Bringing the grey zone into focus
PETER LAYTON | Australia’s 2020 Defence Strategic Update was, by the standards of such publications, a hard-hitting document. It had a particularly… Read More
Region | China and Northeast Asia
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View our expert commentary and informed analysis on the latest developments in Northeast Asia, including China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, North Korea, Mongolia and Hong Kong.
China’s attitude to outsiders plummets
The rapid dismemberment of Hong Kong’s lively and internationally facing culture points to a bigger story. That is, that the same suspicious attitude to the… Read More
The inclusive institutional balancing of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation
SOVINDA PO AND CHRISTOPHER PRIMIANO | Among the internal players in the Mekong region, Thailand is the most powerful and the most proactive. Read More
Chinese power: The new international dynamic | A summary
How the rest of the world responds to what is happening in the People’s Republic of China, is the critical question of our time. How… Read More
Perspectives:Asia | Asian-Australians: Enabling and elevating Australia’s competitive advantage to succeed in Asia
PERSPECTIVES:ASIA | JIEH-YUNG LO | Asian-Australians: Enabling and elevating Australia’s competitive advantage to succeed in Asia presented by Jieh-Yung Lo, Director, Centre… Read More
Australia’s closed border is costing the economy $36.5 million a day
Australia doesn’t expect to reopen its international borders until well into 2022. The border has been closed since March 2020. That decision has been instrumental… Read More
Don’t blame us, it’s Beijing forcing a new world order
The public discussion about Australia-China relations has taken such a toxic turn in recent months that some of our savviest and most sound China experts… Read More
Australia has more to lose in a human rights ‘face off’ with China
COLIN MACKERRAS | China is stepping up human rights accusations against Australia following numerous condemnations Australia has made on the same grounds. Before… Read More
Oxen Are More Reliable Then Rats: A Personal Reflection
COLIN MACKERRAS | Most of us were probably happy to farewell the Year of the Rat (2020). I know I was. By any… Read More
Best Biden bide his time on China
Democracies usually get out of a pickle by changing their government and starting afresh. In 2021 the Biden Administration will get to work on reviving… Read More
