https://www.scmp.com/rss/329165/feed James Bowen is a policy fellow, Perth USAsia Centre, at the University of Western Australia. His work focuses on energy, climate, geoeconomics and broader processes of Indo-Pacific integration. James was a non-resident research fellow at the centre from 2018 to 2020. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Last week, Foreign Minister Penny Wong laid out the strategic challenges facing Australia in a major speech. Wong described great power competition involving China, America and Russia. She warned of the risk of conflict in our region as China expands its sphere of influence. And she defended the Aukus nuclear submarine deal with the United States and Britain. But these are traditional challenges: nation against nation. Australia needs a similar declaration of the catastrophic security... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3218338/australia-needs-greater-climate-focus-foreign-policy-remain-credible-partner-asia-pacific?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3218338/australia-needs-greater-climate-focus-foreign-policy-remain-credible-partner-asia-pacific?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 Apr 2023 20:00:19 +0000 Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s first significant foray into foreign policy decision-making after taking power this year was a disruptive one – pledging to relocate the Israeli embassy to Jerusalem in a move mirroring his American counterpart Donald Trump. Widely considered to be motivated by domestic concerns and a crisis of his government’s own making, this suggested a Trump-like turn in the national leadership. But rather than shared values, this was based more on a sense of... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/diplomacy/article/2171294/morrison-signals-end-australias-china-resets?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/diplomacy/article/2171294/morrison-signals-end-australias-china-resets?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Nov 2018 01:00:30 +0000