Australia-PRC relations in 2022 - Reflections and projections | WEBINAR
December
The year 2022 – the Year of the Tiger – marks 50 years since the establishment of diplomatic ties between Australia and the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Yet rather than a celebration of the bold and strategic approach to the bilateral relationship launched by the Whitlam government in 1972, we are now entering the sixth straight year of worsening tensions between Canberra and Beijing. The campaign of economic and diplomatic disruption launched by the PRC against Australia is unprecedented in breadth and persistence. Beijing insists it has faced unprecedented provocation.
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Date
December
Time
12:09 AM
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Canberra, we have a problem: Interpreting shifting American grand strategy preferences in an era of Sino–US rivalry
December
President Joe Biden's assertion that 'America is back' and will embrace 'strategic competition' with the People's Republic of China has been welcomed in Australia as a sign that the United States is returning to a 'normal' grand strategy after the turbulence of the Trump administration. This article argues, however, that this is a problematic assumption as it ignores the question of how American grand strategy choices are made and articulated.
Australia-China monthly wrap-up: November 2021
December
By Elena Collinson, with research assistance from Thomas Pantle
Diplomatic boycott of Games is sign of dumbed-down approach to China
December
Review of 'Our exceptional friend: Australia’s fatal alliance with the United States,' by Emma Shortis
December
Currently, the US alliance has a prominence in national debate arguably comparable only to the times of the Vietnam and 2003 Iraq wars. Yet for 20 years, debates over the Anzac legend have been entwined in discussions of the alliance and vice versa. At the same time, successive Australian governments have presided over institutional enhancements to the alliance.
Perspectives | The new/old benchmarks in Australia's PRC debate
December
Perspectives is UTS:ACRI's commentary series, featuring a piece on a topical subject in the Australia-China relationship from an invited expert contributor.
Australia-China monthly wrap-up: October 2021
December
By Elena Collinson and James Laurenceson, with research assistance from Thomas Pantle
Back to the future: Is ‘integrated deterrence’ the new ‘flexible response?’
December
By standing up to China, Australia may end up standing alone
December
Australia-China monthly wrap-up: September 2021
December
By Elena Collinson and James Laurenceson, with research assistance from Thomas Pantle