Mark Beeson

Mark Beeson
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Mark Beeson is an adjunct professor at the University of Technology Sydney and Griffith University. He previously taught at the University of Western Australia, Murdoch, Griffith, Queensland, York (UK) and Birmingham. Mark’s work is centred on the politics, economics and security of the broadly conceived Asia-Pacific region. He is the author of more than 200 journal articles and book chapters, and the founding editor of Critical Studies of the Asia Pacific (Palgrave). His latest book is Environmental Anarchy? International Security in the 21st Century, (Bristol University Press).

The right climate for central planning
The right climate for central planning
Not exactly a popular sentiment. But combating global warming might need to take a radical turn.
America’s border crisis: Good intentions go south
America’s border crisis: Good intentions go south
A surge of migrants seeking to cross the border might be the moment noble ideals and political realities collide.
A very British crisis
A very British crisis
The ineptitude of the UK’s Covid response is on full display the moment you arrive in the country.
Francis Fukuyama in Minsk
Francis Fukuyama in Minsk
The outcry for liberal freedoms on display in Belarus suggests “The end of history” wasn’t all wrong.
Working one for the planet
Working one for the planet
After a lifetime employed, what if people spend one last year in the job and donate their salary to charity? I’m game.
The most important American election ever?
The most important American election ever?
Four more years of Trump would be simply catastrophic, not just for America but for the world.
China’s charmless offensive
China’s charmless offensive
The shine has come off what was once seen as China’s deft ability to make friends and wield influence.
We’re all socialists now
We’re all socialists now
With a spectre haunting the world, governments unite, with unimaginably radical solutions to save capitalism.
What if the realists are right?
What if the realists are right?
The fraying of the liberal international order, seemingly hastened by Covid-19, validates a more grim school of thought.
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