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AFA13 - October 2021India Rising?
Asia's Huge Question
“As Australia’s relationship with China has soured, probably irretrievably, India has emerged as the great new hope.” MICHAEL WESLEY
The thirteenth issue of Australian Foreign Affairs examines the future of India, a rising giant whose unsteady growth and unpredictable political turns raise questions about its role and power in Asia. India Rising? explores the challenge for Australia as it seeks to improve its faltering ties with the world’s largest democracy, a nation whose ascent – if achieved – could reshape the regional order.
- Michael Wesley interrogates the future for India and Australia – the likely challenges, opportunities and threats facing the two nations.
- Aarti Betigeri explores the fast-growing Indian Australian community and its potential to reshape Australia’s ties to India.
- Snigdha Poonam examines rising anti-China sentiment in Narendra Modi’s India.
- Harsh V. Pant reveals how India views Australia and how Canberra can supercharge relations.
- James Curran uncovers the origins and ambitions of the Australia–Indonesia security deal under Paul Keating.
- Elizabeth Buchanan looks at Australia’s options as China expands its Antarctic operations.
- Don Greenlees analyses Peter Job’s A Narrative of Denial: Australia and the Indonesian violation of East Timor.
- Dennis Altman interrogates John Ikenberry’s A World Safe for Democracy and the rise of liberal internationalism.
- Jane Perlez analyses Australian dread about China and whether the fears are overinflated.
- PLUS Correspondence on AFA12: Feeling the Heat from Paul Mitchell, Elizabeth Boulton, Nicky Ison and Daniel Wild.
Australian Foreign Affairs is published three times a year and seeks to explore – and encourage – debate on Australia’s place in the world and global outlook.
ABOUT THE EDITOR
Jonathan Pearlman is the editor of Australian Foreign Affairs and the world editor of The Saturday Paper. He is a correspondent for The Straits Times newspaper (Singapore) and was Australia–Pacific correspondent for The Telegraph (UK). He previously worked at The Sydney Morning Herald, covering foreign affairs and politics from Canberra and Sydney.
Australia is increasingly affected by events beyond its borders, especially as global power and wealth shifts towards Asia. The challenges facing Australia and the region are varied and complex, but they are also fascinating. There is a strong need and appetite for a publication that explores these challenges and debates the ways Australia should respond.
— Jonathan Pearlman, Editor, Australian Foreign Affairs
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The latest issue of Australian Foreign Affairs examines the rising tensions over the future of Taiwan as China’s pursuit of ‘unification’ pits it against the United States and US allies such as Australia. The Taiwan Choice looks at the growing risk of a catastrophic war and the outlook for Australia as it faces a strategic choice that could reshape its future in Asia.
- Hugh White on why war over Taiwan is the gravest danger Australia has faced.
- Linda Jakobson on how Xi Jinping views Taiwan in an age of Chinese expansionism.
- Brendan Taylor on what a conflict over Taiwan might look like.
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- AND correspondence on AFA13: India Rising?.
