Michael Heazle

Deepening the Australia-Philippines relationship

On Friday 21 July 2017, the Griffith Asia Institute was delighted to participate in an Australia-Philippines dialogue facilitated by the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) of the… Read More

Explaining Australia–Japan security cooperation and its prospects: ‘the interests that bind?’

MICHAEL HEAZLE AND YUKI TATSUMI  | Despite the recent rapid growth in Australia–Japan security ties and formal recognition of the common interests driving the… Read More

Defending the liberal order takes more than rhetoric

MICHAEL HEAZLE | Julie Bishop’s recent speech in Singapore was out of date and stale. Her remarks exhibited two major and ongoing flaws… Read More

Why Australia and Japan need a Plan B

MICHAEL HEAZLE AND ANDREW O’NEIL  | Concern over the possible decline of US power and the resilience of its commitment to underwriting security in… Read More

Don’t give up on the US in Asia just yet

MICHAEL HEAZLE | Contrary to Hugh White’s argument that we’re better off appeasing China than risk going to war with Donald Trump, we are… Read More

Trump’s presidency and the Asia Pacific

DUNCAN MCDONNELL, STEPHEN MCCARTHY, LEONG LIEW, DIEGO FOSSATI, HUI FENG, YI WANG, KAI HE, HUIYUN FENG, DAVID SCHAK, ANDREW O’NEIL, MICHAEL HEAZLE,… Read More

Managing a revisionist China

MICHAEL HEAZLE | In the wake of China’s ongoing attempts to claim maritime rights over practically the whole of the South China Sea, its… Read More

Japanese subs: A once-in-a-generation opportunity

MICHAEL HEAZLE | Hugh White’s piece in the Fairfax media last week on the strategic perils of Australia buying Japanese submarines is long… Read More

Japan Foundation support for bilateral dialogue

The Griffith Asia Institute has been awarded funding by The Japan Foundation to host the 2015 Australia-Japan Dialogue as part of the Institute’s successful Asian… Read More


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