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Chips, subsidies, security, and great power competition
Analyses
Chips, subsidies, security, and great power competition
Motives in the tech competition between the United States and China pose increasingly difficult policy issues for other economies.
By John Edwards
The chips are down for China
Commentary
The chips are down for China
Forget Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Covid or war in Taiwan. A package of US export restrictions is set to kneecap China. Originally published in The Australian.
By Alan Dupont
China Is Beating the U.S. in the Battle for Influence in Asia
Commentary
China Is Beating the U.S. in the Battle for Influence in Asia
Originally published in The New York Times.
By Susannah Patton
America and Australia Are Back on the Same Page
Commentary
America and Australia Are Back on the Same Page
How Biden Revived the Alliance. Originally published in Foreign Affairs.
By Michael Fullilove
America Is Up—and China Is Down—in Asia
Commentary
America Is Up—and China Is Down—in Asia
But U.S. Power Faces Threats at Home. Originally published in Foreign Affairs. 
By Michael Fullilove, Hervé Lemahieu
US seeks recalibration, but China is unlikely to reciprocate
Commentary
US seeks recalibration, but China is unlikely to reciprocate
Washington wanted the Biden-Xi meeting to establish guardrails to prevent confrontation. Beijing will probably see that as just code for maintenance of the US-dominated status quo…
By Ben Scott
The Director’s Chair: Bob Zoellick on the World Bank, China, and the Republican Party
Podcasts
The Director’s Chair: Bob Zoellick on the World Bank, China, and the Republican Party
In this episode of The Director’s Chair, Michael Fullilove speaks with the long-time public official, policymaker, and former President of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick
By Michael Fullilove
The Director’s Chair: John Howard on Australia-China relations, the Afghanistan War, and COVID
Podcasts
The Director’s Chair: John Howard on Australia-China relations, the Afghanistan War, and COVID
In this episode of The Director’s Chair, Michael Fullilove speaks with John Howard, Australia’s 25th Prime Minister
By Michael Fullilove
Why the US is quietly outshining China
Commentary
Why the US is quietly outshining China
Xi Jinping likes to say China owns the future and the West is in decline. But appearances can also deceive. Originally published in the Australian Financial Review.