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AFA19 - October 2023The New Domino Theory
Does China really want to attack Australia?
The latest issue of Australian Foreign Affairs examines China’s ultimate goals as an emerging superpower, including the extent of its territorial ambitions.
The New Domino Theory looks at Australia's place in China’s long-term plans and at the threat – if any – that Beijing poses to Australian security, politics and society.
Essays include:
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James Curran explores the origins of Australia’s anxiety about China and options for dealing with the threat.
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Merriden Varrall looks at whether the conventional wisdom that underpins our China policy is correct.
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Margaret Simons tells the inside story of how Labor came to back AUKUS.
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Yun Jiang analyses Australia’s approach to addressing foreign interference and its consequences.
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Phil Orchard calls for Australia to play a greater role in addressing Russian war crimes in Ukraine.
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Jacqui Baker examines the ongoing toll of corruption in Indonesia.
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Ryan Cropp assesses Gough Whitlam’s foreign policy.
PLUS Correspondence from Luke Gosling, Margaret Beavis, Wesley Morgan and more.
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AFA20 - February 2024Dead in the Water
The AUKUS Delusion
The latest issue of Australian Foreign Affairs examines Australia’s momentous decision to form a security pact with the United States and the United Kingdom that includes an ambitious, expensive and risky plan to acquire nuclear-power submarines – a move that will have far-reaching military and strategic consequences.
Dead in the water looks at whether the AUKUS deal will enhance or undermine Australia’s security as tensions between China and the US rise, at the impact on Australia’s ties with its regional neighbours, and at whether the submarines plan is likely to ever be achieved.
Essays include:
- Hugh White, Fatal shores: Why AUKUS is a grave mistake
- Elizabeth Buchanan, Pit stop nation: Australia is selling itself short
- Susannah Patton, Muscling up: What do the neighbours really think?
- Andrew Davies, Sunk cost: Does the $368 billion submarine deal make sense?