Excellent piece on 🇦🇺 and the SCS by Susannah Patton

Would be interesting to hear more by way of suggestions as to exactly how 🇦🇺 should negotiate the turbulent waters

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Nice piece. Lots happening in this space in response to PRC provocation at Second Thomas. Marcos's visit to DC & the trilateral with Tokyo could see some important announcements next week. Will be interesting to see what Canberra does in conjunction with its partners and allies.

What happens in the South China Sea matters for Australia, but as security cooperation between the US, Philippines and Japan evolves rapidly, Canberra's contribution is ambiguous - my take in the Interpreter 👇lowyinstitute.org/the-interprete…

Very exciting to return to work at the Lowy Institute today after 10 months of parental leave 🤩

Mind the gap: China’s megaproject promises fall short of reality in Southeast Asia | Grace Stanhope, Alexandre Dayant ift.tt/UohJX02

#China has become #SoutheastAsia ’s largest infrastructure financing partner. Yet there is an enormous gap between what Beijing promises and what it has actually delivered, amounting to more than $50 billion in unfulfilled project financing.

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Really worthwhile discussion by Gatra Priyandita. Worth thinking about where cyber cooperation fits in the hierarchy of priorities for both sides.

It’s reasonable to criticise ASEAN for not supporting the Philippines in the South China Sea. But criticising the ASEAN-Australia summit for failing to get them to do so is missing the point.

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Absolutely this 👇