Tell me you're in Australia without telling me you're in Australia: when the guy in front of you buys a pack of 30 cigarettes and the screen reads $53.

My, she's yar.

The 'new Pacific Arsenal' is mostly about force posture, not force structure. The US is moving pieces on the chess board to diminish the threat of Chinese missiles. But it isn't significantly expanding its forces in Asia. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Great to be at the Sorrento Writers Festival talking biography, leadership, policy and politics. Check out the impressive lineup of speakers and topics, and get tickets for today or the weekend! #SorrentoWritersFestival #auspol #books sorrentowritersfestival.com.au

I have many disagreements with the Pottinger/Gallagher article in Foreign Affairs but it is at least bracingly honest about how little the US has done so far to prevent the erosion of its military advantage against China: foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…

This was another lively and informative discussion with Zoya Sheftalovich and Sam Roggeveen about the war in #Ukraine . Thanks again to The Lowy Institute for hosting this event.

WATCH LIVE NOW: Our panel discussion on the evolving conflict in Ukraine, featuring ⁦⁦Sam Roggeveen⁩, ⁦Zoya Sheftalovich⁩ and ⁦Mick Ryan, AM⁩.
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Today at the The Lowy Institute: Mick Ryan, AM, Zoya Sheftalovich and Sam Roggeveen discuss the Russia–Ukraine war and how the conflict is evolving.
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🚨LIVE EVENT: Mick Ryan, AM and Zoya Sheftalovich join the The Lowy Institute's Sam Roggeveen for a live discussion on how the war in Ukraine is evolving.

🎟️Register now: lowyinstitute.org/event/russia-u…

We should all be way more skeptical of bipartisan efforts to crack down on something as definitionally woolly as online 'misinformation' and 'disinformation', particularly in the wake of trauma/terror attacks. Knee jerk legislating on speech is so so worrying.

Mit einem Francis Fukuyama-Interview und Beiträgen u. a. von Jack Janes, Jana Puglierin, Hamidreza Azizi, Sam Roggeveen, Steven Gruzd, Jan Techau und Mareike Moraal. ✍️/2

🚨Wer hat Angst vor Donald Trump? 🇺🇸
Die Folgen und Gefahren einer möglichen zweiten Amtszeit #Trumps für Amerika und die Welt stehen im Mittelpunkt der IP-Ausgabe Mai/Juli, die am 29. April erscheint. /1

More, please. Feels like such an easy win for the inner north. Surprised it has taken this long.

Alex Garland’s spectacular new film ‘Civil War’ is a warning of what can happen to democracies when civil society collapses, writes Allan Stratton.

quillette.com/2024/04/18/ame…

Fun fact: the German language is famous for its long compound words, but there is no German word for 'roadkill'. Henning Hoff