2 November 2017
Australia Must Push Donald Trump On Stronger Indo-Pacific
Later this week President Donald Trump embarks on a 12-day tour of Asia – the longest trip to the region by a US president for 25 years, taking in Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines. The President’s time in Asia will be dominated by the threat posed by North Korean nuclear missiles, uncertainty about his administration’s trade policies
16 January 2017
Shinzo Abe’s Visit Remind Us What A Crucial Ally He Is To Australia
It is doubtful many Australians realise what a consequential leader Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been for Australia. During Abe’s first, truncated term as prime minister he and his Australian counterpart, John Howard, signed a bilateral Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation, paving the way for closer defence and security cooperation and a genuine strategic partnership. The two countries’ relationship
17 November 2016
Rowan Callick On Chinese Democracy
A fascinating piece from Rowan Callick in The Australian today on the repressive nature of Chinese democracy, where those insufficiently loyal to the ruling Communist party are not allowed to participate: Today, under Xi Jinping, we are seeing clear limits on how far popular representation can go. This approach is now being applied consistently, through mainland China and in special administrative regions
