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3 years

Germany has decided to stop using the coronavirus infection rate as its yardstick for deciding if restrictions should be in force... government will instead monitor hospitalisations as a key indicator for whether the health system is becoming overburdened.

Germany drops incidence levels as key COVID yardstick

Germany has decided to stop using the coronavirus infection rate as its yardstick for deciding if restrictions should be in force to contain the spread of the virus, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on...

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This is rather good.

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3 years

Remarkable. Bangladesh now wealthier than Pakistan and India in per capita terms:

South Asia Should Pay Attention to Its Standout Star

India and Pakistan have much to learn from their once-poorer neighbor Bangladesh.

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@SHamiltonian Help me understand, Steven. What does this mean for ordinary Russians?

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@goal I was once mistaken for Ronald Koeman by a Japanese tourist while we were at the top of the Eiffel Tower. True story.

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Greatest. Interpreter. Headline. Ever. @LowyInstitute @mfullilove @danielflitton :

Xi saves sea slugs on the sea floor

Exploring the murky depths of Papua New Guinea’s sea cucumber trade to China.

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3 years

When China behaves in ways that arouse fear or suspicion among other nations, we should remain open to the possibility that China *does* understand how damaging such behaviour is to its reputation, but that its leaders have concluded it is worth it.

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5 years

Genuine question, no political subtext intended: why exempt the US from these considerations?

Australian health advisers say no to Europe-wide travel ban

Surging cases across Italy, France, Germany and Spain and the US decision to ban non-residents travelling from 26 European countries forced it to be considered.

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4 years

From Gordon Brown's review of Bill Gates' new book on climate change.

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2 years

Some thoughts on Greg Sheridan's weekend column, specifically this paragraph on the Chinese military threat to Australia.

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2 years

One reason America became a great power and Australia didn't: inland waterways.

windy/Dennis 🇺🇦 I support Ukraine

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The mighty Mississippi and all its tributaries

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3 years

I think we might be overstating the risk that NATO military involvement in the Ukraine War leads to Russian escalation and understating the risk that sanctions lead to escalation.

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4 years

@mhar4 OMG I love my country.

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My first impressions of the AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine announcement. The word 'extraordinary' gets quite a work-out...

How nuclear subs could transform Australia, its alliance and Asia

First thoughts on the consequences of a truly momentous decision.

www.lowyinstitute.org

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7 years

Outstanding piece from @Robert_E_Kelly :

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2 years

What all this illustrates is that Australia's single biggest defence asset is distance. We are hard to attack because we are far away. Yet our defence strategy, particularly the AUKUS subs, is now geared to compressing that distance when we should be exploiting it.

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6 years

@Rotarywings1 @stoa1984 And after the smoke clears...

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3 years

With three months to think it over, I have only become more sceptical about AUKUS. My latest for The Interpreter:

Changing my mind about AUKUS

What I said then, and what I think now, about the nuclear-powered subs announcement that caught everyone by surprise.

www.lowyinstitute.org

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2 years

“Right wing authoritarian populists…are democracy’s greatest threat”. Disagree. The greatest threat is the yawning chasm between the political class and the public. RW populism is only a symptom of that disconnect.

Malcolm Turnbull

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The victory of @EmmanuelMacron today is of the utmost importance not just for France but for the world. Right wing authoritarian populists, often backed by and backing Putin, are democracy’s greatest threat. Macron has seen them off today, but they will be back.

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8 years

Today my kids ran down the Parliament House grass for last time, thanks to the coming fence. What a disgrace. A small victory for terrorism.

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3 years

Strong Canberra vibes here.

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1 year

Yes! We don't need high-speed rail between Sydney and Canberra, just faster rail. A three-hour journey time would make it very competitive:

'Sanity not vanity': the case for faster rail over high-speed options between Canberra and Sydney |...

Advocacy groups have argued the Commonwealth needs to take the front foot in improving train services between Canberra and Sydney…

the-riotact.com

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@SamRoggeveen

3 years

A sobering look at what we are getting ourselves into.

