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While accepting the importance and value of the trade relationship with China, our new program called China and Free Societies aims to raise awareness of the challenges growing Chinese government influence poses to a free and democratic Australia.

We cannot rebuild trust with China
Tom SwitzerJuly 16, 2021Australian Financial Review

There is no shortage of analysis of what Australia did wrong to China to cause...

Crucial Collaboration: The Case for Closer Australia-UK Defence and Security Ties in Light of a Rising China
Tom TugendhatJune 23, 2021PP42

This paper argues that the now is the time to broaden and deepen the Australia-UK...

Australia’s China Policy Debate
Salvatore Babones, Satya Marar, Peter Hartcher, Yidi Yan, Frank Yuan, Chanum Torres, Yun Jiang, Yuki Cheng, Tom SwitzerJune 17, 2021

China’s increasingly repressive rule at home and assertiveness abroad show few signs of moderating as...

On Liberty EP55 The Communist Party in Chinese society
Salvatore Babones, David GoodmanJune 16, 2021On Liberty

With the Australian and Chinese governments arguing in increasingly shrill tones, has Australia really “hurt...

Australia’s China Policy Debate
Salvatore Babones, Tom Switzer, Satya Marar, Yidi Yan, Frank Yuan, Yun Jiang, Chanum Torres, Peter Hartcher, Yuki ChengJune 3, 2021

On June 3, CIS showcased young future leaders, to address the motion Australia’s policy approach...

Resisting China’s Economic Coercion: Why America should support Australia
Alan DupontApril 8, 2021PP38

China’s unprecedented trade campaign against Australia is a case study in economic coercion for geopolitical...

The Need for U.S.-Australia Leadership to Counter China across the Indo-Pacific
Erik M. JacobsMarch 25, 2021PP36

This paper assesses different ways in which Canberra can work with Washington in countering China...

A House Divided: The AFRB and China’s Subnational Diplomacy in Australia
Salvatore BabonesNovember 12, 2020AP17

This paper examines China’s subnational diplomacy in Australia and the suitability of Australia’s Foreign Relations...

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The Elite Embrace
Rowan CallickNovember 3, 2020OP177

After suffering pushback at home and abroad in the wake of the covid-19 pandemic, the...

The 12-Week Window: Coronavirus crisis Australia didn’t have to have
Salvatore BabonesJune 2, 2020AP9

The coronavirus crisis was ‘the crisis that Australia didn’t have to have’. This paper lays...

Mitigating the New Cold War: Managing US-China trade, tech and geopolitical conflict
Alan DupontMay 22, 2020AP8

This paper concludes that the linked US-China trade, technology and geopolitical conflicts have precipitated a...

Australia’s Export Exposure to China’s Coronavirus Epidemic
Salvatore BabonesFebruary 18, 2020AP7

This paper estimates the direct and immediate effects of the coronavirus epidemic on the revenues...

Why Rudd has overstayed his welcome in Asia
John LeeJanuary 16, 2010The Spectator

“Like Kings we lose the Conquests gained before;By vain Ambition, still to make them more...

China’s next generation of leaders
John LeeJanuary 3, 2010The Taipei Times

The appointment of five provincial-level Chinese Communist Party chiefs in early December is a reminder...

China’s intransigence is a sign of its insecurity
John LeeDecember 29, 2009The Australian

Two recent events have convinced many observers that we are entering an unprecedented era marked...

China fears climate change openness
John LeeDecember 23, 2009The Guardian

During the frantic final two days of negotiations at Copenhagen over the weekend, Barack Obama...

Don’t overlook India’s consumer market for China’s
John LeeDecember 22, 2009BusinessWeek

The scale of China’s potential consumer market has always fascinated Western companies. Back in 19th-century...

Chinese Urbanization Put on Hold
John LeeDecember 19, 2009The Korean Herald

The communiqué released last week after the annual Central Economic Work Conference, reportedly the most...

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