ACRI Opinion

Australia–China climate cooperation can thaw the diplomatic ice

December

By Xunpeng Shi, Qinhua Xu and Zha Daojiong

Note: This article appeared in East Asia Forum on July 12 2022.

Ambassador Xiao Qian’s speech: A new way forward for Australia-China relations?

December

By Corey Lee Bell

Note: This article appeared in The Diplomat on June 30 2022.

RCEP shows that open regionalism still calls the shots

December

By James Laurenceson

Note: This article appeared in East Asia Forum on June 30 2022. 

The Biden administration is on a path toward strategic insolvency

December

By Michael Clarke

Note: This article appeared in The National Interest on June 30 2022.

Time for China-Australia ties to embrace positive momentum

December

By James Laurenceson

Note: This article appeared in the Global Times on June 16 2022. 

‘China is our partner. China is not our enemy. Let's get that very straight.’ 

Australia and Lithuania: limits of Chinese trade coercion

December

By James Laurenceson

Note: This article appeared in The Council on Geostrategy's online magazine, Britain's World, on June 14 2022.

As the geopolitical distance between Beijing and Western capitals widens, privately-owned companies headquartered in the latter are being warned they might find themselves as collateral damage. 

The big problem with Labor’s ‘Plan to Build a Stronger Pacific Family’

December

By Corey Lee Bell

Note: This article appeared in The Diplomat on June 10 2022.

China’s recent decision to abandon a multilateral security agreement with 10 countries in the South Pacific was a cause for both enormous relief and some measure of self-congratulations in Canberra and Washington.

It should have prompted neither.

Australia must ‘partner-up’ in the Pacific

December

By Corey Lee Bell and Elena Collinson

Note: This article appeared in the Asia & the Pacific Policy Society at the Australian National University’s blog, Policy Forum, on June 3 2022.

A ‘weakened’ Quad?

December

By Pak K. Lee and Lai-Ha Chan

Note: This article appeared in E-International Relations on May 27 2022.

China is still Australia’s trade frenemy

December

By James Laurenceson

Note: This article appeared in 360info on May 24 2022.

Despite rising geopolitical tensions the evidence of a correlation between political talk and economic connections between trading nations is often overdone.