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    Assessing President Trump’s Legacy of Cyber Confusion

    The Trump administration leaves a legacy of confusion over cybersecurity issues with few positives.

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    Governments and researchers have been working with an extremely ambitious timetable to provide billions of people with immunity to the new coronavirus. Now, the first vaccines are being distributed, spurring hope that the pandemic’s end is in sight.

    Backgrounder by Claire Felter December 21, 2020

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    Episode 10: New Zealand’s View of a Changing Asia
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    David Capie explains how New Zealand’s perception of China has changed and how it is adjusting to uncertainty over the United States’ vision for Asia.
    Podcast with Sheila A. Smith and David Capie September 9, 2019 Nationalism, Japan, and a Changing Asia
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    Sunk Coast Fallacy: How Island Nations Should Approach Climate Diplomacy
    Pacific island nations under threat from rising sea levels can translate geopolitical competition in the region into climate action.
    Blog Post by Guest Blogger for the Internationalist August 7, 2019 The Internationalist
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    U.S. Gun Policy: Global Comparisons
    High-profile mass shootings in the United States in recent years have rekindled the gun control debate and raised comparisons of policies around the world.
    Backgrounder by Jonathan Masters August 6, 2019
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    Test your knowledge of Australia, from its system of government to its trade policy.
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    What Do the Australian Elections Mean for Canberra’s Policies Toward Indonesia and the Rest of Southeast Asia?
    In elections last month, Australia’s Liberal-National coalition won a surprising victory, defying pollsters who had almost uniformly predicted that the Australian Labor Party would triumph. The coali…
    Blog Post by Joshua Kurlantzick June 10, 2019 Asia Unbound
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    Women This Week: Electoral Gains Across the Globe
    Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post, covering May 18 to May 28, was compiled by Rebecca Hughes, Alexandra Bro, and Rebecca Turkington.
    Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Women Around the World May 31, 2019 Women Around the World
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    How Morrison Won – and What His Win Means for the U.S.-Australia Alliance
    James Curran is a professor of modern history at Sydney University. As the dust begins to settle on the stunning, unexpected result from the Australian elections over the weekend, the re-elected P…
    Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound May 20, 2019 Asia Unbound
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    In this special episode, James M. Lindsay and Robert McMahon discuss upcoming parliamentary elections in Australia and the European Union, as well as India’s six-week-long election, which is drawing to a close.
    Podcast with James M. Lindsay and Robert McMahon May 16, 2019 The World Next Week
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    Five Eyes Intelligence Sharing Has Failed to Combat White Nationalist Terrorism
    By Van Jackson New Zealand may appear to be a paradise in the Pacific, but it is afflicted by many of the problems facing other liberal democracies, such as a rising suicide rate and deep socioeco…
    Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound March 18, 2019 Asia Unbound
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    Cyber Week in Review: February 22, 2019
    This week: Australia's parliament hacked; CrowdStrike's new report; Fancy Bear is back; and is the U.S. overplay its hand with Huawei?
    Blog Post by Adam Segal February 22, 2019 Net Politics
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    What a Labor Victory Might Mean for Australian Foreign Policy
    By Elena Collinson A federal election is due this year in Australia. While the Liberal-National Coalition government has yet to formally announce a polling day, the stage has effectively been set …
    Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound January 31, 2019 Asia Unbound
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    The Quad and the Free and Open Indo-Pacific
    Over the weekend the Halifax International Security Forum convened its tenth iteration, one that observed the hundredth anniversary of the 1918 armistice ending World War I, and took the occasion of …
    Blog Post by Alyssa Ayres November 20, 2018 Asia Unbound
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    How Will Australia’s Repeated Leadership ‘Spills’ Impact Its Foreign Policy?
    Last month, an internal party ballot within the ruling Liberal Party ousted former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. He was replaced by Scott Morrison, who had previously served as Australia’s treasur…
    Blog Post by Joshua Kurlantzick September 24, 2018 Asia Unbound
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    Australia’s New Brutal Politics—Not New, and Not That Brutal
    Tom Switzer is executive director of the Centre for Independent Studies in Sydney and a presenter at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Radio National.  As Australia welcomes Scott Morrison a…
    Blog Post by Tom Switzer August 29, 2018 Asia Unbound
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    Women This Week: Fighting FGM
    Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post, covering July 23 to August 4, was compiled with support from Lucia Petty.
    Blog Post by Rachel B. Vogelstein August 6, 2018 Women Around the World
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