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:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.