Huawei seems determined to fight on
I visited Huawei's massive Dongguan Research and Development Centre and MWC Shanghai recently to hear how the firm is responding to the...
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Common interests, common challenges: 50 years of Australia-China relations
A half century is a significant milestone. After 50 years, the relationship between China and Australia stands as a signature example of...
Making Infrastructure Green
Green infrastructure is a great enabler and a foundation for improved incomes, livelihoods and human well-being that will be critical to...
How Australia can better address its real security threat - dislocation from the region
The recent failure of Australia to be consulted, let alone to have any influence, on the Solomon Islands security agreement with China...
China has much to lose as war in Ukraine turns Europe away from globalisation
A view from Central Europe, from interviews conducted for an EU-funded, Erasmus + Jean Monnet Research Network survey of Eurasian...
Myanmar’s Perfect Storm of Risks on China’s Belt and Road
Because of its strategic location between major regional powers, Myanmar’s participation in China’s Belt and Road Initiative inevitably...
In the middle of a perfect storm: political risks of the Belt and Road project at Kyaukphyu, Myanmar
China’s Belt and Road Initiative features major initiatives in South and South East Asia and beyond for infrastructure connectivity and...
Contest in the Pacific: China - Pacific islands economic diplomacy
Despite the creation of a 10+1 China - Pacific Islands Economic Development and Cooperation forum, there is no regional Pacific islands...
A new business model that puts people and planet first?
It’s time to put people and planet front and centre in the new technologies that are reshaping our economies and that just might help us...
Despite AUKUS, a China-Australia relationship reset is possible
The geopolitical posturing behind AUKUS is unremarkable for Australia but it needs a grand strategy for peace and prosperity
Nuclear subs lock in Australia's course in Asia
Australia has chosen a side, tying its future security to deeper integration into the US contest with China and furthering its separation...
Australia and China need a circuit-breaker
Just like Whitlam's visit 50 years ago, Australia needs a circuit-breaker in its deteriorating relationship with its major economic...
Geopolitical rivalry is no answer to managing the pressing risks of new technology
Robust, zero-trust, supplier-blind cybersecurity would benefit from some global rules
A zero-trust approach to cyber security
Stronger cyber defences and global rules are better than one-eyed geopolitical rivalry Originally published June 28, 2021, by the Lowy...
The AIIB: Chinese multilateralism at a time of geopolitical shift
Originally published in Society and Economy Abstract How China will contribute to global governance has become a critical question in...
Three challenges for Asia's digital future
As the world enters a new era that might be termed Globalization 2.0, Asia-Pacific nations are striving to develop rules, norms and...
A US-China Green Deal?
The year 2020 was a turning point in so many ways. A pandemic tested our capacity for international cooperation. Our impact on the...
The Huawei Paradox: future tech risks and unravelling interdependence
One firm has become emblematic of risk in the deteriorating geopolitical contest between the United States and China. Huawei is a...
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: lessons for an Australia China strategy?
The Australia China relationship prospered while it required no real strategy apart from making hay. Both countries benefited enormously...
An Open Letter for Open Minds between Australia and China
Growing up in a multicultural place like Australia, I was lucky to have the best of many worlds. We had Chinese food, Greek cafes and my...
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