Central Asia is one of the priority regional directions of China’s foreign policy, with developing land transport links making the region an important mineral resource base. China’s active policy has…
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New Zealand Leader’s Plane So Prone to Breakdowns He Takes a Backup on China Trip
by Lucas Hayesby Lucas HayesThe United States has Air Force One, a plane that can refuel in midair and act as a presidential command center. New Zealand has Betty, an aging Boeing 757 that…
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Australiansʼ Trust in Indonesia Suffers Over China Issue Despite 74 Years of Official Diplomatic Relations
A significant proportion of the Australian public places more trust in countries with which Canberra shares China-focused defense pacts than in Indonesia, a Lowy Institute survey has found ahead of…
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US Convenes Nuclear Weapons Meeting With China, France, Russia, UK
by Keegan Rossby Keegan RossThe United States this month convened a meeting of working-level experts from China, France, Russia and the United Kingdom to discuss nuclear weapons issues including strategic risk reduction, the State…
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How a Brexit Stitch-up and Battery Failures Left Britain’s Car Industry on the Brink
They were meant to create a homegrown electric vehicle industry and wean manufacturers off their dangerous addiction to China. But as the dust settles, car import rules agreed between Britain and Brussels…
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Kazakhstan’s progress faces many headwinds; the West should not be one of them
by Lucas Hayesby Lucas HayesThe war in the Ukraine created two main opposing camps of countries. An Alliance of Democracies on one side and a Group of Authoritarian. The escalation of geopolitical tensions linked…
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It is perhaps no surprise that Emmanuel Macron is in the middle of another big international row. France’s president likes to stir things up. It is his penchant, his trademark foible.…
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The momentum towards war between the US and China is building. The rhetoric of both President Joe Biden’s Democrats and the Republicans is ever more ferocious. US military spending spirals…
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New Zealand Seeks to Consolidate Pacific Relations Amid Challenges from China
SYDNEY — Climate change is expected to be the main focus of a large New Zealand delegation’s tour of the Pacific. New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni is in Solomon…
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France Seeks to Reassure Taiwan Over Macron’s Controversial Remarks
by Lucas Hayesby Lucas HayesThe French parliament is set to send two delegations to visit Taiwan this month after President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial remarks on China and Taiwan sparked criticism at home and abroad…
