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Natasha Kassam writes about Australia-China relations for the Brookings Institution's Global China Series, which assesses China's growing role in the world.
Great expectations: The unraveling of the Australia-China relationship
About the author
Natasha Kassam
Natasha Kassam was Director of the Lowy Institute's Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Program from 2019 to 2022, directing the annual Lowy Institute Poll and researching China’s politics, Taiwan, and Australia-China relations.
In this article originally published by the Brookings Institution, Natasha Kassam questions why political and trade tensions between Australia and China have escalated so quickly. How is Australia responding? And why should the rest of the world care about the state of play between Australia and China? The article can be viewed here.