Diplomacy
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A strategy towards Indonesia
This special Centre of Gravity paper features three contributions on Indonesia and its changing relationship with Australia and the world. Evelyn Goh, Greg Fealy and Ristian Atriandi Supriyanto examine the changes in Indonesian foreign policy under President Joko Widodo and pressing challenges such as terrorism and maritime security cooperation. Evelyn Goh, Shedden Professor of Strategic...
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Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran: will Saudi Arabia seek new friends?
The US appears to be losing the trust it once enjoyed in Saudi Arabia, as a result of the nuclear deal with Iran.
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Reassessing Malcolm Fraser
Overview: Malcolm Fraser, Australia’s 22nd Prime Minister, died on 20 March 2015 aged 84. This Strategic Insights, drawn from posts on ASPI’s blog The Strategist, examines Fraser’s foreign policy record as well as his approach to defence policy making and his evolving attitude to the US alliance. Fraser reorganised Australia’s defence establishment and the 1976...
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Australia-India relations: the prime ministerial nexus
In revisiting the Modi Government’s domestic and international agenda, this paper canvasses opportunities for Australia to build Indian confidence and trust, and benefit by pursuing substantive ties that also necessitates setting aside Australian concerns about doing business in India.
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Tackling India’s trade deficit with China
India’s trade deficit with China amounted to US$37.8 billion in 2014, a year on year increase of 7.9% and is likely to double to $60 billion in the next two years.