Dr Bobo Lo

Nonresident Fellow
Dr Bobo Lo
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Bobo Lo is an independent international relations analyst and Nonresident Fellow at the Lowy Institute.

He is also a Senior Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) in Washington, DC, and an Associate Research Fellow at the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI). Previously, he was Head of the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House, and Deputy Head of Mission at the Australian Embassy in Moscow.

Dr Lo has written a number of books, including A Wary Embrace: What the China–Russia Relationship Means for the World (Lowy Institute and Penguin Australia, 2017); Russia and the New World Disorder (Brookings and Chatham House, 2015); and Axis of Convenience: Moscow, Beijing and the New Geopolitics (Brookings and Chatham House, 2008). He has an MA from Oxford and a PhD from Melbourne University.

Once more with feeling: Russia and the Asia-Pacific
Analyses
Once more with feeling: Russia and the Asia-Pacific
How Moscow is rebooting the ‘turn to the East’ as part of its global strategy
Going legit? The foreign policy of Vladimir Putin
Analyses
Going legit? The foreign policy of Vladimir Putin
Putin’s foreign policy will remain grounded in long-standing assumptions about Russia, the West, and international order.
Russian denials and the Donald Trump paradox
Commentary
Russian denials and the Donald Trump paradox
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review. Bobo Lo
An accident waiting to happen: Trump, Putin and the US–Russia relationship
Analyses
An accident waiting to happen: Trump, Putin and the US–Russia relationship
How US–Russia relations have sunk to a new low under the most pro-Kremlin president in history. Bobo Lo
'A Wary Embrace': Response to Stephen Blank
'A Wary Embrace': Response to Stephen Blank
Blank reiterates the popular, but implausible, claim that Xi's determination to be strongest ruler in China since Mao is influenced by Putin.
‘A Wary Embrace’: The author responds
‘A Wary Embrace’: The author responds
Western interests and norms are challenged less by the Sino-Russian partnership than by China and Russia acting individually.
A Wary Embrace
Lowy Institute Papers
A Wary Embrace
What the China–Russia relationship means for the world. Bobo Lo
China-Russia relationship key to the emerging world order
Commentary
China-Russia relationship key to the emerging world order
Originally published in The Australian on 1 April 2017. Bobo Lo's Lowy Institute Paper A Wary Embrace: What the China–Russia relationship means for the world is now…
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