Politics

Is Japan lurching toward right-wing nationalism? The upper house election result is raising questions

Is Japan lurching toward right-wing nationalism? The upper house election result is raising questions

On July 20, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba was delivered a stinging rebuke at the polls, losing control of the upper house of the Diet after having already lost the lower house last Octobe...

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China | United States Studies Centre

China | United States Studies Centre

As the risks of a Taiwan invasion increase, China-relations continue to be front-of-mind for foreign policy decisions across the region. From de-risking supply chains to understanding the underper...

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David Shambaugh: How China won and lost America

David Shambaugh: How China won and lost America

For more than five decades following the 1972 rapprochement between the United States and China, the two countries seemed to be steadily building a sound relationship, even accounting for periodic...

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Defence | United States Studies Centre

Defence | United States Studies Centre

After two decades of cooperation in the Middle East, the Indo-Pacific has once again become the centre of gravity for Australia-US defence cooperation. Canberra and Washington are pursuing a coop...

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Kelly Magsamen: The future of US defence policy

Kelly Magsamen: The future of US defence policy

The transition to a new US Administration has sharpened Washington’s focus on the Indo-Pacific, while also exposing deep strategic and political tensions shaping the future of American foreign and...

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