Seven steps to tame fears over China
December
By Bob Carr
Note: This article appeared in The Australian on December 12 2017.
Sooner or later Canberra is going to decide to reset its relationship with Beijing. In one year, or in five. Here are seven things that can make it possible.
Turnbull's blowhard China policy will cost us in the long run
December
Note: This article appeared in The Australian Financial Review on December 10 2017.
Students of Mandarin: Dare to take the plunge
December
Note: This article appeared in the December edition of China Matters' blog, YP Stance on December 1 2017.
Foreign policy: Rising China as rule-taker or rule-maker?
December
Note: This article appeared in the Australian Institute of International Affairs' blog, Australian Outlook, on November 29 2017.
Foreign Policy White Paper: Faulty road map in a GPS world
December
By Bob Carr
Note: This article appeared in The Australian on November 24 2017.
While the Australian government’s Foreign Policy White Paper was at the printers, it was being overtaken by events.
Australia's fear over China's Belt and Road
December
By James Laurenceson, Simone van Nieuwenhuizen and Elena Collinson
Note: This article appeared in The Diplomat on November 16 2017.
Freedom and openness in the Asia Pacific free and open for interpretation
December
Note: This article appeared in the East Asia Forum on November 14 2017.
In the week prior to US President Donald Trump embarking on his Asia tour, his National Security Adviser H R McMaster laid out one of the trip’s aims: ‘to promote his vision of a free and open Indo-Pacific region’.
The risk we take when we panic about China’s rise
December
Xi, Orwell and the language of Chinese politics
December
Note: This article appeared in the Lowy Institute for International Policy's blog, The Interpreter, on October 27 2017.
Let them speak: Australian values and Chinese students
December
Note: This article appeared in The Australian Institute of International Affairs’ blog, Australian Outlook, on October 11 2017.