China’s reported sale of shoulder-launched missile systems to Iran should be concerning not just to the United States but also to Australia and other major powers in the Indo-Pacific. It demonstrates a deeper strategic partnership …
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Since not long after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the democratic world has largely watched passively as China has been the main enabler of Moscow’s war effort. Despite knowing about Russia’s reliance on …
Russia and China often work from the same playbook. This is clear in their reactions to domestic protests in places of interest, including Indonesia. Since late August, Indonesians have been protesting against police violence and …
Democracies and authoritarian states are battling over the future of the internet in a little-known UN process. The United Nations is conducting a 20-year review of its World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), a …
The often tireless efforts of officials in Australia and around the world to secure the release of their citizens detained arbitrarily have yielded mixed results. This malign practice by autocratic regimes continues. The patchy outcomes …