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Penny Wong said this week national power comes from 'our people'. Are we ignoring this most vital resource?

  • Written by Joanne Wallis, Professor of International Security, University of Adelaide

During her speech at the National Press Club this week, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong argued that the “unprecedented” circumstances our region faces “require a response of unprecedented coordination and ambition in our statecraft”.

Wong identified many key tools of Australia’s statecraft:

  • development...

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