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Donald Greenlees
Senior Adviser, Asialink
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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.
PODCAST: Regional Health Diplomacy and the COVID-19 Crisis
On 3 March, the Federal Government announced the appointment of Dr Stephanie Williams as Australia’s Ambassador for Regional Health Security. Days later, the World Health Organisation officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic disease.
Flying Blind: Indonesia Grapples to Respond to COVID-19
Indonesia faces among the greatest challenges of any country in the Indo-Pacific in controlling COVID-19 and managing its consequences for the economy and society. But as Asialink senior adviser Donald Greenlees writes, one of the big problems facing authorities is obtaining a reliable picture on which to base decisions.
‘This Trial from God’: The Politics of COVID in Malaysia
The COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Malaysia just as an internal power struggle came to a head, ousting prime minister Mahathir Mohamad. As Asialink senior adviser Donald Greenlees writes, the political infighting has risked undermining the quality of the response to the health and economic crises.
COVID: The Asian Experience
The Asian experience with COVID-19 is as varied as the region’s politics, economics and culture.