Engaging Strategy

@EngageStrategy1

3 years

A couple of thoughts on the Australian decision to abandon the Attack-class diesel-electric submarine programme in favor of pursuing a nuclear-powered submarine fleet in co-operation with the USA and UK./1

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2 years

Twitter needs an account solely dedicated to the architecture of Australian licensed clubs.

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Loving the confidence on this site that the AUKUS subs are a rolled gold certainty. As if we didn’t cancel a French sub contract five minutes ago and renege on a handshake deal with Japan five minutes before that.

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5 years

My review of Hugh White's "How to Defend Australia":

Book review: Hugh White’s How to Defend Australia

This quietly radical book calls on Australia to plan as if our US alliance will diminish to the point of vanishing.

www.lowyinstitute.org

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2 years

I don't want to minimise this: China already has more capability to attack the Australian continent than the Soviets ever did. But that's no excuse for threat inflation.

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Although the assumption that China is a threat to US security is near universal among analysts, it is vanishingly rare to see anyone spell out exactly why. So when a US analyst attempts such an argument, it is worth applauding and examining:

Elbridge Colby

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I'm very sympathetic to those who don't want to fight to defend Taiwan. I'm against the forever wars and generally am skeptical about the use of our military. But defending Taiwan makes sense *for Americans' concrete economic interests, freedoms, and sovereignty*. Why? 👇 1/

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3 years

If Australia thinks G7 communiques, NATO summitry or even a trade deal with the UK are signs that the West will be there for us in a contested Asia, we're making a grave error. My piece in the @smh :

The West is not coming to Australia’s rescue. We need new alliances

The harsh truth is that there will be no Western alliance to contain China.

www.smh.com.au

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2 years

Walked into a shopping centre this morning, 1 January. Pharmacy closed, bottle shop open. I call that a misallocation of resources.

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2 years

My piece in today’s Financial Review on Paul Keating’s intervention in the AUKUS debate. In some ways things are worse for Australia than he supposes, in other ways better.

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@SamRoggeveen

3 years

Some 59% of the population are full-vaccinated with around 64% having received at least one dose.

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@SamRoggeveen

2 years

First, the attention on this topic is welcome. Australian politicians and commentators are almost unanimous in calling for higher defence spending 'because China', but there is shockingly little analysis of the specifics. Just what could the PLA do to us?

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4 years

@shadihamid Yep. And now we will get a wave of anguished commentary about how divided America is between red and blue, when the real division is between the political class (which includes the media) and the public.

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3 years

Dwight Eisenhower, everybody:

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2 years

From the transcript of the final session of talks between Reagan and Gorbachev in Reykjavik, 1986. It still stuns me to my core that this conversation even happened:

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3 years

Thanks for the update on the Scottish election in your 7pm TV bulletin, @abcnews . Can you also let me know what’s going on in Jakarta, Tokyo and Beijing?

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1 year

. @danielflitton did a beautiful job with this obituary. I will miss Allan dearly.

Remembering Allan Gyngell, “the finest mind in Australian foreign policy”

Analyst, diplomat, author. Few Australians could better judge Australia’s place in the world.

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5 years

A thrill to write for @ForeignPolicy . @LowyInstitute

China’s New Carrier Shows Beijing Is Done Playing Defense

A growing fleet means much bigger regional ambitions.

foreignpolicy.com

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@SamRoggeveen

2 years

So let's begin. First of all, no, Beijing does not have 'countless' options. In fact, its options are narrower than Sheridan suggests.

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2 years

These are very expensive weapons, probably in the tens of millions of dollars each. They can only be used once and they only carry one warhead with 500-1000kg of HE. Enough to destroy an aircraft hangar or damage a highway overpass, but no more.

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It's unlikely China would ever use its entire inventory of these missiles against us, and even if they did, the damage would be survivable, particularly if we invest in hardening and resilience of our northern bases.

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3 years

@balajis @clairlemon Nothing on that equipment list that the Chinese and Russians don't already make quite well themselves. Even for Iran, the value would be marginal.

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1 year

The biggest investment in the parliamentary triangle since 2008, and it's a car park. What an indictment.

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2 years

All the while, they would be vulnerable to our Collins subs, as well as airborne anti-ship threats such as the Super Hornet and P-8 firing Harpoon missiles. In time, we will have the far deadlier LRASM too.

