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July 28, 2021
In Exporting Problems, Australia Risks Damaging Ties With New Zealand
By Grant Wyeth
With deportations, Australia is demonstrating a knee-jerk self-interest, divorced from the wider realities of the Australia-New Zealand relationship.
July 23, 2021
Australia Struggles With Moral Obligation to Aid Afghan Partners
By Joshua Mcdonald
Afghan interpreters plead for support from the Australian government as the threat from the Taliban increases.
July 22, 2021
Connecting the Vertices: Prospects for Australia-Taiwan Relations
By Jung-Ming Chang
As the U.S. tightens ties with both Taiwan and Australia, it's time for Canberra and Taipei to do the same.
July 22, 2021
New Zealand’s Statement on China’s Cyberattacks: A Shot Across the Bow
By Geoffrey Miller
A statement issued by the New Zealand government alleging Chinese state involvement in hacking goes much further than a simple, pro forma endorsement of the views of New Zealand’s allies.
July 19, 2021
Can Australian Rules Football Rule Australia?
By Grant Wyeth
One distinct regional difference within Australia is in preference for sporting codes, but the Australian Football League brushes off its most devoted locales to chase rugby-dominated markets.
July 19, 2021
Bougainville Inches Closer to Independence
By Joshua Mcdonald
Given the 2019 referendum’s nearly unanimous approval, it will be difficult for Papua New Guinea to deny the region independence.
July 17, 2021
Jacinda Ardern’s APEC Diplomacy
By Geoffrey Miller
The meeting further built the New Zealand prime minister's reputation as a pragmatist and a coalition builder.
July 15, 2021
Ardern’s Foreign Policy Address Was Pro-US, But Not Necessarily Anti-China
By Geoffrey Miller
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern delivered a keynote speech on foreign policy on Wednesday.
July 12, 2021
Australia’s Hawke, American Informant
By Joshua Mcdonald
The beloved Australian prime minister was a U.S. informant, new research shows.
July 08, 2021
Australia Donates Vaccines, Aid to Virus-Hit Indonesia
By Sebastian Strangio
The offer comes as the Southeast Asian nation struggles to contain an exponential increase in COVID-19 infections.
July 06, 2021
Australia Denies Interfering in China’s Pacific Vaccine Help
By Rod McGuirk
A Chinese newspaper had accused Australia of seeking to sabotage the distribution of Chinese vaccines in Papua New Guinea.
July 06, 2021
COVID-19 and Fortress Australia
By Grant Wyeth
The value of being inside Australia may have risen during the pandemic, but the value of being an Australian citizen has clearly decreased.
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