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Does Trump have a narrow path to victory in the 2020 US Presidential election?
So far polls coming out of the US suggest that Democrat candidate Joe Biden will win this year's presidential election hands down. But...
Alistair Nicholas
Nov 2, 20201 min read


Risky business: Has China's risk profile gone up for Australian business?
Since two Australian journalists fled China earlier this week after being called in for questioning by the country's state security...
Alistair Nicholas
Sep 11, 20202 min read


New foreign deals legislation a risk to research collaboration
I was asked today by a journalist at the South China Morning Post for my thoughts on the proposed new foreign deals legislation that is...
Alistair Nicholas
Aug 27, 20202 min read


Crown Casino case shows China business shouldn't be a roll of the dice
It is always nice to be proven right, even if that proof comes nearly four years later. Back in 2016 - on 18 October 2016 to be precise -...
Alistair Nicholas
Aug 19, 20203 min read


Chance to press the re-set button on Australia-China relations?
I was asked by the South China Morning Post whether Foreign Minister Marise Payne's remarks during her joint press conference with US...
Alistair Nicholas
Jul 30, 20202 min read


Let’s not join America’s posse against China's SOE subsidies
According to today’s Australian Financial Review, Australia is coming under pressure to “join an international coalition of countries to...
Alistair Nicholas
Jul 28, 20203 min read


ACBC inbound tourism from China report
I was pleased to be involved in the development of the Australia China Business Council (ACBC)'s report on inbound tourism from China,...
Alistair Nicholas
Jul 10, 20201 min read


Ich bin ein Hong Konger, not - Australia's Hong Kong visa solution
Everyone seemed to be expecting a Kennedy in Berlin moment in the lead up to Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s “safe haven” visa...
Alistair Nicholas
Jul 9, 20203 min read


Coronavirus pushes PRC Government to market opening, high-tech investment, job creation
Much 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 Nicholas
Jun 4, 20204 min read


Strategic approach needed to mitigate China risks
As 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 Nicholas
May 16, 20201 min read


Risks for Australia as China looks to diversify sources of supply
As readers of this blog know, I have long been concerned that the "megaphone" approach to diplomacy taken by many of our politicians has...
Alistair Nicholas
May 15, 20202 min read


The folly of Australia’s push for independent inquiry into the coronavirus outbreak in China
Yesterday 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 Nicholas
May 6, 20206 min read


Covid19 investigation calls by Australian government misplaced
An article I penned for the Lowy Institute's The Interpreter blog on the Australian government's calls for an independent international...
Alistair Nicholas
Apr 30, 20201 min read


Quoted in Griffith Asia Insights' article on shape of post-coronavirus world
An 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 Nicholas
Apr 21, 20202 min read


Quoted in the Media: South China Morning Post on China emerging from coronavirus
I was quoted by South China Morning Post journalist Su-Lin Tan in her story on China's economic rebound after the coronavirus. The...
Alistair Nicholas
Apr 8, 20202 min read


Ban on China's wet markets counterproductive response to coronavirus pandemic
The Australian Financial Review published an opinion article by me today arguing that pressuring Beijing to ban China's so-called "wet...
Alistair Nicholas
Apr 7, 20201 min read


Lessons from the coronavirus crisis: Why crisis drills and war games fail but shouldn’t
The 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...
Alistair Nicholas
Apr 3, 20203 min read


Interview on coronavirus, leadership, crisis management and communications
I was delighted to be a guest on Marie El Daghl’s "Commical" podcast. We discussed the coronavirus crisis and leadership, crisis...
Alistair Nicholas
Apr 2, 20201 min read


World leaders need moral compass to fight coronavirus
My feature article on the need for ethical leadership during the coronavirus crisis was published this week by MercatorNet under the...
Alistair Nicholas
Apr 1, 20201 min read


New 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...
Alistair Nicholas
Mar 30, 20204 min read
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