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Criticism of Five Eyes points to flaws in China’s strategic thinking
27 Feb 2021 | John Coyne

This week, an editorial in the Chinese state-run newspaper the Global Times alleged that the almost 80-year-old Five Eyes alliance of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States is an ‘axis …

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  • CCP
  • China
  • Five Eyes
  • propaganda
Policy, Guns and Money: EU–China trade deal, coup in Myanmar and ADF training during Covid-19
27 Feb 2021 | ASPI staff

At the end of December 2020, the European Union and China agreed in principle on a trade deal that will govern bilateral investment. Negotiations for the comprehensive agreement on investment began in 2013, but the …

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  • ADF
  • China
  • EU
  • Myanmar
What would it take for Australia to walk away from the French submarine deal?
26 Feb 2021 | Marcus Hellyer

Media reports this week have claimed that Prime Minister Scott Morrison has commissioned a Defence Department review into potential alternatives to the Attack-class submarine. That’s prompted a flurry of speculation about whether the government is …

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  • Attack class
  • defence
  • defence spending
  • submarines
Uniting against authoritarianism: a blueprint for the Quad
26 Feb 2021 | John Garrick and Yan C. Bennett

Following the changing of the guard in the White House, a re-energised Quadrilateral Security Dialogue linking the US, Japan, India and Australia needs to prepare itself to face serious global tensions in this year and …

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  • China
  • Indo-Pacific
  • Quad
  • authoritarianism
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    16 Feb 2021 | Eli Huang
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    16 Feb 2021 | Marcus Hellyer
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    19 Feb 2021 | Michael Gunner
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