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Tensions across the Taiwan Strait are rising and are potentially more serious than crises in the 1990s and even the 1950s. Military activity […]

This is an unsettling time for world politics. One constant in commentary at the moment, here and overseas is the term “rules-based international […]

The Vote for Cambodia: Australia’s Diplomatic Intervention The Australian Institute of International Affairs is pleased to present the third instalment of the Diplomatic […]

An Enduring Contribution? Australia’s Term on the United Nations Security Council (2013-2014) The Australian Institute of International Affairs […]

Ric Smith has masterfully woven archival material, memories of his own time as a foreign service officer, and conversations with other officers of the then Department of Foreign Affairs to recount the crisis in East Pakistan in 1971 and the difficult birth of Bangladesh.