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Rory MedcalfBrisbane Times |
In a time of misinformation and cultivated mistrust, talking directly with Australians outside the Canberra security bubble is essential.
Beijing has doubled down on subduing a society that has become a model for democracy in the Chinese-speaking world.
The government has reached a point where it can no longer avoid open discussion of fundamental questions about unpreparedness for strategic trouble...
Even before Hamas struck, foreign-policy makers have had to get used to a pitiless procession of global shocks.