Issues in Australian Foreign Policy July to December 2018

As previous editions of Issues in Australian Foreign Policy have observed, global politics has become increasingly defined by “disruption and volatility”.1 In the second half of 2018, contestation between the United States (US) and China ratcheted up even further, as tit-for-tat tariffs and escalating disputes over trade rules signified a distinct breakdown in economic and political convergence between the great powers. While these so-called...