Boycott would take shine off Xi’s political Games
These are going to be the most staged-managed Olympics in history. Anyone who threatens to dent Beijing’s gloss will be at risk of rough handling.
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‘We need some grit’: Eight reasons that China defeatism is misplaced
Australia is not useless. We have the capacity to shape policy and win international support – which is precisely why China wants to punish us for rejecting its 5G technology and calling out Beijing on Covid-19.
Unsafe harbour of the north
The lease of the Port of Darwin to a Chinese company must be cancelled.
Awkward lessons of AUKUS and France
The past two months of Australian diplomacy leave much to be desired. Here are eight key takeouts.
Xi is testing our limits and the West must push back
There is no good option for Australia if war erupts over Taiwan. And appeasement is the sure road that will take us to a large-scale and bloody conflict.
We need to pool our defence capabilities
Australia needs friends after several years of being punished by Beijing for failing to subordinate our national interests to China.
A cricket Test of the Taliban’s PR
Australia is due to play Afghanistan in the first cricket Test between the two countries in Hobart in mid-November. This match must not happen.
To keep US interest going, we must be a stronger ally, fast
Don’t be fooled by the usual rhetoric about mateship and standing shoulder to shoulder. Strong alliances are based on calculations of interest and mutual usefulness.
America cut and ran with panicked incoherence
The only thing worse than a ‘forever war’, as Joe Biden has called the Afghan conflict, is a ‘forever defeat’. The President has delivered that.
Eight reasons I think Covid escaped from the Wuhan lab
It’s no small thing to get all 18 US intelligence agencies agreeing that the laboratory accident scenario was a likely cause of the pandemic.
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