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Understand the full story. Debates bring together articles on a single theme, engaging multiple viewpoints on key issues.

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More hot air? Climate diplomacy and COP26
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Protecting people who lose their homes to climate change

Jane McAdam

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Glasgow: a tipping point for serious action

Anthony Burke

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Australia, Indonesia and climate change

Richard Mathews

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The right climate for central planning

Mark Beeson

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Coming up for air: global action to stop pollution

Philippa Nicole Barr
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AUKUS and Australia’s nuclear submarines
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AUKUS: Why Beijing didn’t go ballistic

Jia Deng

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In defence of AUKUS

Oriana Skylar Mastro , Zack Cooper

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SSN vs SSK

Hugh White

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AUKUS + Indonesia

Johannes Nugroho

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AUKUS and the nuclear non-proliferation regime

Cathy Moloney

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AUKUS: France’s strategic outcry

Eglantine Staunton

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AUKUS and the CPTPP: It’s all about China

Ian Hill

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When you’re in a hole, stop digging: Australia and the nuke sub deal

Albert Palazzo

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Sunk! France cries outrage over snubbed subs

John Sexton

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How nuclear subs could transform Australia, its alliance and Asia

Sam Roggeveen
Debate Topic

2021 Lowy Institute Poll
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Personality in foreign policy

Daniel Flitton

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Building stronger Australia-Indonesia ties

Ben Bland

3

Putin has his generation of fans – even in Australia

Elizabeth Buchanan

4

The dangers in Australia’s blissful ignorance about India

Lavina Lee

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By the numbers: Charting the Australia-China relationship in decline

Natasha Kassam

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US-Australia alliance a friendship, not a love affair

Erin Hurley

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How Australians look in the mirror, and out a window to the world

Caitlin Byrne