World politics
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Geopolitics
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Report
Red book, Blue book: an Australian guide to the next US administration
This publication is designed in two sections: Blue Book — what to expect in a Biden administration and Red Book — what to expect in a second term of the Trump administration. Each section is designed to give a robust guide to the major policies...
Discussion paper
American foreign policy and the 2020 Presidential election
This paper argues that the United States needs to recognise that Australia and others have interests both in engaging with and restraining China, providing support while avoiding counterproductive pressuring for bi-polarisation of the region.
Report
The case for Australia to step up in Southeast Asia
This paper argues that Australia shares significant overlap of geographically-derived interests with the emerging middle powers of Southeast Asia. As such, the importance of developing Southeast Asia functions as a protective membrane for Australia’s own prosperity and security.
Report
Beijing’s great game in the Indo-Pacific: future dynamics
This paper argues that the dynamics in the Indo-Pacific will now probably be predicated on pushback against China, which the world is already witnessing with the realignment of alliances, the rise of regional powers and American endurance.
Report
The Chinese distant water fishing fleet and illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing has been described as the leading maritime security threat and the Chinese distant water fishing fleet is likely to be the world’s leading perpetrator. While Beijing has taken steps to address wrongdoing in the Chinese fishing industry, it might continue...
Report
The point of no return: the 2020 election and the crisis of American foreign policy
This paper argues that if Donald Trump wins a second term in the upcoming election, the rest of the world will conclude that the United States has fundamentally changed and is no longer committed to the traditional leadership role it has played since the Second...
Report
Security through sustainable peace: Australian international conflict prevention and peacebuilding
The purpose of this report is to review Australian experience of peace processes and suggest possible approaches for strengthening them.
Briefing paper
Managing US-China nuclear risks: a guide for Australia
As the prospect of high-intensity military conflict in the Indo-Pacific becomes more likely, Beijing, Washington and Canberra will need to manage nuclear risks more proactively.
Briefing paper
Post-pandemic governance in the Indo-Pacific
COVID-19 presents new challenges to the existing governance objectives of USAID’s Indo-Pacific Strategy, especially as great power competitors, like China, use the pandemic as a vehicle to further exacerbate existing democratic backsliding, corruption and disinformation.
Working paper
Lessons from the Trump administration’s policy experiment on China
This working paper argues that the Trump administration’s policy experiment on China has failed to curb Chinese behaviours of concern or elicit Chinese concessions on American priorities. China has grown more repressive at home and more assertive in pursuit of its external ambitions. These outcomes...