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WEBThis week in Australian foreign affairs: Albanese in Tonga for 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting; Pacific Policing Initiative announced; Marles in Indonesia to sign Australia-Indonesia Defence Cooperation Agreement; new partnership to support climate resilient communities across Tonga, and more.
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What do Australians Need to Look for in the Defence Strategic …
WEBApr 6, 2023 — The Indonesian government’s meetings with China underscore a pragmatic approach to relations, where economics and investment is paramount. Missing in the broader dialogue are values, many of which are derided in Beijing.
“Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together”: Social Change and the …
WEBAug 18, 2021 — The Olympic Games provide a platform to celebrate athletic achievement. They can also be a platform to showcase inclusion and create broader social impact.
Most Read of 2020: Border Disputes Between India and Nepal: Will …
WEBIndia and Nepal’s enduring border disputes have repeatedly provoked nationalist movements and protests in Nepal and alienated Nepal from India. Resolving the disputes through cooperative rather than coercive measures will be critical for India’s ambition to become a “responsible” rising power.
Football Diplomacy: How Qatar won the 2022 World Cup
WEBQatar won the right to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup by placing its bid at the centre of its national and foreign policy strategy. Qatar’s huge oil and gas reserves have, in the space of four decades, taken it from backwater to the richest country on earth per capita.
Most Read of 2021: The Woman Paradox: Misogyny and Women …
WEBWith the threat of right-wing extremism accelerating due to the pandemic, understanding the gendered element of the threat is essential countering radicalisation. Misogynist rhetoric is not only pushing men to the far right, but women too.
The Warsaw Pact: Forgotten Relic of the Cold War
WEBMay 14, 2015 — Sixty years after the signing of the Warsaw Pact on 14 May 1955, relations between Russia and Western Europe remain fraught with tension. This week marks the 60 th anniversary of the establishment of the Warsaw Treaty Organisation (WTO), better known as the Warsaw Pact. Up until at least 1991, European and even global security concerns were understood through interpreting the relationship ...
Betwixt Development and Securitisation of the Nile: Competing ...
WEBAug 27, 2020 — Egypt has, for decades, monopolised the use of the Nile River. With Ethiopia’s relentless pursuit of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) project and questioning of Egypt’s hegemony, both sides have adopted competing securitisation rhetorics to legitimise their cause.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70: Protection of …
WEBOn the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it is worth considering it in terms of the protection of human rights within Australia. Australia has failure to implement domestically the terms of the two founding Covenants, and the resulting piecemeal protections that exist for human rights.