Director of the Australia Geopolitics Hub at KPMG; non resident fellow at Lowy Institute. Usual caveats about views my own and retweeting not = endorsing.
The @LowyInstitute released the 2023 Asia Power Index today. The headline is that China paid a high strategic cost for its lengthy international isolation, and the United States remains ahead overall. A 🧵on all our key findings /1
Penny Wong gave her first major speech as FM on Southeast Asia in KL. Focusing on the section on ASEAN, it is mostly familiar and could have been given by any Australian FM. But one phrase is new(ish): strategic equilibrium. /1 https://t.co/tCubUhmwYk
I’m looking forward to joining this @AtlanticCouncil panel tonight* to talk tech standards, geopolitics and the ITU, and Russia-Ukraine. Join us! 👇🏼
* 2 am for folks in Australia 🥱
Gavekal's bottom-up analysis of China’s top 100 cities by GDP finds that all but 13 have imposed some form of quarantine restriction, and the intensity is increasing. We classified these cities from no restrictions (level 0) to full lockdown (level 4).
Lack of trust in government & the move away from ‘same old same old’ centrist politics could play badly for Macron and well for Le Pen. What if you held a French election and nobody came? – POLITICO https://t.co/hXwo6NxeXN
The evidence is clear: the time for action is now. We can (and we must) halve emissions by 2030 - KPMG Newsroom - https://t.co/Kt7wNyiOzl - @kpmgaustralia
JOB OPENING | I’m looking for two Research Fellows to join @USSC’s growing Foreign Policy and Defence team. If you’re an experienced policy/research professional with background in US, Australian and Indo-Pacific strategic/defence issues, apply by 31 Jan. https://t.co/quhjknzcap
@A_JParker Congratulations @A_JParker, that sounds pretty sweet. Your experience and considered perspectives on Asia and business will be much missed here, but no doubt put to great use in this role.
@limdarrenj@benjaminbland@benjaminbland you might then also like this, about how China's internal circumstances affect how its foreign policy is made and implemented. Argues that often not a product of coherent grand strategy but the struggle for power among competing interests. https://t.co/76nsNu6QCj
Google will invest USD740 million in Australia, including a research hub to address challenges like expanding green energy use. https://t.co/SF1wFE8Ccm
From the IMF perspective, climate change presents a grave threat to macroeconomic and financial stability. #cop26#climatechange#geopolitics https://t.co/gBYT4L4h52