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Geoff Raby

Geoff Raby

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A new Washington-Beijing compact

A new Washington-Beijing compact

Xi Jinping’s Washington visit was more than ceremony and trade deals. The US and China are building a more stable relationship around regular...

28.09.2026 20

Pearls and Irritations

Geoff Raby

Australia’s China policy is trapped in the rear-view mirror

While China builds influence through BRICS, the SCO and economic ties across the Global South, Australia is pouring almost $1 billion into Solomon...

18.09.2026 30

Pearls and Irritations

Geoff Raby

Has China won the South China Sea?

The weakly supported anniversary statement on the Hague ruling showed how isolated the US and Australia have become on the South China Sea, with ASEAN...

03.08.2026 20

Pearls and Irritations

Geoff Raby

Stop panicking and accept a rising China is here to stay

Having achieved pre-eminence in Eurasia, Beijing is now free to project power globally, which is what it is doing. Australia can expect more of this...

13.07.2026 30

Financial Review

Geoff Raby

China’s rise demands a more serious Australian debate

Australia is right to protest China’s missile testing, but moral indignation and selective outrage are no substitute for a serious strategy on...

13.07.2026 50

Pearls and Irritations

Geoff Raby

The return of great power relations: limits to middle power diplomacy – Part 4

24.04.2026 60

Pearls and Irritations

Geoff Raby

The return of great power relations: Xi Jinping’s global dream – Part 3

23.04.2026 50

Pearls and Irritations

Geoff Raby

The return of great power relations: a world of bounded orders – Part 2

22.04.2026 30

Pearls and Irritations

Geoff Raby

The return of great power relations: What can middle powers do? Part 1

21.04.2026 50

Pearls and Irritations

Geoff Raby

Best of 2025 - After Trump goes home

15.01.2026 40

Pearls and Irritations

Geoff Raby

Australia's strategic choices in a fragmenting global order

30.11.2025 40

Pearls and Irritations

Geoff Raby

Without peer in Australian media – Geoff Raby

25.11.2025 30

Pearls and Irritations

Geoff Raby

After Trump goes home

10.11.2025 30

Pearls and Irritations

Geoff Raby

Trump turns the tables on Taiwan

05.11.2025 30

Pearls and Irritations

Geoff Raby

How Trump meeting with Albanese turned the tables on Taiwan

The President’s statement that China has no appetite to invade Taiwan could be the beginning of a shift from a posture based on the inevitability of...

24.10.2025 40

Financial Review

Geoff Raby

China’s giant military parade didn’t surprise just the West

15.09.2025 40

Pearls and Irritations

Geoff Raby

China’s giant military parade didn’t surprise just the West

China’s recent display of its newly acquired military might surprised not only international observers but its own seasoned diplomats.

12.09.2025 50

Financial Review

Geoff Raby

Albanese’s visit to China is a moment for statesmanship

11.07.2025 40

Pearls and Irritations

Geoff Raby

I was ambassador in China. Here’s what Xi will want to discuss with Albo

When the prime minister meets the head of the world’s biggest political machine, it is more than anything else an opportunity for exercising...

08.07.2025 50

Financial Review

Geoff Raby