Briefing and working papers

What Australia needs to understand about China's technological edge in critical minerals supply chains

December

CRITICAL FACTS, CRITICAL MINERALS AND CHINA: WHAT AUSTRALIANS NEED TO KNOW

Australia-China monthly wrap-up: February 2024

December

By Elena Collinson

Key points

- A Beijing court gives Australian citizen Yang Hengjun a suspended death sentence, with the possibility of commutation to life imprisonment subject to good behaviour. Dr Yang waives his right to appeal. Australian government advocacy continues on Dr Yang’s behalf

Australia-China monthly wrap-up: January 2024

December

By Elena Collinson and Corey Lee Bell

Key points

- In a wide-ranging new year press conference, PRC Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian proposes restarting joint military exercises and calls for more science and technology cooperation

Australia-China monthly wrap-up: December 2023

December

By Elena Collinson and Corey Lee Bell

 

Key points

- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese delivers a major foreign policy speech, placing ‘priority on communication over confrontation’ and outlining an approach of ‘patience and perseverance’

Australia-China monthly wrap-up: November 2023

December

Understanding China's role in developing Australia’s critical minerals sector

December

CRITICAL FACTS, CRITICAL MINERALS AND CHINA: WHAT AUSTRALIANS NEED TO KNOW

The good, the bad and the ugly: Australian defence and strategic policy in an uncertain future

December

This is the final piece of a four-part UTS:ACRI Analysis series that examines an interlinked set of questions for Australian defence and strategic policy stemming from the Defence Strategic Review (DSR) released in April 2023. The series began by providing an assessment of the consistency between the stated concept of deterrence at the heart of the DSR and the capability acquisitions (including the AUKUS nuclear-powered submarines) that are flagged to implement that strategy.

Australia-China monthly wrap-up: October 2023

December

By Elena Collinson and Corey Lee Bell

 

Key points

- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces dates for a prime ministerial visit to the PRC and describes the trip as symbolising the ‘normalisation' of relations. He emphasises that the US is engaging with the PRC in a similar manner

Australian defence strategy, deterrence and the PRC’s military posture

December

This is the third of a four-part UTS:ACRI Analysis series that examines an interlinked set of questions for Australian defence and strategic policy stemming from the Defence Strategic Review (DSR) released in April 2023. The series began by providing an assessment of the consistency between the stated concept of deterrence at the heart of the DSR and the capability acquisitions (including the AUKUS nuclear-powered submarines) that are flagged to implement that strategy.

Australia’s post-DSR posture and US ‘integrated deterrence’: A road to nowhere?

December

This is the second of a four-part UTS:ACRI Analysis series that examines an interlinked set of questions for Australian defence and strategic policy stemming from the Defence Strategic Review (DSR) released in April 2023. The series began by providing an assessment of the consistency between the stated concept of deterrence at the heart of the DSR and the capability acquisitions (including the AUKUS nuclear-powered submarines) that are flagged to implement that strategy.