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  • 21 Oct 2021
    • Global Economy
    • United States
    • Trade
    • Australia
    • China

    Economic diplomacy: Los Angeles port pips China as Christmas grinch

    Greg Earl
    Amid an emerging global trade supply chain crisis, Australian economic policy advisers are more reserved about risks.
  • 21 Oct 2021
    • United States
    • China

    US-China: tiers of cohabitation

    Ali Wyne
    A new model of great power relations should begin with accepting the enduring need for coexistence.
  • 14 Oct 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • China
    • Taiwan
    • International law

    Would a war over Taiwan be legal?

    Ben Saul
    International law defines statehood and provides the rules of war, but ambiguities abound in the case of Taiwan.
  • 14 Oct 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • United States
    • Australia
    • China
    • United Kingdom

    AUKUS: Why Beijing didn’t go ballistic

    Jia Deng
    China’s reaction was in words not deeds. Another high-profile case may have influenced its attitude.
  • 8 Oct 2021
    • China
    • Antarctica

    China and the future of the Antarctic mining ban

    Nengye Liu , Chen Jiliang
    The continent’s resources are frozen until at least 2048. But a carbon-zero shift could see them left on ice far longer.
  • 7 Oct 2021
    • Global Economy
    • United States
    • Australia
    • China
    • Japan

    Economic diplomacy: Japan’s new PM joins the (supply) chain gang

    Greg Earl
    New research shows Australia may be an export diversification role model.
  • 6 Oct 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • China
    • Taiwan

    Chinese warplanes overhead Taiwan (or maybe not)

    Peter Layton
    Multi-aircraft flights – some at night – signal a growing sophistication. But there are still limits.
  • 5 Oct 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • United States
    • Australia
    • China
    • United Kingdom

    In defence of AUKUS

    Oriana Skylar Mastro , Zack Cooper
    This is not only about nuclear-powered submarines; it is about a strengthened US commitment to Australia.
  • 4 Oct 2021
    • China

    Is China’s “age of ambition” over?

    Elliott Zaagman
    Xi Jinping tempers the expectations and aspirations of the country’s next generation.
  • 4 Oct 2021
    • China
    • Australia
    • The Trans-Pacific Partnership
    • Trade

    The scope to negotiate with China on the CPTPP

    Roland Rajah , Stephen Grenville
    It would be useful to have more cooperative economic ballast in relations, even as other things might deteriorate.
  • 30 Sep 2021
    • China
    • Chinese Foreign Aid
    • Pacific Islands

    China’s declining Pacific aid presence

    Jonathan Pryke , Alexandre Dayant
    Beijing is becoming less generous. New data suggests 2018 was a high water mark for China’s aid to the region.
  • 28 Sep 2021
    • The Trans-Pacific Partnership
    • Trade
    • Australia
    • China

    Australia’s real leverage in China’s CPTTP bid

    Hugh Piper
    Beijing has handed Canberra an unexpected bargaining chip. The question is how to best use it?
  • 23 Sep 2021
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australia's Trade
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • China

    Economic diplomacy: After AUKUS in trade, aid and technology

    Greg Earl
    Commercial links may be China’s response to the submarine deal.
  • 23 Sep 2021
    • China's Economy
    • Chinese Trade
    • Trade and Investment in the Asia Pacific
    • China

    Can the China model be accommodated in the CPTPP?

    Naoise McDonagh
    A rules-based trading system is the bare minimum that Beijing must agree to if it wants to talk accession.
  • 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.
  • 17 Sep 2021
    • China's Military
    • China
    • Iran
    • Pakistan
    • Russia

    China – a lonely superpower

    Henry Storey
    Despite many countries having issues with the West, China has few obvious alliance candidates.
  • 14 Sep 2021
    • Global Issues
    • China
    • Canada

    Fears China will play games with the 2022 Winter Olympics

    Colin Peebles Christensen
    Beijing’s practice of arbitrary arrest and “hostage diplomacy” is prompting a backlash that may lead to a boycott.
  • 10 Sep 2021
    • Trade
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australia
    • China

    Candour, at last, on China – but then what?

