COVID-19 has all but wiped foreign policy from the election debate, but a world still in crisis awaits the winner of the general election.
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It’s all in the details: the wide-ranging powers hinge on the yet-to-be-defined ‘institutional autonomy’ of foreign partners that enter into agreements with Australian public universities.
To recover from COVID-19 economic downturn, Indonesia needs every assistance available, including from overseas.
Many countries recruit overseas talent in science and technology, but China’s approach to gaining intellectual property is particularly aggressive.
In 2016 Trump promised to ‘shake the rust off America’s foreign policy.’ Four years later, it’s clearer what that looks like: a US that sits on the sidelines of world crises and collaborations alike.
How would Joe Biden engage a world upended by Trump? A diplomacy expert explains what Biden’s history says about his foreign policy priorities.
As workplace meetings move from offices to living rooms in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, what people say – absent nonverbal communication – is more important than ever.
The power vacuum in world leadership means New Zealand and other small states will have to create a new rules-based international order.
Between trade and traditional security alliances, New Zealand is being pulled in opposite directions over China. A new foreign policy is urgently needed.
The show of compassion is part of an attempt by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to revamp Turkey’s international status.
Kenya’s second president played a big role in steering South Sudan to freedom and independence.
The US is taking an untraditional approach in its peace talks with the Taliban. The new deal does not contain many of the elements that are typically key to a successful peace negotiation.
Even though Australians and Indonesians are both friendly and easy-going, systemic boundaries can slow down the process of collaboration.
The country’s national interest and human rights remain the two topics bedevilling South Africa’s foreign policy.
The Trump administration is demanding that Japan and South Korea pay more for hosting U.S. troops.
What the UK’s main political parties have pledged on foreign policy in their manifestos.
Distrust of the US – even if misplaced – can linger for decades, thwarting Washington’s foreign policy goals. A former US diplomat in Iraq reflects on that country’s skepticism of US aid efforts.
Amid debate about China’s refusal of visa to two federal MPs, former PM Paul Keating denounced the media for ‘failing to present a balanced picture of the rise, legitimacy and importance of China’.
After a foreign policy win, presidents usually enjoy a short-term poll boost. But that’s often followed by a long-term decline.
Data show that the US intervenes more in other countries’ affairs than it did in the past. It also currently hires fewer career professionals for ambassadorial or foreign affairs positions.
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Professor of Political Science, Macalester College
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Adjunct Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria., University of Pretoria
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Associate Professor of International Relations, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University
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Dosen Hubungan Internasional, Universitas Islam Indonesia (UII) Yogyakarta
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Tony Walker AM is a Friend of The Conversation.
Director, La Trobe University
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Professor, Griffith Law School, Griffith University
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Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Studies and Governance, University of the Free State
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Director, African Centre for the Study of the United States, University of Pretoria
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Fellow for the Middle East at the Baker Institute, Rice University
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Professor of History, University of Dayton
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Honorary Fellow, University of Wollongong
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Henry J. Leir Professor of Practice in Economics of the Middle East, Brandeis University