“Xi can’t fail to be impressed by Trump’s resolve,” said Alan Dupont, an Australian military analyst who worked for that country’s Defense Department. “Xi will have to reassess what the Trump presidency means for Chinese interests in East Asia, particularly North Korea and the South China Sea.” Read more
Financial repression and intentional market manipulation by global authorities have had a profound negative impact on corporate investment, household consumption and savings, caused colossal misallocation of capital and distorted and broken the once robust relationship between financial and business cycles; Read more
The rejection of the extradition treaty with China by an unusually diverse coalition spanning the political spectrum should be a reality check for proponents of closer ties with a country that shares few of our core values. Read more
Alan Dupont, a China analyst and fellow at the Lowy Institute for International Policy, said that Dr. FitzGerald’s speech, while well reasoned, reflected the views of a lifelong Sinophile who had overestimated Australia’s ability to affect China’s behavior. Read more
The Lowy Institute’s Alan Dupont says Australia needs an anti-missile system to defend against North Korea. An interview on Sky News with Alan Dupont. Read more
Australia’s forthcoming foreign affairs white paper needs to factor in the potential threat posed by North Korea’s ballistic missiles to our northernmost cities and to embrace stronger ties with the US and Japan, analysts say. Read more
Alan Dupont joins a monthly panel deciphering important developments in international relations and their significance to Australia and the world on ABC’s Radio National with Geraldine Doogue. Read more
The assassination of Kim Jong-nam, half-brother of the unhinged North Korean despot Kim Jong-un, adds a dangerous dimension to deepening concerns about a seriously deranged regime in Pyongyang that is increasingly fanatical, fragile and has nuclear weapons. Read more
North Korea’s provocative test launch of a new ballistic missile last weekend is a sobering reminder that Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program is one of the world’s most dangerous and intractable security issues. Read more
The neighbourhood of Hay al-Arabi in eastern Mosul city has the appearance of a place recently visited by apocalypse. This was one of the last areas east of the Tigris River vacated by the Islamic State organisation, before the advance of the Iraqi armed forces in late January. Read more