Research // Melissa Conley Tyler

The Australia Institute Tasmania The Australia Institute South Australia
Centre for Future Work Carmichael Centre Nordic Policy Centre Centre for Responsible Technology Centre for Sex & Gender Equality
ACT NSW NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA

July 2021

International Relations, Security

Should Australia go to war with China in defence of Taiwan?

Polling on defence and security issues in Australia and Taiwan
by Allan Behm, Melissa Conley Tyler, Bill Browne and Liam Carter

In April this year, Australians were warned by no less an expert than the former Minister for Defence, Christopher Pyne, that they may need to engage in a ‘kinetic’ war with China in the next five to ten years.[1] This warning was followed up by a senior member of the national security bureaucracy advising Australians,

April 2021

International Relations

Get out of the diplomatic freezer: Bring back the Chinese students

by Melissa Conley Tyler and Allan Behm

The Australia-China relationship is at a low point. China has made its displeasure with Australia clear through a freeze on ministerial contact, trade import restrictions and criticisms of Australia’s human rights record. Beijing is waiting for Australia to make a move to improve the relationship, while Canberra has said that the ball is in China’s

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