    Hugh Piper
    Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has made explicit Australia’s challenge. The next step is ensuring business knows the plan.
  • 9 Sep 2021
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australia
    • China
    • Singapore

    Economic diplomacy: Australia Inc’s new world order

    Greg Earl
    Is “China plus” the answer to fading US global hegemony?
  • 8 Sep 2021
    • China's Government
    • China's Economy
    • China

    China’s digital currency takes shape

    Evan Freidin
    A new central bank system to control the flow and exchange of money dovetails into Beijing’s big tech crackdown.
  • 3 Sep 2021
    • China

    Rich, hot and popular: the taming of Chinese celebrities

    Jennifer Hsu
    Is the Party-state taking all the fun out of life?
  • 31 Aug 2021
    • South China Sea
    • China
    • International law

    Deliberate ambiguity of China’s new “territorial waters” declaration

    Aristyo Rizka Darmawan
    A hastily introduced regulation requiring vessels to register may be contrary to the rights of innocent passage.
  • 25 Aug 2021
    • Asia
    • Defence & Security
    • United States
    • Afghanistan War
    • Afghanistan
    • China

    Afghanistan holds lessons for American power in Asia

    Sam Roggeveen
    The US will one day ask the same question about its presence in Asia that it did of Afghanistan: is it still worth it?
  • 20 Aug 2021
    • United States
    • China
    • Climate change

    Can the US and China cooperate on climate?

    Henry Storey
    Deals, denials and grand bargains on the road to the COP26 climate change conference.
  • 19 Aug 2021
    • China
    • Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament
    • Nuclear Weapons

    China’s new silos: Nuclear arms control more urgent than ever

    Gareth Evans
    News of huge missile silo fields shows dumb luck is no basis for managing a risk of nuclear catastrophe.
  • 12 Aug 2021
    • Global Economy
    • Australia
    • China
    • Climate change

    Economic diplomacy: Burning down the house

    Greg Earl
    Climate change is the new frontier for economic thinking in international relations.
  • 11 Aug 2021
    • Australia
    • China

    How can Australia reset relations with China?

    Bec Strating , Kate Clayton
    Two past PMs offer their perspective on a diplomatic breakdown and how to put the pieces back together.
  • 6 Aug 2021
    • China
    • Hong Kong

    Hong Kong security law flexes Beijing’s international muscle

    Perry Q Wood
    Beijing’s heavy hand in Hong Kong showcases China 2.0 – more confident and less conciliatory.
  • 2 Aug 2021
    • China's Government
    • China

    China threatens the West’s primacy, not its democratic systems

    Hugh White
    Cold War tropes misrepresent Beijing’s challenge, and exaggerate its material and ideological power.
  • 30 Jul 2021
    • Afghanistan
    • China

    China’s Afghan conundrum

    Henry Storey
    Afghanistan is not reputed to be the “graveyard of empires” without reason.
  • 30 Jul 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • China
    • North Korea
    • Russia

    Why China and North Korea decided to renew a 60-year-old treaty

    Khang Vu
    Mutual interests abound in a win-win for the alliance of single-party states.
  • 29 Jul 2021
    • Sustainability
    • Cambodia
    • China
    • Vietnam
    • Laos
    • Environment

    Bad news for Vietnam’s Mekong Delta

    Milton Osborne
    Climate change, yes, but other factors, too.
  • 28 Jul 2021
    • Diplomacy
    • United States
    • China

    Far more world leaders visit China than America

    Neil Thomas
    If leadership diplomacy was an Olympic sport, Beijing beats Washington to the gold medal.
  • 23 Jul 2021
    • China
    • China's Economy
    • China's Government

