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From the Finnish president’s lakeside summer residence, Alexander Stubb tells Peter Hartcher what Australia can learn from Finland’s experience.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese taking questions on Friday.

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As Anthony Albanese travels to China, the delegation will engage in panda diplomacy, but the trip is far more focused on tourism and trade.

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Anthony Albanese and Donald Trump.

Albanese on US alliance: ‘We aren’t subservient’

Listen to the prime minister’s closed-door remarks on the US alliance, made days before this masthead revealed how the Trump administration could reshape AUKUS.

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US President Donald Trump during a ceremony for the signing of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on July 4.

America has waved a white flag on 21st-century technology supremacy

The combination of Donald Trump’s gutting of Joe Biden’s subsidies for green technologies and his tariffs are gifting China victory in a race it already leads.

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The prime minister honoured the legacy of wartime leader John Curtin on Saturday.

The Australia-first words that Sussan Ley says could diminish US relationship

A speech by Anthony Albanese on the eve of a visit to China signals a shift in rhetoric according to foreign policy watchers.

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As Anthony Albanese prepares to meet Xi Jinping, will Donald Trump – or following US presidents – be able to withdraw from the MIddle East and refocus on China?

Australia needs a new China strategy: America’s promised pivot to Asia is unlikely

The United States cannot disentangle itself from the Middle East – and that has big consequences for our defence planning.

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Trump’s big, beautiful bill is a big step backwards for America.

Trump’s big, beautiful mistake will have China licking its lips

China’s leaders must be wondering whether they are hallucinating as Trump’s White House commits economic and geopolitical self-harm on a breathtaking scale.

  • Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
A missile is launched from an unspecified location in China in response to then US speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan in August 2022.

As China prepares to invade Taiwan, a reality check: sitting on the sidelines won’t help us

Australia must prepare. China attacking Taiwan is not inevitable, but if it happens, it will become a wide-ranging Indo-Pacific conflict.

  • Jennifer Parker
Richard Huang, who requested his identity be concealed with a pseudonym, promotes Beijing funded trips to Taiwanese youth.

‘Aren’t you worried you are being brainwashed?’ The junket that left Richard’s friends on edge

The discounted tour to China included four-star hotels, nightly banquets, and speeches about being “one big family”.

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Xi Jinping has led a sophisticated response from China to Trump’s tariffs.

An axis of bystanders: Iran conflict reveals true nature of an alliance the West feared

When push came to shove, as the missiles flew and bombs rained down, all China and Russia offered Iran was rhetorical support – and cautiously at that.

  • Lisa Visentin

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