This weekend’s G7 leaders’ summit in Cornwall in the UK might be the moment we look back on in a few years when major leaders stopped thinking about their countries’ relationships with China as mainly …
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Why is Beijing so ‘out and proud’ in using its power in ways that conflict with others’ interests, break international law and breach treaty commitments? Since 2015, we’ve seen Xi Jinping’s government build military facilities …
There can be little doubt Australia’s strategic environment has evolved significantly in recent years. Across the Indo-Pacific, we now face a region characterised by a broad spectrum of geopolitical influences, from conflict and contest at …
At the Boao Forum in April Chinese President Xi Jinping said the world needed ‘justice, not hegemony’. He said China would never engage in an arms race or boss others around and ‘meddling in others’ …
Shadow foreign minister Penny Wong has criticised the government over public discussion of the potential for a war with China starting over Taiwan, characterising it as the government seeking domestic political advantage. Even though Wong’s …