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There are ongoing implications for Australia of economic and social changes in one of our largest neighbours and trading partners.  Our work will continue to anticipate domestic economic and political developments within China and trends in Chinese foreign policy.

Publications

  1. Future Submarine Project Should Raise Periscope for Another Look

    Simon Cowan | 24 Oct 2012 | Policy Monographs

    Australia should not spend $40 billion to repeat the mistakes of the Collins Class submarine. Nuclear submarines, such as... Read More...

  2. Southeast Asia’s American Embrace

    Jessica Brown | 29 Mar 2012 | Foreign Policy Analysis

    All Southeast Asian states want to take advantage of the benefits of a rising China, yet none wants it to be in a position... Read More...

  3. INTERVIEW: Australia and the Rise of China

    Sergei DeSilva-Ranasinghe | 20 Aug 2011 | POLICY Magazine

    Paul Monk tells Sergei DeSilva-Ranasinghe that China's rise could require tough decisions about accommodating or resisting... Read More...

  4. After the Wall – Reflections on the Legacy of 1989

    John Lee, Lee Duffield, Martin Krygier, Oliver Marc Hartwich | 08 Sep 2010 | Occasional Papers

    When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, it marked the end of the Cold War and of Eastern European communism. Two decades on, The... Read More...

  5. BOOK REVIEW: When China Rules the World: The Rise of the Middle Kingdom and the End of the Western World

    John Lee | 17 Jun 2010 | POLICY Magazine

    When China Rules the World: The Rise of the Middle Kingdom and the End of the Western World by Martin Jacques (Allen Lane,... Read More...

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Opinion & Commentary

  1. Nothing to fear from China's foreign policy

    Benjamin Herscovitch | 08 Jul 2013 | The Canberra Times

    Chinese President Xi Jinping knows Asian stability will only help his ambitions.... Read More

  2. Revitalising the China story

    Edward Fang | 27 Nov 2012 | ON LINE Opinion

    China faces profound challenges that will require bold action on the part of party leaders.... Read More

  3. Business didn’t wait for White Paper

    Benjamin Herscovitch | 09 Nov 2012 | The National Business Review

    We can expect meagre policy returns from the Asian Century White Paper.... Read More

  4. A cultural revolution to celebrate

    Benjamin Herscovitch | 27 Oct 2012 | The Spectator

    In a very real sense, Australia is already Asian.... Read More

  5. Sorry, Malcolm, Australia needs the US in the Asian century

    Benjamin Herscovitch | 13 Jun 2012 | The Age

    Now is the time for our friendship with America to prosper and thrive.... Read More

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Ideas@TheCentre

  1. Authoritarian China’s successes vindicate liberalism

    Benjamin Herscovitch | 05 Jul 2013

    Liberal reforms are still needed in China to unlock the entrepreneurial talents and ambition of the world’s largest nation....

  2. The classical liberal view from Beijing

    Benjamin Herscovitch | 31 May 2013

    With global leadership slipping away from the United States, will China seek to shape the world in the image of its brand ...

  3. Placating China does us all a disservice

    Benjamin Herscovitch | 15 Mar 2013

    Australia and its Asian partners should consistently and carefully explain the rationale for a continuation of the US security ...

  4. The morality of US military might

    Benjamin Herscovitch | 14 Dec 2012

    Arguments for a US drawdown in the Asia-Pacific betray a lack of appreciation of the moral dimension of the US military presence ...

  5. And the winner is ... Robamamney!

    Benjamin Herscovitch | 09 Nov 2012

    Romney might have lost the race to the White House, but much of his foreign policy platform will live on in the Obama presidency....

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