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When it comes to the study of international relations and power, Australian scholar Coral Bell was a superstar.
The Bui Dam is a tangible reminder of China’s influence in Ghana.
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China’s engagement with Ghana was solidified by its willingness to undertake an expensive project Western partners had run away from.
The framing of Africa’s relationship with China needs a rethink.
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African identity needs a revision to move beyond current understanding of its relationship with China
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The UK will host the first G7 summit since 2019. Can they tackle global challenges?
An Indonesian seller unpacks boxes of fruits imported from China at a wet market in West Java.
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Indonesia needs to learn from China’s economic success, especially when Indonesia-China’s relations are mainly based on economics.
The ongoing tension between the US and China should encourage Indonesia to strengthen ties with nontraditional partners, like the Gulf states.
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Key areas for cooperation between Indonesia and the Gulf countries are trade and investment, multilateralism, pandemic mitigation, and cultural exchange.
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As Australia’s efforts in space accelerate, we must avoid escalating a cycle of competition and conflict.
Wary friendship: Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi after talks in March 2021.
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They are hardly ‘new best friends’, but China and Russia have plenty of common interests – and pressure points.
President Biden has so far kept most of his predecessor’s tough-on-China policies.
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A scholar of global relations says China seems worried about its future. Meanwhile, the US and Europe still treat China as a threat. The clash of world views could be destabilizing.
Tourists stroll at an Old Town area in Semarang, Central Java, without properly wearing their face masks.
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Indonesia is paying the price for failing to control the spread of the coronavirus. The country needs to change course and give priority to public health as the first step in repairing the economy.
A Chinese engineer (centre) and Kenyan construction workers building a road in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.
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Twenty years after the first China-Africa forum, the perceptions of ordinary African citizens still need to be better considered in government-to-government interactions.
Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi (second left) talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wa Ying (third right) in Beijing, China, last April.
A stronger partnership between China and Indonesia may impact Indonesia’s relationship with the US.
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COVID-19 has all but wiped foreign policy from the election debate, but a world still in crisis awaits the winner of the general election.
President Donald Trump may have removed his mask, but the uncertainty posed by his positive COVID-19 test continues.
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What might be the global geopolitical significance of Trump’s positive COVID-19 test?
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Whether it’s bluster or not, a dangerous message has been sent to the rest of the world that the UK may be willing to backtrack on important promises.
Biden goes way back with a number of world leaders, among them Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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How would Joe Biden engage a world upended by Trump? A diplomacy expert explains what Biden’s history says about his foreign policy priorities.
A boy attends a celebration to mark the anniversary of Kosovo’s declaration of independence.
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Kosovo, Taiwan, Palestine, Catalonia and Bougainville are all seeking independence, with varying levels of success.
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The power vacuum in world leadership means New Zealand and other small states will have to create a new rules-based international order.
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The racial unrest in the US has drawn accusations of hypocrisy and questions on democratic legitimacy from around the globe, world, including those in Indo-Pacific.
The Security Council meets at the United Nations headquarters in New York to discuss the situation in Syria in 2019. On this issue, as with many others, the Council’s paralysis had tragic consequences.
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Canada’s recent failure to gain a seat on the UN Security Council indicates the country still has work to do but also highlights the need to reform the powerful body.