China: Australia’s new great and powerful friend?

Beeson, M

China: Australia’s new great and powerful friend?

Beeson, M

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Publisher:: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Australian Journal of International Affairs, 2025, ahead-of-print, (ahead-of-print)
Issue Date:: 2025-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Beeson, M https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8659-262X
dc.date.accessioned	2025-08-06T04:18:12Z
dc.date.available	2025-08-06T04:18:12Z
dc.date.issued	2025-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	Australian Journal of International Affairs, 2025, ahead-of-print, (ahead-of-print)
dc.identifier.issn	1035-7718
dc.identifier.issn	1465-332X
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/189212
dc.description.abstract	This provocation argues that Australian policymakers could, perhaps should, look to China rather than the United States as their new ‘great and powerful friend'. Yet at a time when Donald Trump is upending the ‘rules-based international order', which supposedly provided the legitimising rationale for both American and Australian foreign policy, neither of Australia's major political parties is contemplating change, much less criticism of an increasingly unpredictable and transactional ally. Exploring why such things remain impossible to imagine tells us something revealing and important about the dominant ideas that shape Australia’s place in the world.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
dc.relation.ispartof	Australian Journal of International Affairs
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/10357718.2025.2481057
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	1605 Policy and Administration, 1606 Political Science
dc.subject.classification	International Relations
dc.subject.classification	4407 Policy and administration
dc.subject.classification	4408 Political science
dc.title	China: Australia’s new great and powerful friend?
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pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/DVC (International)
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/DVC (International)/Australia-China Relations Institute
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Abstract:

This provocation argues that Australian policymakers could, perhaps should, look to China rather than the United States as their new ‘great and powerful friend'. Yet at a time when Donald Trump is upending the ‘rules-based international order', which supposedly provided the legitimising rationale for both American and Australian foreign policy, neither of Australia's major political parties is contemplating change, much less criticism of an increasingly unpredictable and transactional ally. Exploring why such things remain impossible to imagine tells us something revealing and important about the dominant ideas that shape Australia’s place in the world.

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