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1 week ago |
johnmenadue.com | James Curran
How does Canberra cope in a world that threatens to spin off into competing blocs and help shape a world that preserves multilateralism, even if the United States is not a constructive part of it? The prime minister will not be too troubled by missing his meeting with Donald Trump at the G7 in Canada. He faced a Herculean task in securing tariff relief or any kind of meaningful guarantee on AUKUS as the Pentagon’s review of the agreement begins.
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1 week ago |
afr.com | James Curran
The prime minister will not be too troubled by missing yesterday’s meeting with Donald Trump at the G7 in Canada. He faced a Herculean task in securing tariff relief or any kind of meaningful guarantee on AUKUS as the Pentagon’s review of the agreement begins. In any case, Australian trade officials, alongside their Southeast Asian counterparts, are engaged on a mission of far greater urgency: to stop the Trump tariff contagion from spreading. Loading...
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2 weeks ago |
afr.com | James Curran
As the Pentagon’s review into Australia’s $300 billion submarine plan filtered back to Canberra this week, officials put on a brave face. The public message is: “Don’t panic”. In private comes the anxiety. It is impossible to know yet what new American demands might emerge from the review – whether it calls for more Australian defence spending, a greater contribution to the US submarine industrial base or a commitment to join Washington in a military conflict over Taiwan. Loading...
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4 weeks ago |
afr.com | James Curran
James CurranInternational affairs expertJun 1, 2025 – 12.53pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? In a little under a fortnight, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will arrive in Canada for the G7. He is expected to meet US President Donald Trump there. How he handles the American leader on trade and national security is the first serious test of Australian diplomacy under Trump.
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1 month ago |
johnmenadue.com | James Curran
Deposed Labor cabinet minister Ed Husic threw down the gauntlet to the Albanese Government last week when he challenged it to “burn through the timidity that has shackled us in the first term”.
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