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  • 24 Feb 2025
    • China
    • China's Military
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia's Defence Challenges
    • Australian Defence Force
    • China-Australia Relations

    How should Australia respond to Chinese warships’ live fire?

    Sam Roggeveen
    Provocations such as the PLA’s weapons drills are the moments when Australia must channel its unique geographical power.
  • 22 Mar 2024
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Australia
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australia's Trade
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • China-Australia Relations

    Australia confronts an Indonesian nickel glut

    Henry Storey
    Competition over strategic commodities may increasingly define the economic relationship between the two producers.
  • 18 Oct 2023
    • China
    • China's Economy
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australia's Trade
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Global Economy
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Trade
    • United States
    • US Economy

    Australia must play the geoeconomics game, or risk being side-lined

    Naoise McDonagh
    The world is moving away from a rules-based order and towards power politics. Is Canberra ready?
  • 28 Jun 2023
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia and Asia
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Public Opinion Polling

    Pragmatism rules the public outlook on Australia-China relations

    Jennifer Hsu
    The 2023 Lowy Institute Poll shows the tenor of debate can influence perceptions of opportunity and threat.
  • 12 Apr 2023
    • China
    • Australia in the World
    • China-Australia Relations
    • United States

    Australia’s delicate dance with the United States and China

    Philipp Ivanov
    Could Canberra’s deft management of its Beijing relationship influence policy in Washington?
  • 20 Mar 2023
    • China
    • China's Military
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia's Defence Challenges
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Australian Navy
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Defence & Security

    Australia, China, AUKUS and the squandered advantage

    Sam Roggeveen
    Canberra appears to have overlooked the tyranny of distance as its chief asset in regional military deterrence.
  • 24 Feb 2023
    • Australia
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Australia's Defence Challenges
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Australian Navy
    • Australia–New Zealand
    • China-Australia Relations
    • New Zealand

    The Australia-New Zealand alliance in a war with China

    Robert Ayson
    The potential for conflict in the region should have Canberra and Wellington thinking about shared strategic risks.
  • 8 Feb 2022
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Australia-United States Relations

    Getting ready for Trump as President 47

    Ben Scott
    In order to adjust to an unpredictable United States, Canberra needs new habits.
  • 17 Jan 2022
    • China-Australia Relations

    Who cares about the Australia-China relationship?

    Andrew Forrest
    A public understanding of the friction between Canberra and Beijing must transcend party politics.
  • 21 Sep 2021
    • US Navy
    • Maritime Security
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Australian Navy
    • Asean
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • China
    • United Kingdom
    • France

    AUKUS and the CPTPP: It’s all about China

    Ian Hill
    Security deterrence is only one factor in the new and fast-moving geostrategic environment of the Indo-Pacific.
  • 18 Aug 2021
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Review

    China debate not just a matter of hawks and doves

    Sam Roggeveen
    Two new volumes explore Australia’s economic, cultural and security relationship with the emerging superpower.
  • 18 May 2021
    • Diplomacy
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Australia
    • China
    • Australia–New Zealand

    A rare test of China diplomacy

    Elliott Zaagman
    Australia and New Zealand provide a case for whether it pays to be nice – or if it’s simply not worth bothering.
  • 9 Apr 2021
    • United States
    • International Economy
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • China
    • India
    • Indonesia

    Economic diplomacy: Global tax, education exports and Team Australia

    Greg Earl
    Levelling the field with a global minimum tax, rethinking student fee revenue, and getting APEC back in the room.
  • 8 Apr 2021
    • Trade
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Australia's Trade
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australia
    • China
    • Coronavirus

    The big bark but small bite of China’s trade coercion

    Roland Rajah
    Targeted sanctions on Australian exports have affected billions in trade, but the real damage has been limited.
  • 9 Mar 2021
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Chinese Trade
    • China

    Endorsing “self-reliance”, Beijing raises the geopolitical stakes

    Bates Gill
    The “dual circulation” strategy announced at the National People’s Congress could shift global economics and politics.
  • 3 Mar 2021
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Australia
    • Australian Public Opinion
    • China

    The politics of being Chinese in Australia

    Jennifer Hsu
    A new Lowy Institute survey reveals a wide range of experiences and views around the Australia-China relationship.
  • 28 Jul 2020
    • Trade
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • WTO
    • Australia
    • China

    Managing Chinese economic risks means more than diversification

    Heath Baker
    How does Australia confront the possibility of Beijing’s economic coercion?
  • 9 Jun 2020
    • Defence & Security
    • United States
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Australia
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • China

    The case for Australian strategic ambiguity

    Victor Abramowicz
    Loyalty has its place. But being a more uncertain ally can make you a better friend.
  • 18 May 2020
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Australia
    • China

    The false dichotomy at the heart of Australia’s China debate

    Iain Henry
    The conventional wisdom emerging around “sovereignty” vs “surrender” may be more foolish than wise.
  • 5 Dec 2019
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Australia's Trade
    • Free Trade
    • WTO

    Economic diplomacy: Free trade disputes, WTO appeals, DFAT on China

    Greg Earl
    A shortage of judges on the WTO trade court is bringing appeals to a halt, just as trade disputes are on the rise.
  • 2 Dec 2019
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Australia
    • China

    Reconsidering Australia’s China debate

    Yun Jiang
    A simplistic “pro-China”–“anti-China” division ignores complex questions and shuts down the conversation.
  • 16 Sep 2019
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Australian Diplomacy

    On China, principles vs pragmatism

    Kevin Robb
    Australia needs to consider its moments to push human rights issues with its largest trading partner.
  • 14 May 2019
    • Maritime Security
    • China-Australia Relations

