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Geoff Raby

Brisbane Times

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China’s digital sputnik moment

China’s digital sputnik moment
12.02.2025 8

Pearls and Irritations

Geoff Raby

DeepSeek is a sign of China’s structural shift, not decline

Contrary to the narrative that China’s private sector has been squeezed into irrelevance, major developments in new industries are being led by...

07.02.2025 5

Financial Review

Geoff Raby

Trump: a reality check for Australia

On Tuesday the American people spoke with clarity and determination. They voted for jobs, secure borders and to be able to look to the future in an...

08.11.2024 30

Pearls and Irritations

Geoff Raby

The China Threat has now become the Chussia Anxiety

The West need not fear a Chussia aligned against it. It instead needs to develop geopolitical strategies to deal with China as the dominant power...

06.11.2024 3

Pearls and Irritations

Geoff Raby

A new global order has arrived

When justifying vast increases in defence expenditure, subsidies for so-called critical industries, foreign aid as an increasingly important...

27.10.2024 4

Pearls and Irritations

Geoff Raby

BRICS Summit heralds arrival of new world order

This week’s meeting of heads of state in Russia shows that US-led efforts to isolate Vladimir Putin are only partially working, highlighting...

25.10.2024 20

Financial Review

Geoff Raby

Great game on: China’s ascendency in Eurasia and the West’s Chussia anxiety

Dr Geoff Raby AO, Australian Ambassador to China 2007-2011, Chairman, Geoff Raby & Associates, will Address the National Press Club of Australia on...

16.10.2024 4

Pearls and Irritations

Geoff Raby

The deputy sheriff rides again

In recent days, Australia’s ‘”deputy Sheriff” role has been on full display again in our foreign policy. The prime minister’s extraordinary gaff at...

11.09.2024 2

Pearls and Irritations

Geoff Raby

Peak China? Judge by outcomes not ideology

Distinguishing in part between cyclical and structural economic challenges facing China, (eg, real estate busts vis further urbanisation potential)...

31.07.2024 3

Pearls and Irritations

Geoff Raby