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International Putin’s isolation intensifies Lawrence Freedman 23 August 2023 Non-Western powers are increasingly contributing to global pressure on Russia National affairs Quad erat demonstrandum? Hamish McDonald 31 July 2023 A group of Japanese foreign policy experts has a message for the Australian government International The Netflix series changing Taiwanese politics Antonia Finnane 10 July 2023 Life follows art in the streaming service’s new political series National affairs A pause in the thaw? Hamish McDonald 27 June 2023 Signs suggest the warming of Australia–China relations has slowed to a glacial pace

International Chinese nationalism under pressure Yun Jiang 6 December 2022 Attitudes are changing within the young urban population Books & arts China’s greatest enemy Kerry Brown 20 October 2022 Did Beijing set out to mislead the West about its intentions — and did it succeed? International “Will this ever end?” Kerry Brown 3 October 2022 How long can Xi Jinping’s government ignore the costs of its zero-Covid policy? National affairs Why an invasion of Taiwan would fail John Quiggin 14 September 2022 Russia’s disastrous miscalculations in Ukraine show why an invasion of Taiwan would be a grave mistake

Books & arts Don’t ask, don’t tell Hamish McDonald 12 October 2021 A rollercoaster account of life during China’s era of excess throws indirect light on Xi Jinping’s presidency International Divining the Plenum Kerry Brown 7 October 2021 Next month’s plenary session of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee will be anything but normal International Shooting down the “girlie guns” Linda Jaivin 4 October 2021 Beijing’s crackdown on niangpao reflects anxieties dating back to Europe’s nineteenth-century incursions From the archive Home is where the mind is Robin Jeffrey 27 September 2021 How two sons of empire became leading public intellectuals