Great expectations: The unraveling of the Australia-China relationship
Natasha Kassam writes about Australia-China relations for the Brookings Institution's Global China Series, which assesses China's growing role in the world
Monday 27 Sep 2021 | 11:48 | SYDNEY
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Foreign policy hawks concede that current strategy is winning China no new friends. Originally published in the Nikkei Asian Review.
Western liberalism’s crisis is self-inflicted
Originally published in The Australian
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Pompeo’s Surreal Speech on China
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
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Putting 'negative globalism' talk aside, strategic shocks are forcing Canberra to think about an international system that can protect sovereignty and prevent great power conflict. Originally published in the Australian Financial Review
By Ben Scott
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Originally published in The Australian
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Originally published by The Brookings Institution as part of its Global China series assessing China's growing role in the world.
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Originally published in The Australian
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DFAT cuts show our foreign policy's khaki tinge
Underinvestment in diplomacy suggests Australia is more eager to defend against a disorderly world than to try to reshape it. Originally published in the Australian Financial Review
Don’t panic — Xi doesn’t hold all the aces in the great game of trade
Originally published in The Sunday Times
Jokowi needs to change strategy
This article was first published in The Straits Times
By Ben Bland
Regional security depends on making order from chaos
Originally published in The Australian
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Stephen Grenville gives a detailed account in the Eureka Report on Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), which after a decade on on the periphery of economic discussion, has recently surged in popularity
China has only itself to blame for Australia's move on Hong Kong
The Australian government and its partners had no choice but to recognise the new reality in the territory and offer some of its citizens a way out. Originally published in The Guardian
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China’s push into PNG has been surprisingly slow and ineffective. Why has Beijing found the going so tough?
Originally published in The Conversation
By Ian Kemish
Curtin’s call to the nation
Originally published in The Australian
By John Edwards
Australia must enter the grey zone to counter threats of the future
Originally published in The Canberra Times
By Ben Scott
National security law cannot erase Hong Kong's political awakening
Demosisto may have disbanded and Nathan Law fled but struggle will continue for generations. Originally published in the Nikkei Asian Review
By Ben Bland
Beijing crackdown will squeeze business
Investors will make a grave mistake by ignoring how much China's new national security law will change Hong Kong. Originally published in the Australian Financial Review
By Ben Bland
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Originally published in the Sydney Morning Herald
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We must persuade Beijing that it should do it as it would be done by in cyber space. Rules are much better than retaliation. Originally published in the Australian Financial Review.
By Ben Scott
Global megatrends are coming for the ANZUS alliance
Originally published in the Canberra Times
Opinion piece on the 2020 Lowy Institute Poll in The Australian
Australians feel far more distrustful, pessimistic and less secure than they have in years. And our souring relations with China are central to our problems. Originally published in The Australian
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China’s rise not as certain as they’d have us believe
Originally published in The Australian
By Alan Dupont
Black lives make America great
It is African American civil society that has historically held up a mirror to America and made it live up to its ideals. Originally published in the Australian Financial Review
By Lydia Khalil
Black Americans Push U.S. to Live Up To Its Ideals
Originally published by the Council on Foreign Relations
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Taiwan’s wildcard
Originally published in The La Trobe Asia Brief, a publication from La Trobe Asia based at La Trobe University
Australia can expect China to lash out more often. We must foster resilience and sangfroid
We should not compromise on our fundamental beliefs but focus on the factors that are within our control. Originally published in The Guardian.
Everything a post-lockdown new normal needs we haven't thought about enough
Rethinking how we live and work might just keep the community and economy healthy, says Daniel Flitton. Originally published in Channel News Asia.
Australians haven’t given up on the United States — yet
Originally published in The Washington Post
With an ailing domestic economy, can China still pursue its global plans?
Soaring unemployment and a struggling economy must be tackled before its leaders can return to threats and bluster. Originally published in The Guardian
There is no quick fix to our parlous relationship with China
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review
China and Australia's relationship is souring but not weakening
COVID-19 and politics are driving them apart but trade keeps them together. Originally published in Nikkei Asian Review.
Push India towards the Quad to deter China
A four-country bulwark against Beijing's regional dominance is an idea whose time has come. To make it work, New Delhi must be convinced to join in. Originally published in the Australian Financial Review
By Lavina Lee
Global consensus can sway China
Events this week show that, amid the most protracted great power stand-off since the Cold War, middle powers can forge global consensus. Originally published in the Australian Financial Review
Investors will lose as Beijing squeezes Hong Kong
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review
By Ben Bland
Why Beijing feels compelled to destroy Hong Kong’s freedom
Originally published in the Sydney Morning Herald.
By Ben Bland
Assessing the Quad: Prospects and Limitations of Quadrilateral Cooperation for Advancing Australia’s Interests
There is growing agreement between Australia, India, Japan and the United States that as China rises in Asia, the rules-based order needs strengthening and defending; but does the revived Security Quadrilateral Dialogue have any real prospect of rebalancing relationships in the region
By Lavina Lee
Hong Kong's new 'Basic Law' is that whatever China says, goes
Judges alone cannot protect territory from Beijing's heavy-handed interventions. Originally published in Nikkei Asian Review
By Ben Bland
Globalisation's still not a bad thing
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review
COVIDpoll: Lowy Institute Polling on Australian Attitudes to the Coronavirus Pandemic
The Lowy Institute COVIDpoll finds that almost all Australians say Australia has handled COVID-19 well, but most are disappointed by China and the United States’ response
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