The geopolitical posturing behind AUKUS is unremarkable for Australia but it needs a grand strategy for peace and prosperity

Australia has chosen a side, tying its future security to deeper integration into the US contest with China and furthering its separation...

Just like Whitlam's visit 50 years ago, Australia needs a circuit-breaker in its deteriorating relationship with its major economic...

Robust, zero-trust, supplier-blind cybersecurity would benefit from some global rules

Stronger cyber defences and global rules are better than one-eyed geopolitical rivalry Originally published June 28, 2021, by the Lowy...

Originally published in Society and Economy Abstract How China will contribute to global governance has become a critical question in...

As the world enters a new era that might be termed Globalization 2.0, Asia-Pacific nations are striving to develop rules, norms and...

The year 2020 was a turning point in so many ways. A pandemic tested our capacity for international cooperation. Our impact on the...

One firm has become emblematic of risk in the deteriorating geopolitical contest between the United States and China. Huawei is a...

The Australia China relationship prospered while it required no real strategy apart from making hay. Both countries benefited enormously...

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...

Originally published by In Focus, September 2020 and, if you don't have time to read the whole piece, an abbreviated version was...

Everyone wins except Russia, from grand plans to bolster south-north infrastructure connectivity in Central Europe: the EU 3 Seas Initiative

The new US-China tech war: at stake is who sets the rules for data, communications, AI-driven networks of the future

This year has demonstrated the critical importance of managing risks. An Expert Blog on Belt and Road risks

The US is pushing to decouple from China, but the Trump administration’s geopolitical confrontation with Beijing is spooking others

China is taking a leading role in world order. A closer look at the Belt & Road Initiative can help to understand - and manage - the risks

A case of mistaken identity, an Australian in Hungary and a Hungarian in Australia

China's Belt & Road Initiative has generated a discourse of political risks, at the same time as rising US-China geopolitical contest

As China recovers from the Covid-19 crisis, the apparatus of the state is about to be devoted to a new form of social control. By the...

We need to reimagine what international cooperation would look like, because we need it more than ever to build back stronger and smarter

The West is gripped by China fear and risks are catastrophised, yet we must find a way to live with China, to manage risks

Australia’s engagement with the Pacific must step-up from donor-recipient relationships to whole-of-government, enduring partnerships

We are facing a crisis of international cooperation in this decade of risk. We need to rethink how to solve global challenges

Australia sees the South Pacific through a security lens, China has economic priorities. Might they partner for sustainable development?

The 50th Pacific Islands Forum in Tuvalu was a disaster for the Australian government. Canberra’s position in the regional organization...

Managing environmental risk is now a critical component of doing business in the Asia Pacific says UN Business Forum Chair, David Morris

Australia and China have built a significant level of interdependence, with their economies deeply integrated and growing...

“I make robots” said the sharply dressed young man.  We had arrived at the same time to an event celebrating forty years of China’s...

In the tiny Pacific island of Yap, when it was time for a girl to become a woman she would go to a special house in the forest for four...