Tag Archive for: "China"
Malcolm Fraser as pragmatic panda hugger

International policy is deeply serious work—vital to nation and people, and deadly in effects. Yet oft times it lurches from furore to fiasco, via farce to straight-out funny. The utter pragmatism of Malcolm Fraser’s embrace …

AIIB: China’s cotillion 

In his latest book Henry Kissinger anticipated China’s initiative to create the first new international organisation of the 21st century. He didn’t foresee the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) as such, but argued that as …

Allies, partners and Newton’s third law

Thanks to Andrew Kwon for his reflections on the piece Natalie Sambhi and I wrote recently, in which we considered the future of America’s Asia–Pacific rebalance should Hillary Rodham Clinton make it to the White …

ASPI suggests

For all your international security and defence reading, look no further than ASPI Suggests! Tomorrow’s ANZAC Day (25 April) will mark the 100th anniversary of the first major military action fought at Gallipoli by Australian and New …