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Demonstrators attend a pro-Ukraine rally in Taiwan in February 2023. Walid Berrazeg/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

War in Ukraine is a warning to China of the risks in attacking Taiwan

Foreign policy experts are divided on whether Russia’s invasion of Ukraine makes it more or less likely that China will launch a similar attack on Taiwan. Here are the arguments on both sides.
Dilemma: some on the left blame Nato for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Avpics/Alamy Stock Photo

What’s next for the anti-Nato left after Ukraine?

The left was split over whether Nato expansion had prompted the Ukraine invasion or whether it was an act of imperial aggression that must be opposed.
Can we reduce the likelihood of digital attacks? Digital defense via shutterstock.com

Cybersecurity’s next phase: Cyber-deterrence

For decades, deterrence has effectively countered the threat of nuclear weapons. Can we achieve similar results against cyber weapons?
The government is using a graphic novel depicting an asylum seeker’s failed journey to Australia as its latest method of deterrence against boat arrivals. DIBP

Graphic novel versus Taliban: an asylum seeker deterrent?

The immigration department has added new contemporary imagery to the growing list of iconic works that surround the vexed issue of asylum seekers. Most Australians can already vividly recall media of the…

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