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We want more climate ambition in our foreign policy – here's how we can do it

Last week, foreign minister Penny Wong laid out the strategic challenges facing Australia in a major speech.

The Conversation

Taiwan is reinventing how diplomacy works

The lack of official diplomatic allies isn’t stopping Taiwan from finding ways of winning friends and influencing people.

360info

James Cleverly on taking a new approach to foreign policy – and belting out the Beatles with Blinken

The foreign secretary aims to navigate international relations with ‘patient diplomacy’ as he insists post-Brexit Britain is still admired

The Guardian - UK

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Aukus angst catches eye in election year

Could public debate over New Zealand's potential role in a polarising security deal reach similar levels to the Iraq War or the TPP trade deal?

Newsroom.co.nz

House forms new bipartisan caucus to support Iranian women’s protests

Group is a sign of emerging foreign policy consensus of Washington centrists

The Independent UK

Brexiters have a new threat to focus their nationalism on: China. But their influence is waning

In this pragmatic Sunak era, a fresh start with China – and an end to bullish Tory sabre-rattlers – is on the cards, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

Peace may finally be returning to Yemen, but can a fractured nation be put back together?

Last month, China brokered a rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran, a landmark deal that restored full diplomatic ties between the two bitter rivals.

The Conversation

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Penny Wong defines Australia’s foreign policy – all the way with the USA

Penny Wong responded to her critics by laying out the role Australia must play in the world as she sees it, in order to shape the future.

The New Daily

Thai diplomacy has come full circle

After eight arduous years, Thai diplomacy has come full circle. With 26 days to go before the next general election on May 14, the international community is wondering whether there will be any change in the country's overall diplomatic outlook. Since the dark days leading up to the intervention in…

Bangkok Post

Anti-Aukus feeling growing at home

A public debate is needed before New Zealand moves ahead with any efforts to join the controversial security deal, groups say.

Newsroom.co.nz

Paul Keating accuses Penny Wong of 'platitudes'; she says he's 'diminished his legacy'

Former Prime Minister Paul Keating has launched an extraordinary fresh barrage of criticism against Foreign Minister Penny Wong, accusing her of delivering “platitudes” in her major foreign policy speech on Monday.

The Conversation

Lavrov’s Brazil visit highlights Lula’s neutral foreign policy despite US dismay

Brasília encounter, like Brazilian president’s recent trip to China and offer of peacemaking in Ukraine, is part of diplomatic reset

The Guardian - US

Penny Wong dismisses Paul Keating’s claim that the military has taken over Australian foreign policy

Minister says foreign and defence policies are both essential for making the country stronger and more influential

The Guardian - AU

China Relationship Will Be Determined by Beijing’s Behavior, EU Policy Chief Says

The relationship between China and Europe will be determined by Beijing's behavior, including what happens with Taiwan, the European Union's foreign policy chief said on Sunday. The comments from EU High Representative Josep Borrell, in a remote address at the start of the meeting of the Group of Seven (G7)…

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Aukus engagement has more benefits than risks

The potential participation of NZ in Pillar II of the Aukus agreement is a vital and necessary contribution to our security and to regional stability, argues Nicholas Khoo

Asharq Al-Awsat

China Defense Minister to Meet Russian Counterpart in Moscow

Chinese Defense Minister Gen. Li Shangfu will visit Russia next week for meetings with counterpart Sergei Shoigu and other military officials, China's Defense Ministry said Friday. Li’s visit underscores China’s strengthening engagement with Russia, with which it has largely aligned its foreign policy in an attempt to reshape the world…

The Independent UK

Consideration of Ireland’s foreign policy stance should not be ‘binary issue’

Micheal Martin’s comments came after US President Joe Biden referenced Ireland’s policy of military neutrality in a speech to the Dail.

Reuters

Europe presses tough Taiwan stance after backlash against Macron comments

European foreign policy officials on Friday urged China not to use force over Taiwan, taking a tough stance against Beijing's threats over the democratically governed island, after comments by French President Emmanuel Macron were perceived as weak.

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The Independent UK

Boris Johnson downfall was ‘not my doing’, says Rishi Sunak

PM says clash with Boris was about economic policy – and insists UK still ‘foreign policy superpower’ after Brexit

The Independent UK

McDonald: Sinn Fein shares US foreign policy concerns but boycott ‘wrong choice’

It comes as a People Before Profit TD accused politicians of treating Joe Biden like an ‘Irish-American celebrity’.

The Guardian - UK

Macron stands by divisive remark about US allies ‘not being vassals’

French president reaffirms Sunday’s call for Europe to act more independently from US over China and Taiwan

The Guardian - UK

Emmanuel Macron heckled during state visit to Netherlands

French president also criticised for saying Europe should act independently from US over Taiwan

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Lawmakers Urge EU to Declare IRGC a Terrorist Organization

A bipartisan group of 130 lawmakers urged the European Union foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, to designate the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization. In their letter to Borrell, the lawmakers urged the European official to resolve the issue urgently, noting that the IRGC had "freely and…

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Foreign policy report sees world at turning point

The Foreign Ministry on Tuesday released its annual foreign policy report, in which it describes the international community as "at a turning point" in history in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and other developments. Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi presented the report, also called a diplomatic bluebook, at a…

France 24

Fallout from Macron’s China visit ripples across Atlantic and Indo-Pacific

The fallout from French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to China rippled across the seas on Tuesday as Chinese warships continued to operate near Taiwan, a day after military drills officially ended. Across the Atlantic, Macron’s remarks on Europe risking entanglement in "crises that aren't ours" in relation to Taiwan sparked…

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