If BRICS can assemble an economic and political coalition with strategic intent, why shouldn’t the Commonwealth countries? This is the hard question Australia and its allies should be asking themselves, as existing institutions fail to …
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Alexander Stubb has had a busy two years. Since being inaugurated as Finland’s president in March 2024, he has become one of Europe’s most visible leaders, shuttling between negotiations in Brussels, Davos, Kyiv and Washington, …
A rules-based world order guaranteed by a collective of middle powers is possible if leaders confidently choose to strengthen military, diplomatic and economic levers of sovereign power. These countries, largely major developed economies, must diversify …
In the coming multipolar order, New Zealand and Australia need to shape a new regional economic and security project. If middle powers do not shape a new Indo-Pacific order, the region will be caught up …
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 …