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Australia
AUKUS: Impact on Indo-Pacific Security Dynamics
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Collin Koh Swee Lean.
AUKUS, Australia, and the Importance of Trust in Foreign Policy
By Grant Wyeth
Former Australian Prime Minister Turnbull put it well: “If we want to have influence in our region we must be trusted. Our word must be our bond.”
Court Lifts Secrecy in Alleged Australian Espionage Trial
By Rod McGuirk
An Australian spy’s lawyer stands accused of conspiring with his client to communicate information to East Timor about an espionage operation.
Australia Won’t Welcome Foreign Tourists Until at Least 2022
By Rod McGuirk
Australia will slowly start to reopen its borders to skilled migrants and international students. Tourists will have to keep waiting.
China Is Manufacturing Vaccines in Africa. The Quad Should Too.
By Veda Vaidyanathan
The implications of Beijing’s progression from donating vials of the vaccine to setting up production in the continent are hard to ignore, especially for the leaders of the Quad.
Australia-EU Trade Talks Delayed Amid Submarine Deal Fallout
By Samuel Petrequin
An EU official said the submarine row played a role in the decision to delay this month’s talks but insisted a deal was not ready to be sealed in any case
The Quad Commits to Regulating Space
By Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
Growing space security threats are proving to be a challenge for existing global governance measures, but consensus on new rules is proving difficult.
Melbourne Protests and the Disinformation Wars in Australia
By Grant Wyeth
The violent protests prove that Australia shouldn’t be complacent about the effect of misinformation and disinformation on the country’s social stability.
Australia’s Daintree Rainforest Returned to Indigenous Owners
By Associated Press
The World Heritage-listed Daintree Rainforest is among four national parks to be handed back to the Eastern Kuku Yalanji people.
AUKUS and the Indo-Pacific: Geopolitics, Technology, and Deterrence
By Ankit Panda
What does the new U.S.-UK-Australia trilateral cooperative partnership entail?
Historic Quad Leaders’ Summit Reinforces Its Action Mandate
By Hayley Channer
But is it possible the Quad is spreading itself too thin?
Why the Quad Is Crucial
By Kei Hakata and Brendon J. Cannon
Now that the Quad has held its first in-person leaders’ summit meeting, what can realistically be expected for the Indo-Pacific and its emerging geography of strategies?