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Australia’s historic realignment
For most of the 20th century, Japan and Australia had little reason to develop a relationship. However, China’s rise as a regional hegemon has the potential to bring the two countries closer. Ties have been established via the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, in which both countries take part. Closer cooperation could also come about through Japan’s involvement with the Five Eyes intelligence alliance.
Australia navigates Sino-American tensions
After elections in May, Australia’s new government must decide how to balance its ties with the United States and China. The economic relationship with China is paramount, but Australia also has interests in the security of its immediate neighborhood and shares a great deal with the U.S. The trade war ...
Australia’s LNG woes herald changes in global market
Australia has become a global leader in liquefied natural gas (LNG) extraction, export and technology. But the fall in oil prices has brought gas prices down as well, while cost overruns have hurt the industry. How Australia’s LNG producers deal with these challenges could have ramifications for the sector around ...
Unconventional gas: Emerging markets in Asia and Australia
Attention has been focussed on Europe as the next world region to follow in America’s footsteps in the development of unconventional gas. But it is Asia and Australia that are set to surpass Europe’s production by 2020. In the fifth part of our series on the energy resource, we look ...
Australia looks to coal and gas to drive developments in renewable energy
Australia’s use of its abundant fossil fuel resources – especially coal - to drive its carbon intensive industries is controversial. But as the country, a net energy exporter and the world’s largest exporter of coal, shifts towards using cleaner sources of energy, the government has set ambitious renewable energy targets. ...
