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Mark Beeson, Adjunct professor, University of Technology Sydney

Complacency, conflict and dodging nuclear cataclysm: the not so great power politics of China, the US and Australia

Nicolas Asfouri/AAP

Many foreign policy specialists think there is something universal about the threats nation states face. Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine is a reminder that uncertainty is a perpetual feature of international affairs.


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