
- 5 days ago
- 5 min
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...

- Apr 17
- 4 min
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...

- Jan 30
- 6 min
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...

- Jan 16
- 33 min
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...

- Jan 10
- 24 min
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...

- Nov 30, 2021
- 3 min
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...

- Nov 15, 2021
- 4 min
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

- Sep 27, 2021
- 4 min
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...

- Sep 2, 2021
- 4 min
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...

- Aug 4, 2021
- 8 min
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

- Jun 28, 2021
- 5 min
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...

- Jun 23, 2021
- 38 min
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...

- Jan 19, 2021
- 5 min
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...

- Jan 18, 2021
- 5 min
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...

- Jan 15, 2021
- 41 min
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...

- Dec 22, 2020
- 7 min
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...

- Dec 14, 2020
- 4 min
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...

- Dec 13, 2020
- 15 min
Australia and the Indo-Pacific's shifting power dynamics
Originally published by In Focus, September 2020 and, if you don't have time to read the whole piece, an abbreviated version was...

- Oct 26, 2020
- 7 min
Three Seas Initiative: a European answer to China's Belt and Road?
Everyone wins except Russia, from grand plans to bolster south-north infrastructure connectivity in Central Europe: the EU 3 Seas Initiative

- Sep 26, 2020
- 6 min
The US “Clean Network” Risks Undermining a Rules-Based Tech World
The new US-China tech war: at stake is who sets the rules for data, communications, AI-driven networks of the future

- Aug 25, 2020
- 4 min
Managing political risks on the Belt and Road
This year has demonstrated the critical importance of managing risks. An Expert Blog on Belt and Road risks

- Aug 13, 2020
- 7 min
Decoupling: Trump's Challenge to the Global Order
The US is pushing to decouple from China, but the Trump administration’s geopolitical confrontation with Beijing is spooking others

- Aug 9, 2020
- 5 min
Global opportunities, but with political risks
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

- Jul 28, 2020
- 10 min
Siege mentality
A case of mistaken identity, an Australian in Hungary and a Hungarian in Australia

- Jul 22, 2020
- 19 min
Political risk on the Belt and Road
China's Belt & Road Initiative has generated a discourse of political risks, at the same time as rising US-China geopolitical contest

- Jul 20, 2020
- 4 min
Social credit: the next China risk for business
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...

- Jul 10, 2020
- 4 min
No substitute for cooperation in sustainable development
We need to reimagine what international cooperation would look like, because we need it more than ever to build back stronger and smarter

- May 11, 2020
- 5 min
China fear in a time of Covid
The West is gripped by China fear and risks are catastrophised, yet we must find a way to live with China, to manage risks

- Apr 6, 2020
- 6 min
It's time for a Pacific "step in" to Australia's council of governments
Australia’s engagement with the Pacific must step-up from donor-recipient relationships to whole-of-government, enduring partnerships

- Apr 2, 2020
- 7 min
Decade of Risk
We are facing a crisis of international cooperation in this decade of risk. We need to rethink how to solve global challenges