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There are some rather remarkable aspects of the increasingly heated debate about China’s influence in Australia. First, the idea that China actually has any “soft power” to exert is actually rather surprising…
Central Asia’s most populous country is stagnant and repressive, but its two massive neighbours want in now Islam Karimov is gone.
The G20’s lack of leadership will continue to contribute to the current global economic malaise.
Evidence suggests our foreign investment policy has changed over time, but to what end?
Why would the Philippine president risk alienating an important and generous ally?
Australia and Indonesia should gradually re-frame their relationship by considering shared interests within the broader regional context.
Vietnam is deeply spooked by the struggle over the South China Sea – but its friends in south-east Asia aren’t so keen to stand up to Beijing.
‘Soft power’ has been spoken of a great deal in relation to Sam Dastyari’s recent political donations strife, but it is often misunderstood.
The pernicious influence of money on politics is a problem of political donations more generally, not just from foreign donors.
A few national parks and reserves want to dehorn rhinos and there is a lobby for a regulated and closely monitored legal trade in rhino horn. But this is met by opposition from many.
Unlike the Kyoto Protocol, which languished for years, the Paris climate agreement is rocketing towards the threshold for it to enter into international law – leaving Australia in its wake.
China’s stewardship of the G20 has been unusually practical and results-focused. Can the world’s biggest economies live up to it?
China is eagerly anticipating the arrival of global leaders from the world’s top 20 economies.
What is meant by a ‘foreign’ political donation? And why should such donations be better regulated?
If the world starts to restrict trade and crack down on foreign investment, it will affect China’s growth, which will in turn affect the world.
Hangzhou is hosting the G20 summit and China is anxious to present a positive picture of the country to the world, but the official attitude to non-compliant citizens isn’t helping.
One thing became dramatically apparent in the economic sphere following the Cold War: capitalism was ubiquitous, but it looked very different in Japan, Germany, the US and China.
Research shows that low-skilled workers are losing jobs and wages in developed countries because of trade, but the evidence still isn’t there as to who are the winners.
It’s no surprise that China represents a cyber threat to Australia. But the government has been reluctant to state this fact and needs to respond more decisively.
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