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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...


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...


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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...


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


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


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


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


The Belt and Road Initiative and the Geopolitics of the South Pacific
Australia sees the South Pacific through a security lens, China has economic priorities. Might they partner for sustainable development?


Australia's Pacific "step up" stumbles
The 50th Pacific Islands Forum in Tuvalu was a disaster for the Australian government. Canberra’s position in the regional organization...


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


Australia - China geopolitics and the South Pacific
Australia and China have built a significant level of interdependence, with their economies deeply integrated and growing...
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