Educator, Researcher and Author, writing and thinking about China and Japan.

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— ABOUT ME

I am an Associate Professor in the Strategic & Defence Studies Centre at The Australian National University, and Deputy Director (Research) at the Coral Bell School of Asia-Pacific Affairs, with expertise in:

  • I study how relations between China and Japan have evolved since World War II, and how memories of war and colonialism shape contemporary China-Japan relations.

  • My research explores China’s role in shaping the post-World War II international economic order, and the contemporary legacy of China’s postwar economic ideas.

  • Eschewing standard International Relations approaches, my research examines how states – including China, Japan, the United States and Australia – differently conceptualise the nexus between economics and security.

  • I take an ideational approach to all of my work, studying how policymakers perceive the world, define their interests, wrestle with complex policy problems, and communicate with different audiences.

— FEATURED PROJECT

How China Shapes International Economic Order

Through an Australian Research Council DECRA Fellowship and a Westpac Research Fellowship, I lead a research team investigating China’s role in shaping the post-WWII international economic order, and the contemporary legacy of China’s historical economic ideas.

— FEATURED WORK

Journal Article

Power, shared ideas and order transition: China, the United States, and the creation of the Bretton Woods order

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book

China-Japan Relations after World War Two: Empire, Industry and War, 1949-1971

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— MORE ABOUT ME

In my writing, research, and teaching I am interested in how China and Japan have historically understood their place in the world, and their role in shaping a changing international order.