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Rory Medcalf

Rory Medcalf

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How to Trump-proof foreign policy

Don’t panic, don’t relax, look for opportunities, and stay close to our other allies. That’s a way to deal with a confronting new Washington.

15.11.2024 9

Financial Review

Rory Medcalf

Li’s visit may be as good as it gets for China ties

Dialogue is vital. But the reality for Labor’s “stabilisation” is that the strategic environment will continue to breed black swans and black...

19.06.2024 10

Financial Review

Rory Medcalf

Shangri-La reveals a region short on peace and harmony

The rhetoric at the annual Singapore security conference says that even stabilised relations with China will remain testing for Australian...

03.06.2024 10

Financial Review

Rory Medcalf

Why we need a different conversation about national security

In a time of misinformation and cultivated mistrust, talking directly with Australians outside the Canberra security bubble is essential.

08.04.2024 4

Financial Review

Rory Medcalf

Why Australia should be celebrating Taiwan’s free elections

Beijing has doubled down on subduing a society that has become a model for democracy in the Chinese-speaking world.

05.01.2024 30

Financial Review

Rory Medcalf

Australia needs a formal national security strategy

The government has reached a point where it can no longer avoid open discussion of fundamental questions about unpreparedness for strategic trouble...

27.12.2023 8

Financial Review

Rory Medcalf

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