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      <title>Australia’s homegrown rocket needs more than money and family wealth</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Dr Kathryn Robison reads her op-ed "Australia's homegrown rocket needs more than money and family wealth." This article was first published in the <em>Australian Financial Review</em>.</p>]]>
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      <title>Key players in the Trump administration: Elbridge Colby</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Co-author of <a href="https://www.ussc.edu.au/key-players-in-the-trump-administration-and-what-they-mean-for-australia">Key players in the Trump administration – and what they mean for Australia</a> Senior Research Associate Ava Kalinauskas read the excerpt from the explainer on US Under Secretary for Defense Policy Elbridge Colby.</p><p><br></p>]]>
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      <title>Developing a shared Australia–Japan agenda for economic security</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Director of Economic Security Hayley Channer provides a brief overview of her new report: <a href="https://www.ussc.edu.au/developing-a-shared-australia-japan-agenda-for-economic-security">Developing a shared Australia-Japan agenda for economic security</a>. Non-Resident Fellow Tom Barrett, Senior Research Associate Samuel Garrett and Research Associate Sahara Hoff were co-authors.</p>]]>
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        <![CDATA[<p>This is an audio recording of the By the numbers | Where's the beef: Australian beef exports to the United States and China explored article by Director of Engagement and Impact Mari Koeck. You can read the full article with interactive charts here: https://www.ussc.edu.au/by-the-numbers-australian-beef-exports-to-the-united-states-and-china-explored</p>]]>
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        <![CDATA[<p>This is an audio recording of the By the numbers | Where's the beef: Australian beef exports to the United States and China explored article by Director of Engagement and Impact Mari Koeck. You can read the full article with interactive charts here: https://www.ussc.edu.au/by-the-numbers-australian-beef-exports-to-the-united-states-and-china-explored</p>]]>
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      <itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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        <![CDATA[<p>USSC guest contributor Dr Prakash Gopal, a Lecturer at the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security, provides a brief overview of his new report: <a href="https://www.ussc.edu.au/india-and-collective-defence-in-the-indo-pacific-possibilities-prospects-and-challenges"><strong>India and collective defence in the Indo-Pacific: Possibilities, prospects and challenges</strong></a>.</p>]]>
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        <![CDATA[<p>USSC guest contributor Dr Prakash Gopal, a Lecturer at the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security, provides a brief overview of his new report: <a href="https://www.ussc.edu.au/india-and-collective-defence-in-the-indo-pacific-possibilities-prospects-and-challenges"><strong>India and collective defence in the Indo-Pacific: Possibilities, prospects and challenges</strong></a>.</p>]]>
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      <itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Director of Economic Security Hayley Channer shares an executive summary of her brief: <a href="https://www.ussc.edu.au/linking-up-with-business-on-undersea-cables-how-australia-the-united-states-and-japan-can-better-cooperate-with-the-private-sector-on-cables-in-a-more-contested-indo-pacific">Linking up with business on undersea cables: How Australia, the United States and Japan can better cooperate with the private sector on cables in a more contested Indo-Pacific</a>.</p>]]>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Director of Economic Security Hayley Channer shares an executive summary of her brief: <a href="https://www.ussc.edu.au/linking-up-with-business-on-undersea-cables-how-australia-the-united-states-and-japan-can-better-cooperate-with-the-private-sector-on-cables-in-a-more-contested-indo-pacific">Linking up with business on undersea cables: How Australia, the United States and Japan can better cooperate with the private sector on cables in a more contested Indo-Pacific</a>.</p>]]>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Director of Economic Security Hayley Channer shares an executive summary of her brief: <a href="https://www.ussc.edu.au/linking-up-with-business-on-undersea-cables-how-australia-the-united-states-and-japan-can-better-cooperate-with-the-private-sector-on-cables-in-a-more-contested-indo-pacific">Linking up with business on undersea cables: How Australia, the United States and Japan can better cooperate with the private sector on cables in a more contested Indo-Pacific</a>.</p>]]>
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      <itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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      <title>Unlocking economic security: A strategic playbook for Australia – Introduction by Helen Mitchell</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>USSC Non-Resident Fellow Helen Mitchell provides an overview of her new report: <a href="https://www.ussc.edu.au/unlocking-economic-security-a-strategic-playbook-for-australia">Unlocking economic security: A strategic playbook for Australia</a>.</p>]]>
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        <![CDATA[<p>USSC Non-Resident Fellow Helen Mitchell provides an overview of her new report: <a href="https://www.ussc.edu.au/unlocking-economic-security-a-strategic-playbook-for-australia">Unlocking economic security: A strategic playbook for Australia</a>.</p>]]>
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        <![CDATA[<p>USSC Non-Resident Fellow Helen Mitchell provides an overview of her new report: <a href="https://www.ussc.edu.au/unlocking-economic-security-a-strategic-playbook-for-australia">Unlocking economic security: A strategic playbook for Australia</a>.</p>]]>
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      <title> South Korean power in a multipolar Indo-Pacific - Introduction by Dr Peter K. Lee</title>
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      <itunes:title> South Korean power in a multipolar Indo-Pacific - Introduction by Dr Peter K. Lee</itunes:title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Dr Peter Lee considers the pivotal role that South Korea may play in the future of the Indo-Pacific.</p><p>Read South Korean power in a multipolar Indo-Pacific <a href="https://www.ussc.edu.au/south-korean-power-in-a-multipolar-indo-pacific">here</a> or <a href="https://cdn.sanity.io/files/ooh1fq7e/production/e903a30422219e2b712d9f3dc109cc232db87b6f.pdf/South-Korean-power-in-a-multipolar-Indo-Pacific.pdf">download</a> a copy of the report.</p>]]>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Dr Peter Lee considers the pivotal role that South Korea may play in the future of the Indo-Pacific.</p><p>Read South Korean power in a multipolar Indo-Pacific <a href="https://www.ussc.edu.au/south-korean-power-in-a-multipolar-indo-pacific">here</a> or <a href="https://cdn.sanity.io/files/ooh1fq7e/production/e903a30422219e2b712d9f3dc109cc232db87b6f.pdf/South-Korean-power-in-a-multipolar-Indo-Pacific.pdf">download</a> a copy of the report.</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2024 11:43:00 +1100</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Dr Peter Lee considers the pivotal role that South Korea may play in the future of the Indo-Pacific.</p><p>Read South Korean power in a multipolar Indo-Pacific <a href="https://www.ussc.edu.au/south-korean-power-in-a-multipolar-indo-pacific">here</a> or <a href="https://cdn.sanity.io/files/ooh1fq7e/production/e903a30422219e2b712d9f3dc109cc232db87b6f.pdf/South-Korean-power-in-a-multipolar-Indo-Pacific.pdf">download</a> a copy of the report.</p>]]>
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