Geoff Raby

The US-dominated world order has been replaced by a multipolar order, but its closest allies, such as Australia, seek to retain American primacy, adding dangerously to heightened geopolitical competition between the dominant and the ascendant power, China. Where the first great power shift of the twenty-first century was across the Pacific from the United States to China, the next great...

Great Game On is the story of the remaking of the world order. Historically, China has sought its security by building dominant relationships with pliant states that accept its pre-eminence. Its expanding role and influence in Central Asia has been as incremental and piecemeal as it has been deliberate. Without firing a shot, China could potentially end the United States'...

Australia's former ambassador to China provides insight on Australia's future position in global affairs. Disruption has blown the old world apart. The rise of China, Trump's America First policies, division within Europe, and successful defiance by authoritarian states are affecting the shape of the emerging new order. Human rights, the rule of law, free media, and longstanding global institutions all...