    Australia struggles for clarity on the South China Sea

    Iain Henry
    Voters should know if their next government will conduct freedom of navigation operations in contested waters.
  • 7 May 2019
    • Public Opinion
    • Diplomacy
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Australia’s election 2019

    After the Australian election: the China test

    Natasha Kassam
    New Lowy poll figures suggest voters prefer Labor over the Coalition for managing relations with Beijing – just.
  • 17 Apr 2019
    • Australia in the World
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • Australia’s election 2019

    A question of faith: future Coalition foreign policy under Morrison

    Geoff Kitney
    <p>If he wins the Australian election, Scott Morrison's evangelical Christian faith may influence foreign policy.</p>
  • 20 Mar 2019
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Australia
    • China

    Responding to China’s not-so-secret influence campaign

    Euan Graham
    There are downsides to China’s economic value proposition and politicians could do more to prep the public.
  • 5 Dec 2018
    • China-Australia Relations
    • China

    Uighur: Australia needs to end “business as usual” with China

    Michael Clarke , Nury Turkel
    Taking action would be consistent with Australia’s democratic values and core security interests.
  • 7 Nov 2018
    • China-Australia Relations
    • China

    Chinese fishing fleet a security issue for Australia

    David Brewster
    China’s fishing industry is the world’s largest. But this is not just about fish.
  • 30 Nov 2017
    • China-Australia Relations
    • China's Government
    • China

    Sam Dastyari and Chinese government influence in Australia

    A run-down of how The Interpreter has debated Chinese influence in Australia.
  • 22 Nov 2017
    • China-Australia Relations
    • China's Government
    • China

    Academic cooperation with Chinese characteristics

    Wanning Sun
    On academic endeavours, Western and Chinese universities want to have their cake and eat it too.
  • 16 Nov 2017
    • China-Australia Relations
    • China's Government
    • China

    No need to self-censor in the face of China

    Merriden Varrall
    China has not actually taken any action to prompt Silent Invasion being pulled.
  • 12 Oct 2017
    • China-Australia Relations
    • China

    Australia’s oddly absent Belt and Road Strategy

    Nick Bisley
    The Belt and Road Initiative represents the kind of complex issues that will increasingly define the Australia-China relationship.
  • 6 Oct 2017
    • China-Australia Relations

    No, China is not being demonised

    John Fitzgerald
    The claims made by Drysdale and Denton have no merit.
  • 27 Sep 2017
    • China-Australia Relations
    • China

    Resisting China’s magic weapon

    Anne-Marie Brady
    How can Australia, New Zealand and other democracies defend against foreign influence activities?
  • 21 Sep 2017
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Australia

    Chinese students in Australia: Do we protest too much?

    James Laurenceson
    In much of the recent commentary, the ratio of fact to indignation appears unreasonably small.
  • 25 Jul 2017
    • United States
    • China-Australia Relations
    • China

    Empathising with China

    Iain Henry
    It is possible to both condemn China’s political system, but also accept it as an incipient great power with legitimate security concerns.
  • 3 Apr 2017
    • China-Australia Relations

    Why an extradition treaty with China was always a bad idea

    Malcolm Patterson
    What exactly did the Turnbull government imagine was worth the compromises that would have accompanied consent to the treaty?
  • 27 Mar 2017
    • China-Australia Relations

    How China’s media saw Li Keqiang’s Australian visit

    Jackson Kwok
    China’s policy circles view Australia’s situation with a degree of realist scepticism.
  • 22 Mar 2017
    • China-Australia Relations
    • China

    Li’s Australia visit: ‘Nothing to be afraid of’

    Merriden Varrall
    China wants to use the visit to try and clear up a few 'misunderstandings' with Australia.
  • 21 Mar 2017
    • China-Australia Relations

    What to expect from Li Keqiang’s Australia trip

    Dominic Meagher
    Li is highly likely to have a successful and lauded trip that presents China as a reliable trading partner with exciting investment opportunities.
  • 10 Nov 2016
    • Asia
    • China-Australia Relations
    • The 2016 US Presidential Election

    Australia must prepare for an Asia without America

    Hugh White
    A lot will go wrong over the coming months and years, as America’s role in the world, including and perhaps especially in our region, swerves off the rails.
  • 28 Oct 2016
    • Asia
    • Australia in the World
    • China-Australia Relations
    • China's Economy
    • Australia and Asia

    Barnaby Joyce's mixed messaging on property rights

    James Laurenceson
    Joyce made headlines this week for criticising Labor on vegetation management and land clearing, but welcomed Morrison's decision to prevent the Kidman sale.
  • 17 Oct 2016
    • Asia and Pacific
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • South China Sea

    Australia's FONOP debate: A necessary storm in a teacup

    Euan Graham
  • 5 Oct 2016
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Vietnam
    • Philippines

    What the Philippines and Australia can learn from Vietnam about living with China

    Euan Graham
  • 8 Sep 2016
    • China-Australia Relations

    Economic diplomacy brief: Dastyari undone, Indonesian innovation, British trade and more

    Greg Earl
  • 6 Sep 2016
    • China-Australia Relations

    On Australian public opinion, Xi gets it wrong

    John Gooding
  • 6 Sep 2016
    • China-Australia Relations

    Council care: How Australia's biggest cities have influenced Chinese communities

    Mei-Fen Kuo
  • 5 Sep 2016
    • China-Australia Relations

    Australia cannot afford to spurn its Chinese diaspora

    John Lee
  • 25 Aug 2016
    • China-Australia Relations

    Economic diplomacy brief: Security secrecy, refugee solutions, Bougainville and more

    Greg Earl
  • 18 Aug 2016
    • China-Australia Relations

    Security shouldn't trump economics on the Ausgrid sale

    Peter Layton
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