As the United States slides deeper into a proxy war with Russia, Indo-Pacific countries are increasingly concerned about the long-term implications of the Ukraine crisis for America’s power and position in this part of the …
‘Ripeness is all’, noted Edgar in Shakespeare’s King Lear. When it comes to negotiations to limit or end international conflicts, he is right: agreements emerge only when the leading protagonists are willing to compromise and …
Opposition leader Anthony Albanese began his Lowy Institute speech last Thursday referring to Prime Minister John Curtin’s 1941 declaration that Australia ‘looked to America’ in our moment of deepest strategic danger. In 2022 we have …
Many are asking what lessons China is drawing from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for its own plans to bring Taiwan to heel. Writing in the national business daily, the Australian Financial Review, international relations specialist …
China and Russia may be allies in autocracy, but their attitudes towards engagement with the global economy could not be more different. Whereas Vladimir Putin has devoted the past 20 years to making Russia’s economy …