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Facebook Can't Resolve Conflicts in Myanmar and Sri Lanka On Its Own
BY BRANDON PALADINO & HUNTER MARSTON Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been caught up in a whirlwind in recent months, giving congressional testimony and public statements defending Facebook...
The Trump-Kim Summit and Implications For Australia
BY ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BRENDAN TAYLOR Following the historic events of last week, the situation on the Korean Peninsula could go one of three ways, each with significant implications for Australia...
Should Shinzo Abe happen to meet Kim Jong-un
BY DR LAUREN RICHARDSON If Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe does not come to the table with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and attempt to resolve the abduction problem once again, he will likely become...
Slow-burning China crisis the birth of a new order
BY BRENDAN SARGEANT Getting on with China now involves a learning curve for Australia as Beijing probes and coerces to test this new strategic environment. In recent weeks there has been a crisis...
Australia and the Korean Crisis: Confronting the limits of influence?
BY PROFESSOR ANDREW O’NEIL, DR BRENDAN TAYLOR and PROFESSOR WILLIAM T. TOW North Korea’s announcement last weekend that it has suspended its nuclear and missile testing programs is one...
Tenets of Thailand’s ASEAN engagement
BY DR GREG RAYMOND AND PROFESSOR JOHN BLAXLAND ASEAN member states have different perspectives on the significance of the grouping. As one of the founder member states, the second largest economy...
Who Cares If Duterte Skips the ASEAN-Australia Summit?
BY MARK MANANTAN, alumnus Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to skip the ASEAN-Australia commemorative summit did not come as a surprise. Despite the warm gesture extended by Australian...
As US Aircraft Carrier Departs Vietnam, What Are the Implications for Regional Security?
BY JONATHAN STROMSETH & HUNTER MARSTON As the USS Carl Vinson concluded a week-long port call to Danang, Vietnam today, one can’t help but consider the contrast to not-too-distant memories from...
Foreign policy: why we should expect more of ourselves
We are starting to turn the “soft bigotry of low expectations” against our own government, and therefore against ourselves. Look at the way we have responded to the government’s recent Foreign...
Vietnam manages delicate balance between US and China
Donald Trump last week became the first U.S. president since the Vietnam War to have visited Vietnam during his first year of office, spending three days in the country during his inaugural Asian...
