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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, US President Joe Biden, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the 2022 Quad Leaders’ Meeting in Tokyo. : Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet (https://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/101_kishida/actions/202205/24quad.html) Reuse allowed with attribution (https://japan.kantei.go.jp/policies/terms_e.html)

The US views the Quad as an alliance that can contain Chinese expansionism in the Indo-Pacific, but India may not feel the same way.

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Quad Summit

Can the US convince India to help it contain China?

The US views the Quad as an alliance that can contain Chinese expansionism in the Indo-Pacific, but India may not feel the same way.

Politics
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Joe Biden’s decision to pull out of next week’s Quad summit in Australia helps to highlight the weakness in a partnership still yet to find its purpose.

Quad Summit

No Biden. So how relevant is the Quad?

Joe Biden’s decision to pull out of next week’s Quad summit in Australia helps to highlight the weakness in a partnership still yet to find its purpose.

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An infographic comparingTaiwan and China. : Reece Hooker, 360info CC BY 4.0

Taiwan’s soft power allows it to maintain international influence even as its size, market value and military power is dwarfed by China.

TAIWAN SOFT POWER

China and Taiwan: a comparison

Taiwan’s soft power allows it to maintain international influence even as its size, market value and military power is dwarfed by China.

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Despite losing allies, it’s unlikely Taiwan’s international influence will wane any time soon, according to experts. : Michael Joiner, 360 info CC BY 4.0

On the heels of losing another diplomatic ally, Taiwan continues to win friends and influence others in the only way it knows how: through its soft power.

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Taiwan soft power

Taiwan’s quest for legitimacy

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Taiwanese democracy holds an exemplary reputation, warts and all. : Kenny Mori, Taiwan Scenery Gallery/Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0

Taiwan is celebrated as a vibrant democracy in the shadow of a repressive China, but the complicated reality reveals an opportunity that is yet to be taken.

TAIWAN SOFT POWER

Is Taiwan still a ‘beacon of democracy’ in the Chinese world?

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Taiwan was the first place in Asia to recognise same-sex marriage. : Taiwan Scenery Gallery/Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0

Taiwan is smaller and has less access to normal diplomatic avenues but does have one advantage over mainland China.

TAIWAN SOFT POWER

Taiwan’s soft power hard for Beijing to match

Conflict
Person-to-person diplomacy has been a central policy of the Tsai administration. : Makoto Lin / Office of the President CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

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

TAIWAN SOFT POWER

Taiwan is reinventing how diplomacy works

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Covid testing in Shenzhen : Shengpengpeng Cai Unsplash

China and the US cooperated for many years on health issues and it’s in the world's best interests they continue.

Health diplomacy

Broken China-US relations put the world’s health at risk

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Public health plays a big role in global politics. : Michael Joiner, 360info CC BY 4.0

The cooperation required to overcome COVID-19 revived interest in health’s geopolitical role, placing it firmly on the agenda at the upcoming G20 summit.

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