Dr Kevin Rudd AC is the President and CEO of Asia Society and a leading international authority on China and the Asia-Pacific region. He served as Australia’s 26th Prime Minister from 2007 to 2010 and again briefly in 2013, and was Australia’s Foreign Minister from 2010 to 2012. A former diplomat and China scholar, Rudd has played a prominent role in international diplomacy, including efforts to strengthen Asia-Pacific cooperation and the global response to the 2008 financial crisis. He served as Australia’s Ambassador to the United States from 2023 to 2026 before returning to lead Asia Society.
The central challenge is consequently not whether the United States should recognise its dependence on China. That dependence is already embedded across critical supply chains. The question is how Washington uses the
by Our Defence Correspondent in Colombo A military intelligence document dated 11 April 2019 records information linking Zahran Hashim’s network to the Vavunathivu police killings and describes further intelligence about weapons, extremist networks and the shooting of a Mawanella informant.
An artificial intelligence error in a US military intelligence report almost triggered a confrontation with China during the war with Iran this spring, after
When Indian and Chinese troops confronted each other at Doklam in 2017, the consequences extended far beyond the disputed Himalayan territory. More than 2,000
Those of you who have seen the topic for this evening’s lecture may have died of fright. It’s meant to be a genuine rib-tickler: “The Evolution of Chinese Economic Strategy Under Xi
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