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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, pictured at an Australia China Business Council event at Parliament House last week, knows the country can’t afford to shut the door on Chinese investment. Mick Tsikas/AAP

June 25, 2018

What’s driving Chinese infrastructure investment overseas and how can we make the most of it?

Shahar Hameiri, The University of Queensland

Chinese financing and know-how present both a threat and an opportunity for infrastructure development. Australia can benefit from proactively identifying needs that Chinese investment can help meet.

Australian policymakers need to acquaint themselves with the changing nature of regional governance in Asia. www.shutterstock.com

April 17, 2013

The changing face of Asian regional governance

Shahar Hameiri, Murdoch University

The growing competition between Japan and China over regional primacy is changing the face of Asian regional governance — but not necessarily in predictable ways. While observers have focused on Asia’s…

Paucity of detail on foreign policy indicates the Federal Government’s approach to the Asian Century is more about using Asia as a foil to promote domestic reforms.

October 30, 2012

Asian Century White Paper is a foreign policy fail, but not by accident

Shahar Hameiri, Murdoch University

For a policy document purporting to map out future directions for Australia in the so-called “Asian Century”, the recently released White Paper pays remarkably scant regard to foreign policy. Several chapters…

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