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US troops in Korea may soon switch focus from Pyongyang to Beijing | Gabriela Bernal ift.tt/T1qJMCG

🇦🇺🇵🇬The 2025 Australia-PNG Emerging Leaders Dialogue is underway in Port Moresby! Watch the highlights from Day 1 of the dialogue.

Why Northeast Asia risks repeating Europe’s 19th-century mistakes | Ju Hyung Kim ift.tt/WiKs28p

The CPTPP offers economic benefits, but its expansion is complicated by geopolitical tensions, challenging the balance between trade liberalisation and strategic considerations, writes former diplomat Peter Varghese in The Interpreter. lowyinstitute.org/the-interprete…

🇦🇺🇵🇬Day 2 of the 2025 Emerging Leaders Dialogue saw our participants head to Owers' Corner, the start of the Kokoda Trail. #ELD25 Aus-PNG Network

How Romania defied Putin’s interference to choose democracy over division | Catherine Wilson ift.tt/oMiGdSb

Sadly, Russia’s mercenary verdict means Oscar Jenkins won't be coming home anytime soon | Donald R Rothwell ift.tt/E1ZMNpi

Technology can power Australia to lead climate diplomacy with Pacific family | Stephen Minas, Christian Lohberger ift.tt/yEFRBic

Pete Hegseth’s impossible mission to reassure Asian allies at Shangri-La | William Choong ift.tt/XtDYro7

Australia-South Korea: The case for a new maritime focus | Jennifer Parker ift.tt/ysgadke

New The Lowy Institute research by Riley Duke: Debt service flows to China from developing countries will total US$35 billion in 2025. Some US$22 billion is owed by 75 of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable countries. interactives.lowyinstitute.org/features/peak-…

From transit hub to drug market: Criminal syndicates transform Pacific threats | Jose Sousa-Santos ift.tt/GDHNWaj

The wrong time for a collective defence pact in Asia | Bec Strating ift.tt/WhYFqlB

Delighted to welcome a bipartisan delegation of US congressional staffers to 31 Bligh Street today.

Watch the highlights from Day 3 of the Aus-PNG Network 2025 Emerging Leaders Dialogue in Port Moresby. 🇦🇺🇵🇬

Why Jaishankar may be India’s most Nehruvian diplomat since Nehru himself | Abhinandan Kumar ift.tt/yH3S1dD

The story of China’s development finance in Southeast Asia is shifting, marked not by growing dominance, but by recalibration, caution and quiet resistance, write Alexandre Dayant & Grace Stanhope (@gracestanhope.bsky.social) in the The Straits Times. straitstimes.com/opinion/how-wi…

Can Japan fill the leadership void as America steps back from Asia? | Ryosuke Hanada ift.tt/UiqoGOB

Nuclear threats in space demand new diplomacy | Rebecca Connolly, Saadia M. Pekkanen ift.tt/7WJZ0uw

Catch the highlights from Day 4 of the 2025 Australia–PNG Emerging Leaders Dialogue in Port Moresby. 🇦🇺🇵🇬 #ELD25 Australia-Papua New Guinea Network