Serious middle powers enforce boundaries. They do not absorb pressure indefinitely. They do not treat hostility as misunderstanding. They do not mistake accommodation for statecraft. Australia does the opposite. In early 2025, a Chinese navy …
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Everything Australia has achieved—prosperity, stability and strategic freedom—has been underwritten by a great power that shared our values. First it was Britain, then the United States. But with the second Trump administration, that arrangement is …
A review of Australia’s law on sub-national foreign relations has erred in suggesting that universities should face less scrutiny over their transnational education programs. The legislative proposal comes just as Australian universities and China’s party-system …
Contrary to widespread commentary, Australia’s trade exposure to China doesn’t put Beijing in a position to apply powerful economic coercion on this country. To understand why, we first need to recognise that in cases of …
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s ebullient visit to China last week was quite the shot across Washington’s bows. A clear message was that Australia has some leverage in the alliance—it’s not all the United States’ way. …