Commentary

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. 

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

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

The Australian government’s approach to its biggest foreign policy challenge is not working. There needs to be less conflict and more statecraft. Originally published in the Australian Financial Review.  

Pressure by Beijing offers a glimpse of the road map for a more illiberal order. Originally published in the Financial Times

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All the talk of “mateship” and ever “deepening ties” in relation to our alliance with the US tends to obscure the competitive nature of foreign policy. Originally published in the Australian Financial Review

The Republican party has been playing dirty electoral politics for decades. The Democrats are just not on the same playing field. Originally published in The Guardian

China's leader is driving his country to match a declining America by 2035. That is only four or five Australian elections away. Originally published in the Australian Financial Review

Originally published in South China Morning Post

America protected Europe through the Cold War with a credible nuclear deterrent. Indo-Pacific nations can expect no such pledge. Originally published in the Australian Financial Review

Originally published in ABC News

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

Australian reporters have become pawns in a much bigger game after the Trump administration’s ill-advised decision to cut the number of Chinese reporters in the US gave darker elements in the Chinese system the upper hand in dealing with foreign journalists. Originally published in the South

Originally published in The Australian

Superpower politics has begun to directly shape China's economic policies. Expect more changes. Originally published in the Australian Financial Review

The American political class are fighting their private culture wars that have sidelined the concerns that ordinary citizens have. Originally published in the Australian Financial Review

Originally published in Bloomberg

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

There are signs that Beijing recognises Australia’s positions on Hong Kong, Taiwan and Xinjiang are based on its own interests. Originally published in The Guardian