Three nations are in a global competition for power and influence.
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The Pentagon is preparing for what it calls ‘great power competition’ among the US, Russia and China.
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As the world’s attention turns to Paris, the French capital is under its strongest-ever security regime ahead of the Olympics.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks with Vietnam’s President To Lam during an official visit at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam on June 20, 2024.
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While most European nations are on board with western sanctions, countries in the Global South have maintained economic and political links with Russia.
Russian president Vladimir Putin and Vietnamese president To Lam attend a reception at the Hanoi Opera House in Hanoi, Vietnam, on June 20 2024.
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Russia and Vietnam pledge to strengthen ties as Vladimir Putin visits Hanoi.
On 28 February 2024, deputies of the Moldovan secessionist republic of Transnistria voted by a show of hands to request Russia’s help.
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It is often said that Transnistria will be “the next domino” that Moscow will try to knock down, after Crimea and Donbass. However, the famous domino theory has its limits.
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Ad-hoc responses to the situation in Ukraine don’t amount to a coherent vision.
Ecuadorian special forces break into the Mexican Embassy in Quito.
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The bombing of the Iranian consulate in Damascus and storming of Mexico’s embassy in Quito breaks with accepted diplomatic norms − and could spell trouble.
Nelson Mandela greets people as he walks with Prime Minister Brian Mulroney on his arrival in Ottawa, June 17, 1990, for a three-day visit to Canada.
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Brian Mulroney’s role in the campaign against apartheid in South Africa can teach us how Canadian foreign policy can be done effectively.
A protester holds a placard reading ‘down with Ecowas’ during a rally in Bamako on 1 February 2024.
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Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have much to lose if they cannot migrate to and from neighbouring countries in Ecowas.
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Global political unrest has highlighted the importance of a credible foreign policy. It may be time for the New Zealand government to consider the revitalisation of ANZAC and participation with AUKUS.
Palestinian refugees at a protest outside the South Africa embassy in Beirut.
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A changing world order and global battles for power will derail the quest for peace in Gaza and the Middle East.
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Australia’s allies are serious about the risk of research espionage - and one way or another, we need to catch up.
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The PM also reconfirmed that if there is a no vote he will not seek to legislate a Voice
Leaders of African American, Latino and Native American communities protest the name of the Washington Redskins, November, 2013.
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The book makes invaluable contributions to subjects of race, identity and belonging and how they shape human interrelations.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Sydney, May 23, 2023.
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Today there are few countries in the Indo-Pacific which share so much in common, in both values and interests, than India and Australia. Andrew Charlton’s new book examines the possibilities.
Women in diplomacy.
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Although there have progress to achieve gender equality, women are still under-represented in diplomacy in Asia.
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A trip abroad marks the return of the British monarchy’s international angle after Charles mother stopped travelling.
Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping (left) and President Jimmy Carter sign papers, including a science and technology agreement, in 1979.
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China’s success in science and technology propelled it to the forefront of many fields. Now, the US wants to pull back from years of intense cooperation.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with the Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.
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All Nordic states are now members of the military alliance, bolstering key border regions with Russia.
An Israeli soldier, seen through a shattered window of an Israeli army vehicle, near the Gaza border in southern Israel, August, 2010.
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Tried and tested in the field, Israeli weapons and surveillance technology are being packaged and sold for export.