Alistair NicholasJun 44 minCoronavirus pushes PRC Government to market opening, high-tech investment, job creationMuch of the discussion at China’s annual Lianghui (or “Two Sessions” as it is known in English) last week went unreported by the Western ...
Alistair NicholasMay 161 minStrategic approach needed to mitigate China risksAs I've been saying for sometime, Australia needs to "press the re-set button" on the bilateral relationship with China. I made the point...
Alistair NicholasMay 152 minRisks for Australia as China looks to diversify sources of supplyAs readers of this blog know, I have long been concerned that the "megaphone" approach to diplomacy taken by many of our politicians has ...
Alistair NicholasMay 66 minThe folly of Australia’s push for independent inquiry into the coronavirus outbreak in ChinaYesterday afternoon I was interviewed by Kylie Merritt and David Koch on Ausbiz TV's The Pulse. I was invited to speak about the folly of...
Alistair NicholasApr 301 minCovid19 investigation calls by Australian government misplacedAn article I penned for the Lowy Institute's The Interpreter blog on the Australian government's calls for an independent international i...
Alistair NicholasApr 212 minQuoted in Griffith Asia Insights' article on shape of post-coronavirus worldAn opinion piece I co-authored was quoted in an article published by the Griffith Asia Insights blog: "The battle begins for the shape of...
Alistair NicholasApr 82 minQuoted in the Media: South China Morning Post on China emerging from coronavirusI was quoted by South China Morning Post journalist Su-Lin Tan in her story on China's economic rebound after the coronavirus. The articl...
Alistair NicholasApr 71 minBan on China's wet markets counterproductive response to coronavirus pandemicThe Australian Financial Review published an opinion article by me today arguing that pressuring Beijing to ban China's so-called "wet ma...
Alistair NicholasApr 33 minLessons from the coronavirus crisis: Why crisis drills and war games fail but shouldn’tThe 1 April 2020 issue of Foreign Policy looks at a US war game conducted in 2001 to look at the country’s readiness to deal with an epid...
Alistair NicholasApr 21 minInterview on coronavirus, leadership, crisis management and communicationsI was delighted to be a guest on Marie El Daghl’s "Commical" podcast. We discussed the coronavirus crisis and leadership, crisis manageme...
Alistair NicholasApr 11 minWorld leaders need moral compass to fight coronavirusMy feature article on the need for ethical leadership during the coronavirus crisis was published this week by MercatorNet under the titl...
Alistair NicholasMar 304 minNew foreign investment rules not aimed at China Claims that yesterday's changes to Australia's foreign investment rules target Chinese direct investment into Australia are absurd. The A...
Alistair NicholasMar 244 minLeadership and clear communications lacking and sorely needed in the coronavirus crisisSomething that has been clearly lacking in the global response to the coronavirus pandemic is good leadership and clear communications at...
Alistair NicholasMar 201 minAustralia needs to prepare now for post-coronavirus China opportunities, especially in biotechnologyCo-founder of the Australian Transformation and Turnaround Association and leading public affairs advisor Guy McKanna and I argue in a re...
Alistair NicholasMar 134 minIs it time Australia went into Covid-19 lockdown?Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s stay calm and keep spending message in the face of the growing coronavirus crisis is borderlin...
Alistair NicholasFeb 265 minRisk and crisis management for black swan events – lessons from the coronavirusThe first lesson from the coronavirus that governments, corporations and organisations need to learn is that “black swan” events happen. ...
Alistair NicholasFeb 185 minHopes for a post-coronavirus China reboundA common phrase throughout much of the West’s post-World War II boom years was that if America sneezes the world catches cold. It was a s...
Alistair NicholasFeb 125 minWord from China – Coronavirus updateWhether you’re calling it coronavirus or COVID-19, as the World Health Organisation has renamed it, it is important to keep a finger on t...
Alistair NicholasFeb 75 minOf zombie apocalypses and coronaviruses: crisis management 101 for a new ageI lived in China with my young family when the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (or SARS) hit in late 2002 and early 2003. There I was w...
Alistair NicholasJan 243 minGood morning, Vietnam!Hanoi, 24 January 2020 - Vietnam is an economy on the move. I’ve been in Vietnam for just three days, but, from what I have seen, the Vie...