Tag: International Relations

Australian to Sit on Top Hong Kong Court

January 16, 2023
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A former High Court of Australia judge is preparing to be appointed to Hong Kong’s top court and preside over some of the jurisdiction’s most major cases. The autonomous region’s chief executive John Lee Ka-Chiu accepted the recommendation to appoint Patrick Keane to the Court of Final Appeal bench on Friday. Keane was appointed a…

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Removal of Beijing Trade Sanctions Still a Priority for Australian PM

January 16, 2023
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has continued publicly calling for Beijing to remove the trade sanctions on Australian exports. “What I’ve said very clearly is that I want to cooperate with China where we can, disagree where we must, but engage in Australia’s national interest. It is in Australia’s interest to be able to export without any…

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A Question of Trust

January 15, 2023
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Commentary An essential basis of international relations is that foreign parties can trust what they say to each other. If a world leader directly tells another leader a position or stance that his or her country asserts or adheres to, let alone an alleged fact, the other can believe it. If a nation enters into…

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Indonesia Sends Warship to Monitor Chinese Coast Guard Vessel

January 14, 2023
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JAKARTA—Indonesia has deployed a warship to its North Natuna Sea to monitor a Chinese coast guard vessel that has been active in a resource-rich maritime area, the country’s naval chief said on Saturday of an area that both countries claim as their own. Ship tracking data shows the vessel, CCG 5901, has been sailing in…

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Japan, Canada Leaders Discuss Bilateral Trade, Economy, and China

January 13, 2023
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Japanese and Canadian leaders on Thursday discussed expanding bilateral trade and economic cooperation, as well as their approach to the increasing military assertiveness of the Chinese Communist regime in the Indo-Pacific region. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met with his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau in Ottawa on Thursday as part of his tour to the…

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US and Japan Sign Historic Defense Agreements, Extend Mutual Aid to Space

January 13, 2023
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The leaders of Japan and the United States are expanding the nations’ alliance with a series of new commitments regarding defense spending, military modernization, and a new agreement that will extend their mutual defense treaty to space. U.S. President Joe Biden welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio to the White House on Jan. 13, where…

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Rep. Palmer Calls Out White House For Opposing Ban on Oil Sales to China

January 13, 2023
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President Joe Biden is drawing criticism from lawmakers after the White House made negative comments about a bipartisan effort to curb the flow of U.S. oil to China. The House of Representatives approved a measure on Jan. 12 that would block exports from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to China and prohibit the sale…

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Biden Document Questions: What Is TS/SCI, and Where Is the Chain of Custody?

January 13, 2023
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Revelations keep unfolding in regard to the classified documents from President Joe Biden’s vice presidency that have been discovered at multiple locations. Yet, for many people following the story, it’s easy to get lost in intelligence jargon and an alphabet soup of agencies. For example, what is top secret sensitive compartmented information (TS/SCI)–and what does…

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Australia and PNG Bilateral Security Treaty to Underpin Regional Security

January 13, 2023
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Australia and its closest geographical neighbour Papua New Guinea (PNG), have agreed to a historic Bilateral Security Treaty (BST) that entwines both countries to each other and helps better secure the region. In a joint statement on Jan. 12 by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and PNG Prime Minister James Marape, both leaders noted that the BST…

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Reaching for ‘Peace in Our Time’ Once Again

January 12, 2023
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Commentary Peace in our time is an aspiration all, but the foolhardy would embrace. It is a superbly worthy goal. The person to whom the words “Peace in our time” are accredited is a man who, full of noble ambition, had those words thrown back at him as the deal he had struck unravelled in…

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