Someone say something.
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Trump and Putin are already bickering and with Erdoğan making a fuss too, the German Chancellor will have to play a blinder for the summit not to fall apart.
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It’s the end of the world (order) as we know it.
Chinese President Xi Jinping wants to make China great again. US President Donald Trump has expressed similar hopes for his own country.
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The comparison between ancient Athens and modern China, and Sparta and the US, through the Thucydides Trap, has its limitations.
Can the world come together as one to fight terrorism online?
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British Prime Minister Theresa May called for an international cooperative effort to drive terrorists off the internet. How well have other global efforts to manage the internet fared?
Delegates arrive ahead of the 2016 Shangri-La Dialogue. World leaders will again converge on the Singaporean hotel this weekend for the 2017 meeting.
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For the first time in the dialogue’s 15 year history, the country most are puzzled about is not China.
World leaders, led by Chinese President Xi Jinping, meet for the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing.
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The Chinese government has now clearly signalled its intention to assume a more prominent global leadership role through the Belt and Road Initiative.
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A troublesome ‘little brother’ is exhausting the sympathy on which it heavily relies.
An alliance tested.
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A thawing of tensions between the two superpowers seems as far away as it was under Obama.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian leader Vladimir Putin met in Moscow this week.
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While US officials have consistently maintained that American military domination is essential, a resurgent Russia poses challenges.
It’s not as bad as it looks.
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Great powers have always meddled in each other’s business and struggled to reconcile their interests. Why are we convinced Russia is different?
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Having moved so far from its origins in 1788, perhaps Australia Day should now be a celebration of Australian ‘ordinariness’.
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The new triumvirate leading the way on Syria has deep roots.
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China’s new freight train line to London is part of an increasing web of trade routes designed to boost the country’s influence abroad.
Rogers was a key figure in Brexit negotiations.
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The lack of respect shown to a senior civil servant working hard to make Brexit work is troubling.
He’s got the whole world in his inbox.
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The global agenda for 2017 is fiendishly complicated and hugely sensitive. Is António Guterres up to the task?
The call with Tsai Ing-wen caused a diplomatic furore.
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‘Little trick’ or ‘petty action’? The difference matters when translating what China really said about Trump’s call with Tsai Ing-wen.
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China may have more to gain from Trump’s rise than any other nation – but the risks of a miscalculation are enormous.
Though daunting, the challenge of a Trump presidency is pregnant with possibilities.
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The outcome of this election may depend more on what we make of it than on what Trump and his advisers intend. Though daunting, the challenge is pregnant with possibilities.
A US Navy guided-missile destroyer sails the Pacific Ocean in November 2009.
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A more muscular foreign policy in our region would carry risks, but it might also show Australia and its neighbours that the US has its interests at heart.
Coming your way.
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After seeing the worst of American democracy, the outside world will have to adjust to a hugely unpredictable president.