Asialink Milestones: John Howard – Asia First, Not Asia Only
By the time John Howard became prime minister on his second attempt in 1996, the conduct of Australia’s relations with Asia had become central to the political battle.
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Donald Greenlees
Senior Adviser, Asialink
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Asialink Milestones: John Howard Reflects on the China Challenge and Trump's Legacy
Soon after John Howard became prime minister in March 1996, he saw relations with China, then a significant and promising trading partner, go into free fall.
PODCAST: Maria Ressa on Digital Authoritarianism and Media Freedom
“If we don’t clear up the virus of lies, facts won’t hit our citizens.”
PODCAST: Australia's Strategic Challenge - An Interview with Dennis Richardson
In Washington this week, Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne and Minister for Defence Linda Reynolds met their US counterparts Mike Pompeo and Mark Esper for the annual AUSMIN talks. Amid rising tensions with China over the South China Sea, Hong Kong and foreign interference operations, this year’s AUSMIN was billed as the most important in a generation.
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Australia Needs Diplomacy Not Just Guns to Shape Strategic Outlook
Prime Minister Scott Morrison last week announced plans to expand Australia’s military power to meet the greatest threat to our security since the 1930s and 1940s. Asialink senior adviser, Donald Greenlees, argues Morrison’s plan to ‘shape’ the strategic environment with a bigger investment in firepower needs to be matched with a similar commitment to the tools of diplomacy.