by Michael Shoebridge | Jul 11, 2023 | China, Strategy & Capability, Ukraine
Anthony Albanese faces a testing trip to the NATO meeting in Lithuania’s capital, Vilnius, this week. And it shouldn’t be like this. Australia has been included in recent NATO meetings because it has provided much-needed military supplies to Ukraine and...
by Michael Shoebridge | May 22, 2023 | China, Ukraine
Australia’s attendance at the G7 and Quad leaders meetings in Japan helps Anthony Albanese back home. It portrays him as a respected, influential international leader. But the price of sitting at these tables isn’t smiling and participating in photo opportunities,...
by Peter Jennings | May 21, 2023 | China, Strategy & Capability, Ukraine
The best that can be said of the statements, declarations, compacts and media transcripts from Anthony Albanese’s meetings in Hiroshima is that they make a thin gruel. We now have a Climate, Critical Minerals and Clean Energy Transformation Compact with the US, which...