Richard Maude

Mar 25, 2024 | asiasociety.org | Richard Maude

By Richard Maude, Executive Director of Policy, Asia Society Australia. If it comes to pass, a second Donald Trump presidency will once again strain the bonds that have kept Australia and the United States close through so many decades. The self-interested nationalism of “America First” sits in fundamental opposition to the ideas that animate Australian foreign policy. We will have significant policy differences.

Mar 24, 2024 | afr.com | Richard Maude

The alliance, on which Australia has staked so much as China’s power grows, is deeply institutionalised and will outlast Trump 2.0. The government is doing as much as it can to lock down AUKUS arrangements before the election. There is every chance economic ties will escape Trump’s obsession with “unfair” trade – Australia’s economy is open and the US enjoys a healthy trade surplus.

Oct 30, 2023 | asia.nikkei.com | Richard Maude |Genevieve Donnellon-May

Richard Maude, a former Australian diplomat, is a senior fellow with the Asia Society Policy Institute and executive director for policy at Asia Society Australia. Genevieve Donnellon-May is a research associate with the institute. It says something about the hostile depths to which relations between Australia and China have sunk in recent years that no Australian prime minister has visited the country's most important trading partner since 2016.

Oct 30, 2023 | qoshe.com | Richard Maude |Genevieve Donnellon-May

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Oct 22, 2023 | asiasociety.org | Richard Maude

By Richard Maude, Executive Director of Policy, Asia Society Australia. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese goes to China on 4-7 November with a strong tailwind – much of the fabric of Australia’s pre-2020 relationship with China, including trade and ministerial dialogue, has been restored. Still, trust remains fragile and China’s path under Xi Jinping – more assertive, ideological and authoritarian – weighs on the future.