Based in Beijing, Benjamin’s research focuses on Australia’s regional foreign policy and Australia-China relations. He is currently working on a series of publications on the principles of liberal foreign policy and the challenges to the liberal world order.
Before joining CIS, Benjamin was a Desk Officer at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, where he served on the Pakistan desk and worked on the department’s public diplomacy programs. He has a PhD on liberalism and federalism from the University of Sydney.
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