The decline and fade of Australia’s soft power
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A dangerous new flashpoint is fast emerging in the South China Sea
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Taliban 2.0 looking like the old, harsh and brutal Taliban
Until the collapse of Afghanistan’s US-backed government in August 2021, few knew clearly what the Taliban wanted once they could return to power. Some Western officials and observers hoped for a big change from the regime, which had governed the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate in the 1990s.
