Chris Patten: June 27, 2022

Chris Patten: June 27, 2022

The diaries of Lord Patten, the last British Governor of Hong Kong, will be published on June 21st and he will speak to the FCCC in the week before the 25th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong about his experiences. In June 1992 Chris Patten went to Hong Kong as...
Shyam Saran: June 23, 2022

Shyam Saran: June 23, 2022

The 14th BRICS Summit is set to be held on June 23-24 under China’s chairmanship. This year, the war in Ukraine has added a new layer of uncertainty to the ongoing debate around the viability and relevance of the group of major emerging economies composed of Brazil,...
Alfred L. Chan: June 16, 2022

Alfred L. Chan: June 16, 2022

Xi Jinping: Political Career, Governance, and Leadership, 1953-2018 A new book by Alfred L. Chan This book is the first comprehensive exploration of all episodes of Xi Jinping’s life history and his political career, begun at age 17. The author discusses all major...
Lynette Ong: June 7, 2022

Lynette Ong: June 7, 2022

How does the Chinese state coerce citizens into compliance while simultaneously minimizing backlash? In her latest book, Outsourcing Repression, Lynette Ong examines how the Chinese state engages nonstate actors, from violent street gangsters to nonviolent grassroots...
Allan Behm: June 2, 2022

Allan Behm: June 2, 2022

Following a career spanning nearly thirty years in the Australian Public Service, Allan was Chief of Staff to the Australian Minister for Climate Change and Industry Greg Combet (2009 to 2013) and senior advisor to then Shadow Minister and now Minister for Foreign...