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The Coalition’s China Shift

Jun 27, 2024 | asialink.unimelb.edu.au | Kansiree Sittipoonaegkapat |James Laurenceson

During Chinese Premier Li Qiang’s visit to Australia last week, Australia’s China hawks predictably attacked the Albanese government for being too soft on Beijing. After reiterating a commitment to “stabilising” political ties, the two leaders announced that they had agreed to “continue to grow the bilateral relationship” and “navigate their differences wisely”.
2024 Federal Budget - implications for Asia trade and investment

May 14, 2024 | asialink.unimelb.edu.au | Robert Law |Kansiree Sittipoonaegkapat

The 2024 Federal Budget is another building block in Australia’s efforts to position itself as central to the net zero transition, particularly around critical minerals and renewable energy supply chains. Future Made in Australia, with foreign capital The 10-year $22.7 billion Future Made in Australia package aims to drive the decarbonisation of the economy. The government won’t be able to realise its ambitions without foreign investment. However, FDI inflows have plateaued in recent years.
US-China Cooperation Remains Possible

May 8, 2024 | asialink.unimelb.edu.au | Joseph Nye |Kansiree Sittipoonaegkapat

When US Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently visited Beijing in an effort to stabilise relations with China, many of the issues that he discussed with Chinese President Xi Jinping were highly contentious. For example, Blinken warned China against providing materials and technology to aid Russia in its war against Ukraine, and he objected to China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea and harassment of the Philippines (a United States ally).
Australia and China are Back in Business but Tensions Remain

Mar 26, 2024 | asialink.unimelb.edu.au | Kansiree Sittipoonaegkapat |Roger Huang

Mature, productive, and stable. This was Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s refrain about the state of Australian-China relations following the conclusion of Wang Yi’s visit to Canberra for the 7th Australia-China Foreign and Strategic Dialogue. As the first Chinese foreign minister, and the most senior member of the Chinese Communist Party to visit Australia in seven-years, Wang’s visit was highly symbolic and a painstakingly curated affair.
New Reforms Can Unlock Vietnam’s Economic Potential

Mar 13, 2024 | asialink.unimelb.edu.au | Kansiree Sittipoonaegkapat |Trung Nguyen |Trung Nguyễn

Since establishing diplomatic ties in 1973, Australia and Vietnam have seen their bilateral relationship flourish, marked by deepening trust and respect across economic, political, and social realms. Economically, Australia emerged as Vietnam's 7th largest trading partner in 2022, with Vietnam ranking 10th for Australia, reflecting robust economic connections.
Fifty years of ASEAN-Australia ties show value of consistent cooperation

Mar 4, 2024 | asialink.unimelb.edu.au | Kansiree Sittipoonaegkapat |Nicholas Farrelly

The 50th anniversary of partnership between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Australia is a major milestone. Australia’s early investment in ASEAN’s success – based on political and diplomatic engagement that signalled increasing confidence with Australia’s own place in the world – provides the foundation for the continued expansion of bilateral and multilateral ties across Southeast Asia.
Australia’s Southeast Asia Strategy Faces Challenge of ‘Buy-in’

Mar 1, 2024 | asialink.unimelb.edu.au | Shannon Teoh |Kansiree Sittipoonaegkapat

The overwhelming sentiment outside of Australian officialdom, is that the government’s Invested: Australia’s Southeast Asia Economic Strategy to 2040 report launched in September is “nothing we don’t already know”. That Corporate Australia’s ties and presence in its closest regional neighbour has been underwhelming is a long-standing fact.
China's Taiwan Strategy

Feb 7, 2024 | asialink.unimelb.edu.au | Brahma Chellaney |Kansiree Sittipoonaegkapat

The more US President Joe Biden’s administration has sought to ease tensions with China through high-level dialogue, the more brazenly Chinese President Xi Jinping has applied coercive pressure to Taiwan. Never was this pattern more obvious than late last month, when China sent 33 warplanes and seven combat ships toward Taiwan, just as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan were holding talks in Bangkok.
Where are the Women? Gender Perspectives in Indonesia’s 2024 Presidential Race

Jan 30, 2024 | asialink.unimelb.edu.au | Kansiree Sittipoonaegkapat

On 14 February, Indonesians will head to the ballot box to choose between three men vying to succeed President Joko Widodo (popularly known as ‘Jokowi’).
The Slow Death of India’s Brief Secular Democracy

Jan 22, 2024 | asialink.unimelb.edu.au | Ashoka Mody |Kansiree Sittipoonaegkapat

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is due today to preside over the consecration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. Executive power will symbolically fuse with the Hindu religion – harking back to myths of Indian rulers as incarnations of Supreme Lord Vishnu – at the former site of the Babri Mosque, demolished by self-styled “angry Hindus” in 1992. Indian children will celebrate the mythological Lord Ram.