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Australia/Antarctic – The Davis aerodrome and Australia’s leadership in the Antarctic (The Interpreter)

PAUL GOVIND,  NENGYE LIU How can Australia pretend to uphold the ATS while pursuinga project that risks unprecedented ecological impact? https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/davis-aerodrome-and-australia-s-leadership-antarctic

Iran – Iranian Official Admits Lying about Filling Arak Plutonium Reactor with Cement (JCPA)

Lenny Ben-David Nuclear alarm bells should have sounded after the New York Times’ editorial board published on April 23, 2021, its paean to the 2015 Iran...

Asia – Asia needs to push back against the lurch to self-reliance (East Asia Forum)

Editorial Board, ANU In a world where confrontational geopolitics and the concentration of production of crucial industrial components like semiconductors and medical supplies in particular...

USA/Asia – Clear skies over Asia’s new foreign investment landscape (East Asia Forum)

David Dollar, Brookings Institution Compounding the fallout of the US–China trade war, the global pandemic and recession have caused considerable speculation on the future of...

A multilateral investment facilitation agreement can help advance development (East Asia Forum)

Karl P Sauvant, Columbia University Negotiations for an Investment Facilitation Framework for Development are proceeding apace in the World Trade Organization (WTO) among over 100...

Building resilient, sustainable and secure cities for a post-COVID-19 world (East Asia Forum)

Tan Ming Hui, RSIS Around 55 per cent of the world’s population live in cities and by 2050 this is expected to increase to 68 per...

World Press Freedom Day (US Department of State)

PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE Tomorrow, the United States joins the international community in celebrating World Press Freedom Day.  Information and knowledge are powerful...

Secretary Blinken’s Call with Salvadoran President Bukele (US Department of State)

READOUT OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele today by phone.  Secretary Blinken expressed the U.S. government’s...

Secretary Blinken’s Call with Peruvian Foreign Minister Wagner (US Department of State)

READOUT OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Peruvian Foreign Minister Allan Wagner spoke today and reaffirmed the strength of our bilateral...

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