The China consensus
December
THE CHINA CONSENSUS: A PRE-ELECTION SURVEY OF COALITION GOVERNMENT AND AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY POLICIES ON THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Executive Summary
Why an ‘arc of autocracies’ is a stretch
December
Note: This article appeared in the Asia & the Pacific Policy Society at the Australian National University’s blog, Policy Forum, on March 7 2022.
China must choose between two bad options on Putin’s war
December
Lessons from Chinese government interference in Australia
December
Can China use the Beijing Olympics to ‘sportwash’ its abuses against the Uyghurs? Only if the world remains silent
December
Australia-China monthly wrap-up: December 2021 and January 2022
December
By Elena Collinson, with research assistance from Thomas Pantle
Perspectives | WeChat and Weixin? The missing story behind the Coalition's outcry
December
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 Wanning Sun and Haiqing Yu
Benchmarking the state of Australia’s diplomatic engagement with the PRC
December
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.
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.