Tag Archive for: "bilateral relations"
Finding the positives to fix the US alliance

It takes two people to make a phone call, but when it’s between Donald Trump and Malcolm Turnbull, the call doesn’t happen by accident. Usually when world leaders speak together, it’s only after advisers and …

Cyber wrap

Australia and Indonesia have agreed to deepen their cooperation on cyber security issues following the latest meeting of the bilateral Ministerial Council on Law and Security. The joint communique noted the Ministers had agreed to …

Making the most of the French connection

One of 2016’s more notable surprises was the selection, in April, of French shipbuilder DCNS as the principal partner to design and build Australia’s future submarines. Few Australians would have anticipated that outcome, but it’s …

Trump, ‘One China’ and regional stability

As a number of commentators have observed, the phone call between Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen and US president-elect Donald Trump has set a cat among the pigeons. It has breached a practice in place since 1979 …