Grand strategic thinking about our future security must incorporate regional centres like the NT – and a compelling narrative for why our defence investment makes us more secure.
- University Fellow in Law, Charles Darwin University
China is posing many challenges to the Indo-Pacific region in 2022. How should Canada and Australia respond?
L’organisation d’un événement planétaire comme les JO d’hiver est l’occasion pour le pouvoir de réaffirmer sa détermination et sa capacité à conduire la population sur la voie du « Rêve chinois ».
Les Jeux sont un puissant symbole politique des ambitions et de l’autorité de l’État chinois.
The Games are a potent political symbol of the Chinese state’s ambitions and authority.
What happens when a Chinese #MeToo moment meets authoritarian legality?
Le Canada brille par son absence dans le nouveau pacte de sécurité signé par les États-Unis, le Royaume-Uni et l’Australie sur la Chine. Est-il temps pour le Canada de s’inspirer de l’Australie ?
Canada is conspicuously absent from the new security pact signed between the U.S., the U.K. and Australia on China. Is it time for Canada to take a page from the Australian playbook on managing China?
Cina menghadapi taruhan tinggi ketika tim WHO tiba untuk menyelidiki asal-usul virus COVID-19. Pemerintah Cina telah menyajikan kisah sukses kepada dunia - dan tidak akan menerima kritik apa pun.
L’enjeu est de taille pour la Chine alors que des équipes de l’OMS arrivent pour enquêter sur les origines du coronavirus. Pékin projette une image de réussite – et n’acceptera aucune critique.
The stakes are high for China as WHO teams arrive to investigate the origins of the coronavirus. Beijing has presented a success story to the world — and will not accept any criticism.
The chief minister has described the BRI as a ‘win-win’ for Australia and China. But in the lead-up to this weekend’s election, the major parties have been cautious about how they talk about China.
The death sentence handed down to Australian Karm Gilespie in China sends a clear message: Beijing will use its legal system to warn off other nations from challenging its government.
Beijing’s view of the rule of law is very different to what most of the rest of the world understands.
Australia’s Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Act is at least a step in the right direction.
Darwin is now on the front line in managing tensions between Australia’s most important strategic ally and partner and its major trading partner.
Huge loans to poor island nations leave them vulnerable to becoming vassal states for China’s strategic interests.
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