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2 years

AFAIK China cannot hit us with non-nuclear ballistic missiles fired from the mainland. It's not clear which system Sheridan has in mind with this claim. Every missile with that range is designed to carry nuclear weapons. See p.66-7 of this report:

China Military Power Report

The Department of Defense released its annual report on the Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China (PRC), known as the China Military Power Report (CMPR), on Oct....

www.defense.gov

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1 year

Possibly the greatest thread ever.

That’s So Village

@ThatsSoVillage

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As the cricket season draws to an end here in the UK, it's time to recap a few of the most village moments of the year... A thread —

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3 years

"Repairing the relationship" should not be the government's objective.

QandA

@QandA

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On Thursday, #QandA will look at how Australia can repair its relationship with China, from trade sanctions to diplomatic tensions over human rights. Register to join the studio audience in Melbourne via the website:

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2 years

Even losing one destroyer or submarine on such a mission would be the biggest loss the PLA Navy has suffered in modern history. And in return for what? A few dozen cruise missiles hitting our northern bases. Why would we buckle to Chinese demands in the face of that?

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2 years

As for strikes from the air, yes that is possible, using the H-6 bomber. But as the previous map shows, they would need to be launched from (quite small) South China Sea bases, or they would need aerial refueling support, which is very scarce in the PLA Air Force right now.

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1 year

Lovely to finally see it in physical form. In bookshops on 29 August, or pre-order here:

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2 years

Even with aerial refueling, these would be some of the longest bombing missions in history. Not quite up there with the 'Black Buck' raids from the Falklands, but still highly resource-intensive. Not an efficient way to achieve military effects.

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The DF-26 (of which China probably has around 500) could reach northern Australia, but only if fired from China's artificial islands:

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@SamRoggeveen

2 years

President George HW Bush's 1992 State of the Union address. Breathtaking.

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2 years

I used to worry that I suffer from confirmation bias but everything I read says I don't.

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2 years

Reminder that the point of diplomacy is to advance your nation's interests, not to win arguments with foreigners.

A war of words is erupting between Australia and the Solomon Islands after the island nation inked a...

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2 years

Also worth noting: China presently has no nuclear-powered submarines for a mission like this. They do have some SSKs than can fire land-attack cruise missiles, but it's a long, slow journey to Australia.

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@dafengcao 15 destroyers in this pic alone either under construction or fitting out. Plus the carrier, top right. Astonishing. And in terms of defence spending as a % of GDP, they're not even breaking a sweat. @graham_euan @BrendanTN_ @BrendanKTaylor @tshugart3 @mcgregorrichard

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Like many AUKUS sceptics, I'm also a PRC sceptic. None of us are "isolationists, pacifists and anti-nuclear campaigners". The pro-AUKUS side doesn't need a taxpayer-funded publicity campaign, it just needs to offer a coherent strategic case for SSNs:

Spiky questions remain for AUKUS proponents • Sam Roggeveen

There is an alternative, but the debate looks like taking some time to shift

insidestory.org.au

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Sam Roggeveen

@SamRoggeveen

3 years

It's a mildly unfashionable thing to say, but Australia's China debate is actually pretty sophisticated. My review of David Brophy's "China Panic" and Peter Hartcher's "Red Zone":

China debate not just a matter of hawks and doves

Two new volumes explore Australia’s economic, cultural and security relationship with the emerging superpower.

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2 years

What about firing missiles from ships and subs? More plausible and affordable, but the transit from China would take weeks, and when the ships/subs arrive within range, they could fire just a few dozen missiles. Then all the way back to China to reload.

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My observation from quite a lot of freeway driving over the last 12 months: tailgaters are always men, and 90% are driving utes. Given the speeds involved, they are taking INSANE risks with their own lives, and those of other road users.

