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19
Oct

The AUKUS Submarine Deal: Consequences for Global Nuclear Governance

Dr Trevor Findlay. The AUKUS trilateral defence technology partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States […]
VIC
26
Oct

The Strategic Benefits of the AUKUS Deal

Dr Sidharth Kaushal, RUSI. The recent AUKUS defence agreement concluded between Australia, the UK and the US has been met with both diplomatic […]
VIC
27
Oct

Russia-China: The New Era Alliance, its Ambitions and its Limits

Dr Marcin Kaczmarski, Dr Matthew Sussex and Dr Elizabeth Buchanan with Rowan Callick OBE FAIIA. Russia and China’s […]
VIC
03
Nov

Ethiopia’s Tigray War

William Davison, International Crisis Group. Ethiopia’s Tigray region has been experiencing conflict since November 2020, with fighting between the dissident leaders of the […]
VIC
16
Nov

The CECA: Roadmaps for the Australia - India Economic Relationship

Dr Amitendu Palit, Ambassador Anil Wadhwa and Peter Varghese AO FAIIA with The Hon Lisa Singh. The India […]
VIC
24
Mar

14th Sir Zelman Cowen Oration & Dinner

Current COVID restrictions mean that capacity at the venue has been reached, and we have had to stop taking bookings. However we are […]

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Australian Outlook

Book Review: How China Loses: The Pushback Against Chinese Global Ambitions

By John West
18 October 2021

China seems to be on a path towards global leadership. However, according to Luke Patey, with middle powers and developing countries pushing back against China’s overreach, China is unlikely command influence over global affairs.
Parliament House At Dusk, Canberra ACT Source: Thennicke https://bit.ly/2ZsyTT3

15 October: The Week in Australian Foreign Affairs

By Isabella Keith
15 October 2021

This week in Australian foreign affairs: Australia is "heading to the Moon," G20 Extraordinary Leaders’ Meeting on Afghanistan, the annual South Pacific Defence Ministers’ Meeting, and more.
A helicopter attached to Chinese Navy ship multirole frigate Hengshui (572) participates in a maritime interdiction event with the Chinese Navy guided-missile destroyer Xi’an (153) during Rim of the Pacific. Twenty-six nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 30 to Aug. 4, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2016 is the 25th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (Chinese navy photo by Sun Hongjie)

“Permissible” Chinese Military Spending, AUKUS, and the Security Dilemma

By Professor James Laurenceson and Associate Professor Chengxin Pan
15 October 2021

The view that AUKUS is a justified response to China's actions ignores China’s achievements and future ambitions. It also ignores China’s legitimate security fears.

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