Ian Hall

After Marawi: Advancing Australia–Philippines strategic relations

IAN HALL | Last week, the Asia Pacific Pathways to Progress Foundation and the Griffith Asia Institute co-hosted a Philippines–Australia… Read More

Modi plays by the “rules” at Shangri-La

IAN HALL | Sometimes what politicians don’t say is as important as what they do say. So it was with Prime Minister of India… Read More

Debating China’s influence in Australia

IAN HALL | Stories of attempts by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to influence Australia’s political processes, gather intelligence, or simply intrude into… Read More

Should Australia push back against China’s economic statecraft?

IAN HALL | China’s hold over large enterprises allows it to manipulate Chinese companies to align with state interests. It gives China the rare… Read More

India in Australia’s evolving Indo-Pacific outlook

IAN HALL | Few differences between the 2003 Foreign Policy White Paper and the 2017 version are as stark as the treatment of India. Read More

Australia’s search for a China policy

IAN HALL | The Sydney Morning Herald journalist Peter Hartcher recently opined that for all Donald J. Trump’s manifest faults, the President has done one good… Read More

Coral Bell and the ‘concert of powers’ problem

IAN HALL | The End of the Vasco da Gama Era is vintage Coral Bell: bold and trenchant, with plenty on which both academics… Read More

Belt and Road: The case for ‘wait and see’

IAN HALL | Nick Bisley is right to call for a clearer – and I would add more confident – Australian strategy towards China. But… Read More

Doklam, the diplomacy of anger, and the Sino-Indian standoff

IAN HALL | The ten-week standoff between Chinese and Indian troops in Doklam, in territory disputed by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Bhutan,… Read More

Modi’s foreign policy under pressure

IAN HALL | It is hard to remember now, but before Narendra Modi came to power in May 2014, many reputable pundits thought it… Read More