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3 years

My latest on the Quad (over-rated) and Indonesia (under-rated):

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6 years

Good grief! My piece on the Chinese aircraft carrier program the third-most popular arricle on @ForeignPolicy 's website in 2018: @LowyInstitute

Our Top Stories of 2018

From the Mueller investigation to China’s expanding influence, these are the pieces readers clicked on the most.

foreignpolicy.com

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New piece from me. AUKUS scepticism is growing in Australia, but I don't see much change on the horizon. In the US, on the other hand...:

Spiky questions remain for AUKUS proponents • Sam Roggeveen

There is an alternative, but the debate looks like taking some time to shift

insidestory.org.au

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3 years

30% of Aus population (7.6 million) born overseas, all unable to see family for 15 months. Wouldn't you expect them to have cohered into some kind of political movement or voice by now? Why hasn't this happened? @HenrySherrell @arcanakhalil @natashaskassam

30% of Australia's Population Born Overseas

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3 years

This from @JamesFallows . Glad I'm not the only one who feels this way...

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2 years

In case there was any confusion, my alternative vision does not include the Russian Kilo-class submarines shown in the pic!

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3 years

"Abandoned"? Or maybe just left to stand on our own two feet, as any confident, modern nation should. We need to get it this clear: the West is not coming to Australia's rescue.

The West is not coming to Australia’s rescue. We need new alliances

The harsh truth is that there will be no Western alliance to contain China.

www.smh.com.au

Fiona Willan

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3 years

Trade Minister Dan Tehan says the new trade deal with the UK ‘rights an historic wrong, which occurred 50 years ago, when the UK turned to Europe and left Australia, in many ways…abandoned’ #auspol #trade @9NewsAUS

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OMG this just gets better and better with age. Stupendously fine writing, and the performances...

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Bonus: 'Yes Minister' preempted Trump's BMD remarks by decades. (This is such a great bit.)

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7 years

I'm against the 280-character move. The old 140-character limit forced me to avoid repetition, avoid repetition, and be really, really conci

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3 years

How should Australia deal with China? I make the case for stoicism:

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My AUKUS piece, including a point I took (with permission) from Allan Gyngell: "it is hard to think of a major defence or foreign policy initiative in living memory with such a stark divergence between what the public knows and what the government knows".

AUKUS, one year on

Australians deserve the details of what nuclear-powered submarines mean – for national defence and identity alike.

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3 years

This mindset, of reaching for the top *in Asia*, should be a national mindset, not just a footballing one. It's why Ange is an inspiring figure beyond the pitch.

‘It wore me down’: Postecoglou explains why he quit as Socceroos coach

Ange Postecoglou thought winning the 2015 Asian Cup on home soil would be a “seminal moment” for the game in Australia – but he was left with a sinking feeling when the code and the country failed to...

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7 years

The Interpreter wants to expand its coverage of Asian pop culture and how it intersects with the region's politics. If you're a writer or researcher who has something to say on this topic, let us know! @LowyInstitute @danielflitton @athomasdavis

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My point is that there is nothing like this level of intellectual engagement in the US when it comes to China, which is clearly a much bigger challenge to America's global status than radical Islam ever was. 2/

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Enjoyed hosting @Robert_E_Kelly in Canberra earlier this week. Recruiting Bob as an Interpreter regular was one of the best decisions I made as editor. @LowyInstitute @danielflitton

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One sure way to make the Australian government dig its heels in on these 14 points is to make them public. Backing down on any of them now would be a humiliation. China must know that. Suggests the message may not be aimed at us.

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Why is China building aircraft carriers? Not to challenge American leadership in Asia, but to inherit it: @LowyInstitute @graham_euan @BrendanTN_ @Robert_E_Kelly @mcgregorrichard

China's New Aircraft Carrier Is Already Obsolete

But it's still a powerful signal of Beijing's ambitions in a post-U.S. Asia.

foreignpolicy.com

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2 years

"Of course I can write 3000 words by Monday."

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2 years

Me too.

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2 years

even after almost 30 years living in Australia, I still get excited by King Parrots when I get to see one close up. His green friend was a few meters up in the tree.

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Thrilling to see the cover of my upcoming book on the @BlackIncBooks website:

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3 years

A paper which has changed my thinking. I had hitherto internalised the conventional wisdom that losing Taiwan would be catastrophic for America's position in Asia @PatPorter76 @MMazarr :

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I'm looking for a term that's similar to "hindsight bias" but not quite. It's the tendency to retrospectively normalise radical change. As in, an action or event overturns the status quo, but we look back on it as uncontroversial or typical. Is there a term for that?

