Publications

In 2016, the Lowy Institute and the United States Studies Centre hosted then-Vice President, Joe Biden, on the Australia-US relationship

Unlike any other Chinese leader since 1949, he has no identifiable rivals and no likely successors. Originally published in The New York Times

It doesn’t matter to Beijing who wins the presidential election. But a divided America may translate into an isolated Australia. Originally published in The Guardian

Originally published in Sydney Morning Herald

Allies see America as tougher, but weaker. Originally published in Nikkei Asia

The annual Asia Power Index — launched by the Lowy Institute in 2018 — measures resources and influence to rank the relative power of states in Asia. The project maps out the existing distribution of power as it stands today, and tracks shifts in the balance of power over time. The Index ranks

Originally published in East Asia Forum

Originally published in The Australian

Originally published in The Australian

Most Australians would greet a Biden victory with relief. But that may not be enough to remedy the fear that the United States has changed for the worse. Originally published in the Australian Financial Review

Shared concerns about China's rise have propelled Australia and India to deepen their security ties

Originally published in ABC Religion & Ethics

Originally published in The Australian

Originally published in The Conversation

Originally published in The Australian

Despite a COVID-constrained global economy, rising unemployment and high government debt, meeting the fiscal challenge is within Australia's means

Beijing changes global governance in its own image rather than the other way around. Originally published in the Nikkei Asian Review

The UK government's ‘Integrated Review of foreign policy, defence, security and development’, announced in February 2020, has been described as the largest foreign-policy review since the Cold War. The UK Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee is inquiring into the FCO’s contribution

Joint submission by Lowy Institute researchers to the JSCFADT inquiry into the implications of the pandemic.  

In this report published by the Brookings Institution, Ben Bland explains why Western nations need to engage with Indonesia in its own right, not as a part of plan to counterbalance China. To do so successfully, they need to develop a much better understanding of the long-running (and ongoing)

If Beijing had been open about its own early failings, instead of triumphantly promoting its later achievements, China’s global image might have been enhanced by the crisis. Originally published in The Australian Financial Review

Natasha Kassam writes about Australia-China relations for the Brookings Institution's Global China Series, which assesses China's growing role in the world

Originally published in The Australian

An ideological struggle is under way between Beijing and free societies, and the Trump administration is on the wrong side. Originally published in The Atlantic