U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during the International Migration Review Forum on May 19, 2022, at United Nations headquarters in New York.
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The West isn’t exactly diligent about following international rules of law. It conveniently ignores or sidesteps global rules-based order when it’s convenient.
The USS Ronald Reagan and USS Nimitz sailing in the South China Sea in July 2020.
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A recent report rom the US Defence Ministry says China has likely considered a military base in Indonesia, among several other countries in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
U.S. President Donald Trump waves a Vietnam flag as he meets with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, waving an American flag, in Hanoi in February 2019.
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Despite the racial unrest that has rocked the U.S. for months, President Donald Trump finds support among some racialized communities, including Vietnamese Americans. Why?
The USS Ronald Reagan: the aircraft carrier carried out exercises in the South China Sea in mid August 2020.
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As tensions in the disputed waters mount, it’s important to understand how this conflict began and what international law says about freedom of navigation and competing maritime claims.
Marise Payne and Linda Reynolds at the 2019 AUSMIN talks.
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The ministers have written of their desire to “find every possible way to advance shared interests”. But this should stop short of following the US down its hostile path with China.
The US could be losing a key ally to China. But it has less to do with Trump’s foreign policy and everything to do with a drug war in the Philippines.
Trade Minister Simon Birmingham and Prime Minister Scott Morrison will both join ASEAN leaders in Thailand, underscoring the importance the government places on the summit.
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Despite agreeing to a ceasefire, the two sides offered differing depictions of their trade war truce that show a lasting peace may still be out of reach.
Much attention will be on the next meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump at the G20 in late November.
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Ongoing volatility is causing intense debate about how to manage relations between the two powerful nation, which is only likely to become more challenging.
In a recent speech, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull attempted to reset Australia’s relationship with China, which has become strained in recent months.
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For China, national amnesia has become a ‘state-sponsored sport’. Memories of events deemed sensitive by the state are not just forgotten, they are winnowed out and selectively deleted.