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Gordon Flake @lgflake.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Delighted to attend the 2026 @warsawforum.bsky.social Warsaw Security Forum as part of an Indo-Pacific Delegation organized by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung.

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Gordon Flake @lgflake.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Reflecting on the passing of former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji today, I am not sure what has changed more in the quarter of a century plus since this picture was taken, my assumptions about China or the color of my hair.

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Gordon Flake @lgflake.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

After a highly successful Nikkei Asia Forum close to Asia here in Perth in April, I am excited to be again speaking at the next iteration of this important discussion down in the isolated corner of Australia in Sydney in a few weeks. Free to join online. nikkeiforum.com/syd/26/

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Gordon Flake @lgflake.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Great to see @perthusasia.bsky.social Associate Research Fellow Aaron Magunna in Brisbane yesterday. Delighted to release his most recent report on the future of Australia Japan Energy Partnership in advance of our 9th Annual Japan Symposium tomorrow: perthusasia.edu.au/research-and...

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Gordon Flake @lgflake.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

The world may be on fire, but mangoes still ripen in thier own time. Today was the day for these three from a tree my dear wife grew from seed.

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Gordon Flake @lgflake.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

It has been just over a week since I was honoured to speak at the Munich Security Conference on a APRI Armenia-ORF organized panel on "Minilateralism and Multilateralism: the Shift from Global Alliances to Targeted Partnerships." It is hard to overstate how much has changed in that week. #MSC2025

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Gordon Flake @lgflake.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Excellent panel at #MSC2025. No one better than @PerthUSAsia Board Member Dr. Lynn Kuok to moderate a discussion with Korean and Japanese Foreign Ministers, New Zealand Defence Minister & Deputy SecGen of NATO. The Indo-Pacific has interest in the Euro-Atlantic and vice versa

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Gordon Flake @lgflake.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Then there was the pro-Yoon rally the day before the impeachment where the chant was "구속 구속" the Korean version of "Lock Him Up" applied to a list of political opponents.

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Gordon Flake @lgflake.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Saw early hints of this during an October visit when I was still blissfully (and wrongfully)confident in the U.S. election outcome.

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Gordon Flake @lgflake.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Spent the day in Gwangju today having precisely those reflections...although not as eloquently expressed as by Han Kang. Actually lived here during the election of 1987 and the spirit of 5.18 influenced then as today.

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Gordon Flake @lgflake.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Arrived in Gwangju early this morning. Not surprising, but the Gwangju Daily News and the citizens of South Cholla Province have little ambiguity about yesterday's impeachment of President Yoon yesterday.

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Gordon Flake @lgflake.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

First opportunity to hear from H.E. Sugiono, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia. Speaking at #CIFP2024 www.cifp2024.com says in two months in the job he has felt young compared to his peers, but not so in from of nearly 10k university students convened by Dr. Dino Patti Djalal and FPCI!

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Gordon Flake @lgflake.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Great to moderate a stellar panel as part of The India Connect Technology and Innovation Symposium organized jointly by Invest & Trade WA and Centre for Australia India Relations at the WACA Ground on the eve of #TheWestTest.

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Gordon Flake @lgflake.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

First time inside the storied WACA...alas for a conference not a test match.

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Gordon Flake @lgflake.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Insightful and a little frightening roundtable on deep sea mining today with Jo Feldman and Lisa Koch, Partners at Norton Rose Fulbright, leading a discussion on this rapidly developing sector. We risk being further behind on this than on rare earths...no longer fiction. @perthusasia.bsky.social

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Gordon Flake @lgflake.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Great opportunity to speak at the 3rd Annual Korea Australia Futures Forum in Seoul just before the U.S. election...the results of which will continue to spur this and many other similar relationships between Like-minded partners.

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Gordon Flake @lgflake.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Looking forward to joining Dino Patti Djalal at FPCI's annual Conference on Indonesian Foreign Policy in Jakarta at the end of the month....Indonesia X has yet to make the transition to Bluesky, but I anticipate that transition will happen.

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