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Australia’s top thinkers on foreign affairs address the most significant foreign affairs dynamics affecting Australia today, including the rise of China and the election of Donald Trump. The world is changing, and so is Australia’s place in it. What do we need to know? What do we need to think about?
The Big Picture is an essential exploration of Australia’s position in the world today.
Paul Keating discusses changes occurring in the United States, Europe and Asia and how Australia should respond.
Allan Gyngell looks at the collapse of long-held beliefs underlying Australian foreign policy and the need to prepare for growing uncertainty.
George Megalogenis analyses Australia’s changing demographics and the rapid increase in migrants from China and India – a development that comes with both challenges and benefits.
Linda Jakobson examines China’s evolving reach and ambitions under Xi Jinping and what this could mean for Australia and the region.
Editor Jonathan Pearlman discusses Issue #1 The Big Picture.
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The New World Disorder
February 2018
Australia’s top thinkers address the most significant foreign affairs dynamics affecting Australia today, including the rise of China and the unpredictability of Donald Trump. The world is changing, and so is Australia’s place in it. What do we need to know? What do we need to think about?
Michael Wesley explores Donald Trump’s upheaval of the certainties which have underpinned order in Asia for decades, leaving Australia and other nations facing a new and unpredictable era.
Plus in-depth articles on: Australia’s security risks as the United States turns insular, the rise of international populism and its effect on the public mindset, and the consequences for the region’s prosperity as the US abandons free trade leadership (allowing China to step in).
Trump in Asia looks at the chaos and uncertainty spreading across the region as Australia rushes to find a new plan for surviving in post-America Asia.