Foreign affairs

Perspectives is UTS:ACRI's monthly commentary series, featuring a piece on a topical subject in the Australia-China relationship from an invited expert contributor. 

By Michael Clarke

Early signals from President Joe Biden’s administration about its approach to US-PRC relations indicate the competitive and adversarial trajectory established under his predecessor will likely intensify.

By James Laurenceson

Note: This article appeared in The Australian Financial Review on February 26 2021.

By Elena Collinson

Note: This article appeared in The Conversation on February 9 2021.

By Elena Collinson and James Laurenceson

Perspectives is UTS:ACRI's monthly commentary series, featuring a piece on a topical subject in the Australia-China relationship from an invited expert contributor. 

By Rowan Callick

This was a hybrid in-person/livestreamed event. Please note that social distancing requirements and other health precautions were in place, as per New South Wales Government rules and restrictions.

By Elena Collinson

Note: This article appeared in The China Story, a blog by the Australian Centre on China in the World at the Australian National University, as part of a contribution to 'Perspectives – future of Australia-China relations', on January 21 2021.

By Elena Collinson and James Laurenceson

By Elena Collinson

Note: This article appeared in The China Story, a blog by the Australian Centre on China in the World and the China Policy Centre, on December 9 2020.

The beginnings of a new political chapter in the US has turned the world’s attention towards a future with a Joe Biden-led America.

The Australia-China Relations Institute at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS:ACRI) in partnership with the Institute for a Community with Shared Future (ICSF) at the Communication University of China (CUC) hosted two roundtable discussions in which Australian and Chinese academics exchanged views on the current state and future trajectory of relations between Australia and the People's Republic of China (PRC), with a particular focus on the recent signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and what that might mean for the bilateral relationship, and the role of