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In 2024, a global anti-incumbent election wave
In a year in which political incumbents around the world were either voted out of office or forcibly removed from power, one ...
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From the bookshelf: ‘The Taiwan Story: how a small island will dictate the global future’
Among the most complex foreign policy challenges facing President Donald Trump following his inauguration on 20 January will be relations with China and the US’s position relative to Taiwan. Perhaps ...
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China’s big new combat aircraft: an airborne cruiser against air and surface targets
The speed, agility, range and stealth of an individual aircraft type are still important, but they’re no longer the whole ...
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Editors’ picks for 2024: ‘Three concessions after three weeks: Prabowo leans China’s way’
Indonesia’s new president, Prabowo Subianto, needed only three weeks in office to make three big concessions to China. In a joint statement with President Xi Jinping in Beijing on 9 November, ...
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Editors’ picks for 2024: ‘Military challenges to Beijing’s South China Sea claims are increasing’
*Challenges are likely but cannot be confirmed Apart from countries around the South China Sea, which must routinely operate on or over it, the US has by far the most public and active military ...
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Editors’ picks for 2024: ‘As important as Ukraine is, a Taiwan war must be Australia’s biggest worry’
Other than the Middle East, the world faces the possibility of two major wars escalating in Europe and East Asia, over ...
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Editors’ picks for 2024: ‘The danger of AI in war: it doesn’t care about self-preservation’
Originally published on 30 August 2024. Recent wargames using artificial-intelligence models from OpenAI, Meta and Anthropic ...