthquake, the plane collision at Haneda and the arrest of a lawmaker in a...

14.01.2024 8

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Deploying Australia’s Navy to Ayungin atoll makes no strategic sense

I wonder how many Australians know where the Ayungin Shoal/Second Thomas/Ren’ai Jiao is? Do they know that their Navy has been deployed to this...

08.09.2023 8

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