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What's the core mission of Australian diplomacy in 2020? In a word, peace. In slightly more words: building a regional order that reduces the risk of war between the major powers. Me in @australian : @DaveSharma @LowyInstitute @Ben_G_Scott @HerveLemahieu

Regional security depends on making order from chaos

The defence policy statement released by the Morrison government this month was almost shocking in its pessimism about the new dangers to Australia’s security. The Prime Minister launched the Defence...

www.theaustralian.com.au

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Is it churlish to point out that saying China aims to be the "leading military, economic, diplomatic and political power...in the world” is not *quite* the same as saying it wants to "dominate the world"?

China aims to dominate the world: Blinken

The Chinese government’s strategic ambition has expanded so that it now aims to dominate the entire world in military and economic power, according to Antony Blinken.

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3 years

Dutton said war over Taiwan cannot be discounted. How is that in any sense 'hawkish'? It's just a statement of the bleeding obvious.

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2 years

The acknowledgments page of the book I am writing will say: “I could not have written this book without Twitter. But without Twitter, I would have written it in half the time.”

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Australia NEVER thinks of itself this way.

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Australia and New Zealand have surprisingly good financials relative to the G7. They may be the best run countries in the Western world.

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For Australian foreign policy, Indonesia should be a higher priority than China. Discuss.

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2 years

When I hear Harry Kewell say we’re too shy, I hear Ange talking. They’re both right. #FRAAUS

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5 years

"10 tips for writing op-eds". I drew on this 2013 piece today to talk to the @PerthUSAsia Alliance Regional Workshop about how to get your ideas into the public debate: @erinwatsonlynn

10 tips for writing op-eds

The Lowy Institute has launched its first-ever undergraduate op-ed competition (the deadline is 24 May, so plenty of time to enter; you could win a $500 Westfield voucher), so I thought this would be...

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4 years

I can think of worse.

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7 years

Proud to welcome @danielflitton as new Managing Editor of The Interpreter. Here's his first piece. @LowyInstitute

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2 years

Said it before, and will say it again. Turning up to a big international summit in a tanker aircraft is like arriving at the school formal in dad's ute.

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@AlboMP

2 years

Today I am heading to Japan for the Quad Leaders’ Summit along with Foreign Minister @SenatorWong . I am honoured to represent Australia at this important forum. I look forward to meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Kishida, US President Biden and Indian Prime Minister Modi.

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Sam Roggeveen

@SamRoggeveen

2 years

My latest piece on Richard Marles' statement in France that there will not be an interim submarine. Odd that this is not getting more attention.

Marles torpedoes French subs, but is yet to explain nuclear advantage

For such a high-stakes and expensive enterprise the public deserves to know not just what boats we’re getting, but why.

www.lowyinstitute.org

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Sam Roggeveen

@SamRoggeveen

3 years

Neat metaphor for Twitter.

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Sam Roggeveen

@SamRoggeveen

2 years

Has anyone written on the specific consequences of a PLA base in the Pacific Islands region for Australia's defence? What would be the peacetime/wartime utility of such a base? What would be its coercive potential? How would ADF strategy and force structure need to change?

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Sam Roggeveen

@SamRoggeveen

3 years

The article takes for granted that we should be gearing the Air Force for a Taiwan fight. But that ought to be up for debate, no?

Is Australia ready for war? The air force’s biggest problem with China is how to get there

With a combat range of just 1000 kilometres, can the multibillion-dollar Joint Strike Fighter be the right fit for the Royal Australian Air Force?

www.smh.com.au

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Sam Roggeveen

@SamRoggeveen

3 years

. @joshtpm 's column reminds me of the intellectual ferment in the US triggered by 9/11 - Paul Berman, Andrew Sullivan, Hitchens, Ignatieff, New Republic etc. Most of them turned out to be dreadfully wrong, of course, but that's not my point. 1/

The Fall of Kabul, Washington and the Guys at the Fancy Magazines

I wrote at the beginning of the week that the lightning collapse...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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