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Is China a threat not because it is strong but because it is weak?

  • Professor Timothy J. Lynch,

The rise of China is central to the international relations of the Indo-Pacific. But what if that rise has been overstated?

Indonesia’s pandemic foreign policy: Between pragmatism and Jokowi’s legacy

  • Muhamad Arif,

Jakarta seems to be playing a long game: keeping the great powers from outright conflict while reaping as many benefits as possible.

China and Australia: Economic decoupling?

  • Assistant Professor Dan (Diane) Hu,

Trade has caught most headlines, but it is the volume of capital flow between the two countries that speaks to declining levels of trust and good will.

China really is impacting Australian elections (and has been for some time)

  • Emerita Professor Carol Johnson,

Australian federal elections are being increasingly impacted by our relationship with China. But not in the way depicted by the current federal government.

Fear, honour and interests: Cooperation, competition and contestation and Australia’s engagement in the Indo-Pacific

  • Professor John Blaxland,

The combination of great power contestation, coupled with governance and environmental challenges points to the need for visionary management by Australia.