    China’s numbers game harms us all

    Elliott Zaagman
    As Beijing attempts to tackle some shared world problems, its opaque regime means the benefits are limited.
  • 22 Jul 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • United States
    • Asean
    • Australia
    • China
    • Southeast Asia

    US-China rivalries: What matters for ASEAN

    Nurliana Kamaruddin
    Southeast Asian nations have learned to be wary of big powers offering promises of security in return for loyalty.
  • 14 Jul 2021
    • China
    • Japan

    Olympic glory: Tokyo’s success is a win for Beijing

    André Leslie
    China has just as much riding on a successful Tokyo 2020 Games as Japan.
  • 14 Jul 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • China

    China’s law on conscription under revision

    Dennis J. Blasko
    An emphasis on second enlistments suggests not enough young people are volunteering to meet recruitment quotas.
  • 13 Jul 2021
    • China

    Xi and beyond

    Jennifer Hsu
    More ambitious, more educated and more engaged — the CCP powers into the second century.
  • 12 Jul 2021
    • South China Sea
    • China
    • Philippines
    • International law

    Whatever happened to the South China Sea ruling?

    Pratik Jakhar
    Five years ago the Philippines largely squandered a crucial legal win. But it’s not too late to marshal support.
  • 9 Jul 2021
    • China
    • Technology
    • Sex and Gender

    China’s forced invisibility of LGBTQ communities on social media

    Ausma Bernot
    A safe place for young people in China to discuss their sexual and gender identities has suddenly been silenced.
  • 8 Jul 2021
    • United States
    • China
    • Ukraine

    Ukraine: Balancing China and the rest

    Nikola Mikovic
    With strong links to Washington, Kiev finds itself economically bound to Beijing.
  • 8 Jul 2021
    • United States
    • China
    • Technology

    Staying ahead in global tech leadership

    Jennifer Jackett
    As US-China rivalry creates the prospect of competing technology ecosystems, practical measures will maintain an edge.
  • 29 Jun 2021
    • United States
    • China
    • Taiwan
    • Technology

    Hsinchu: Taiwan’s city at the centre of China’s conundrum

    Perry Q Wood
    Semiconductors are the drivers of the digital economy. The US needs them. So does China. And Taiwan makes the most.
  • 23 Jun 2021
    • Public Opinion
    • Australia
    • Australian Public Opinion
    • China

    By the numbers: Charting the Australia-China relationship in decline

    Natasha Kassam
    Trust has plummeted and concern about China’s military is growing. And Australians point a finger of blame at Beijing.
  • 15 Jun 2021
    • Diplomacy
    • Australia
    • China

    Australia’s China politics heats up

    James Laurenceson
    The “bad strategy” towards Beijing is exposed as the gloves come off in Australia’s domestic foreign policy debates.
  • 15 Jun 2021
    • China
    • Human rights
    • Sex and Gender

    Beijing could easily encourage people to have more children, but won’t

    Yaqiu Wang
    However China frames its population policy, birth limits fundamentally infringe on women’s reproductive rights.
  • 9 Jun 2021
    • Diplomacy
    • United States
    • China

    China overtakes America in presidential diplomacy

    Neil Thomas
    Memo for the White House: You should get out more.
  • 9 Jun 2021
    • Asean
    • China
    • Malaysia

    Malaysia – and no Southeast Asian nation – should be bullied by China

    Jason Lim
    An incursion by Chinese aircraft into Malaysian airspace is yet another reminder of Beijing’s belligerence.
  • 3 Jun 2021
    • Global Economy
    • Australia's Trade
    • Australia's Economy
    • China

    Economic diplomacy: Under the doona, Australian investors dump China

    Greg Earl
    Australian investors are pulling out of China just as the country has become the largest recipient of FDI.
  • 1 Jun 2021
    • China
    • India
    • United States

    China’s never-ending Tibet paranoia

    Rahul Mishra
    The growing US–China rivalry is changing the dynamics of the contest over Tibet.
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