La evolución de la situación dependerá del grado de violencia que Israel esté dispuesto a infligir a Hamás, así como del aguante de Hamás ante los ataques aéreos y de artillería israelíes.
- Director, La Trobe University
Where it goes from here will depend how much violence Israel is willing to inflict on Hamas, and Hamas’s continued tolerance of Israeli air strikes and artillery fire.
The likelihood of open conflict is low, given the risks to China and the US. With the Biden administration treading carefully over Taiwan, why is there so much loose talk of war in Canberra?
The Chinese president has used a major address to reassert China’s role as a rising superpower and its willingness to be front and centre on major global issues, including climate change.
There’s a sizeable gap between Western perceptions of the role of journalists in democratic societies and China’s view that media should serve the interests of the state.
The group has been at pains to stress it is not fundamentally about countering the ‘Chinese threat’. But of course, that is primarily what it is about.
With Beijing signalling its interest in joining, the Trans-Pacific Partnership may offer Canberra an opportunity to end the trade dispute that is damaging both countries.
Tehan will outline some ideas for re-engaging with China at his first press conference this week. The business community will be watching closely.
The president-elect is also likely to be less tolerant of Israel’s settlement expansion and the inroads Russia and Turkey have made into the Middle East.
Australia’s policy-makers are pursuing a one-dimensional “stand up to Chinese bullying” approach — and it clearly isn’t working.
Blinken’s nomination will put pressure on Australia to do more on climate change, but offer hopes of reconciliation in its fractious relationship with China.
After a disastrous few years under the Trump administration, Australia must find a way to confront China on bullying behaviour while seeking its co-operation on climate change and trade.
If Joe Biden becomes the next US president, there are many potential benefits for Australia, particularly in a less combative Sino-US relationship.
Australia’s increasingly fractious relationship with China has taken another blow after the ‘Quad’ meeting in Tokyo.
With a nuclear deal set to expire, ongoing tensions in the region and an uncertain US presidential election, there may soon be an increase in hostilities in the Gulf region.
There has not yet been an explanation for the detention of the CGTN news anchor, but it is difficult to untangle it from deeply strained relations between China and Australia.
The normalisation of ties between Israel and an important Gulf state reveals an acceptance of the arguments for a regional buffer to counter Iran’s growing influence.
Torn apart by years of war and now effectively bankrupt, the country and its people are facing a new devastation.
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.
Election campaigns tend to expose faultlines. 2020 will do that in spades.
With the US exercises in the South China Sea, the security and political environment is treacherous at a moment when China itself feels under siege.
PM Benjamin Netanyahu could begin to unveil his annexation plans on July 1 – a move that would be the most contentious move of his lengthy premiership.
‘Hostage diplomacy’ is a relatively recent term for an old practice - and one that appears to have a set place in China’s diplomatic arsenal.
There are many reasons to criticise China, but a Camp David pile-on is the last thing Morrison needs to associate himself with given the tenuous state of Sino-Australian relations.
It’s not just the coronavirus that is upping the ante, but tensions over Huawei and other technologies that are threatening to create a new cold war. And Australia will be caught in the middle.
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