Publications

Originally published in The Australian

Beijing’s investment in a greenfield project in Guinea is intended not so much to slash prices for Chinese steelmakers, but to guarantee the supply of a vital resource by diversifying its sources. Originally published in The Australian Financial Review. 

Underutilised in the Australian Public Service, Chinese-Australians are central to our China literacy and future engagement with the rising global superpower

Both Washington and the Australian public want more sanctions on China. Originally published in Foreign Policy

Originally published in the ASPI Counterterrorism Yearbook 2021

Originally published in The Mandarin

Originally published in The Jakarta Post

Canberra wants Beijing and Washington to manage their contest, so that the rest of us can get on with making our way in the world. Originally published in the Australian Financial Review. 

London may have to learn the hard way that it cannot have its cake and eat it with Beijing. Originally published in the Financial Times

Originally published on Brooking's Order From Chaos blog

There’s a seminal shift underway in Australia’s relationship with the US based on mutual need and Morrison’s determination to act more forcefully. Originally published in The Australian

Originally published in The Australian

The Chinese president has no rivals or likely successors and fervently believes in China’s unstoppable rise. Originally published in Politico

Amid debates on foreign interference, Australia-China relations and the COVID-19 pandemic, the Lowy Institute’s Multiculturalism, Identity and Influence Project conducted a nationally representative poll of Chinese-Australians in November 2020 to better understand their outlook on life in

Negative interest rates won’t help when it is clear that there are other reasons entrepreneurs have lost their mojo. Originally published in The Australian Financial Review

The RBA has been forced into lockstep with a misguided US Federal Reserve held hostage by volatile financial markets. Originally published in the Australian Financial Review. 

Despite China’s increasing assertiveness in Antarctica, the Antarctic Treaty System is not failing and Australia should refrain from geostrategic panic 

Beijing should expect more policy continuity from Washington. Originally published in Nikkei Asia

The geoeconomic benefits of working towards more robust growth, both now and in the future, are multiple. Originally published by the Observer Research Foundation

Published on 23 January 2021 in the Australian Financial Review

Originally published in the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age

Originally published in The Australian

As China slowly strangles our exports to break our will, Australians have responded with a range of emotions — none of them effective. Originally published in The Australian

Originally published in World Politics Review