There is a real risk that the arms control achievements of the past will start to come undone.

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The continuing focus on China has taken attention away from the excessive claims and passage restrictions by Southeast Asian coastal states.

If Australia wants to have a seat at the table in economic institutions in Asia, it will be have to take on a proper level of burden-sharing.

The state of Australia relations with the US, Indonesia and Israel, voters in PNG, Zuckerberg's manifesto, and more.

Euan Graham spoke with David Skalicky, a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force who is currently operating the F-22 out of RAAF Base Tindal.

The topics likely to be covered in bilateral talks reflect Jokowi's domestic-first agenda.

Colombo recognises that great power-small power relations are, in some ways, returning to the situation during the Cold War when small states could always turn to the other bloc.

Links on the growing collection of international actors using and manipulating cyberspace to fulfil international ambitions and shape global developments.

It is possible to sketch what’s happening in Asia and what it means for Australia in terms which are not as scary politically or diplomatically as our ministers seem to assume. Here is a modest drafting suggestion.

The big worry for Canada has been Trump’s economic nationalism: 20% of Canada’s GDP comes from US exports.

Major change is underway in the region and has been for some time.

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Turnbull and Jokowi differ in their understanding of the risks that Chinese assertiveness poses.

Thailand's plan to make up for a decade of lost development.

Alliance critics need to offer realistic alternatives; alliance advocates need a realistic plan for helping the alliance adjust to difficult times ahead.

Other ADB members make room for China and India to have a larger shareholding and say.

The US needs to engage with, and make reasonable space for, China.

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Australia can do better than this. Now is not the time to be retreating into wilful sentimentality.

Modi’s success is predictable in part because he exemplifies sound social media public diplomacy.

Perhaps the most important task is to get a sense of who will prevail in the contest for foreign and defence policy influence in the Trump administration.

Beijing appears either unwilling or unable to perceive that its hard line in Xinjiang is providing fertile conditions for the extremism it so fears.

Last week Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg released a 6000-word manifesto on how Facebook aims to change the way civic society operates around the world.

A recognition of Palestine by Australia would therefore be due less to adroit Palestinian advocacy and more a result of failed Israeli diplomacy.

PNG voters have plenty of reasons to be displeased with the O'Neill government.

Managing the tension between the interests of our major strategic partner - the US - and our primary economic partner - China - has to be at the very heart of Australian foreign policy.

While its neighbours in Southeast Asia have become increasingly autocratic, Indonesia continues to quietly consolidate its democratic institutions.

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US-led coalition strikes on al-Qaeda affiliated groups seem to have increased since the latest in-fighting occurred.

Over time, Trump is likely to experience fewer difficulties executing policy by fiat.

Australia has a powerful 'strategic narrative' that is a potent source of soft power. But it's increasingly difficult for this story to be heard.

Ths week the Interprerer launched its debate series on Australia's Foreign Policy White paper.

As Trump gets down to making America great again, China senses a geopolitical windfall.

When Hong Kong's former chief secretary Carrie Lam announced she would run, it was clear who Beijing's pick would be.

Russia’s new GLCM is potentially devastatingly effective and difficult for NATO to counter.

One specific opportunity for some serious re-thinking would be our stance on foreign investment in Australia - not usually thought of as a key element of our foreign policy.

Kenyan refugee camp to stay open, plenty of new research into migrants' paths and why Afghan refugees left Pakistan last year.

As an ally of the US and a major trading partner of China, we need to be alert to everything that goes on between them, as well as within them.

Its structural economic problems and expanding jihadist influence could spell trouble for long-term stability.

Swirling not far beneath the surface of the maritime manoeuvres and the Karachi portside mateship have been two distinct issues.

How would Canberra respond if Washington wanted to conduct a Freedom of Navigation Operation in the South China Sea using F-22s based at Tindal?

The communications strategy employed during Trump's successful primaries and general election campaigns has not been as effective since the inauguration.

Also in this week's links: Manus Island refugees, the ADB, the Solomon Islands' Child and Family Bill and the celestial integrity of Disney.

Republicans in the US House of Representatives have been conspicuously absent in the last two weeks while the rest of Congress has rallied around Australia.

The next day a pall of gloom hung over the city. The city was grieving the dead and nobody wanted to talk much about it.

We need to align our ends and means, and engage in practical, tough-minded diplomacy directed at making a difference.

It's clear the process of building coherent strategies to deal with domestic and foreign policy concerns is going to take longer than many have hoped.

Many journalists and commentators have done themselves a lot of harm, and Trump a lot of favours, by the lack of judgment they have shown in their criticisms.

Sri Lanka has made no tangible progress in setting up courts to bring to trial those responsible for serious wartime violations.