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Hugh White
Hugh White
Hugh White is emeritus professor of strategic studies at the Australian National University. He served for many years as a senior defence and intelligence official with the Australian government before heading ANU's Strategic and Defence Studies Centre. His publications include “The China Choice” (2012) and “How to Defend Australia” (forthcoming 2019).

OpinionUS-China tensions: Asia must agree on America’s role in region

An MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter launches off the USS Ronald Reagan in the South China Sea. Photo: Handout via Reuters

To help balance China, leading Asian countries should have a frank discussion about Washington’s role in Asia and convey their views plainly to the US.

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OpinionIs the US willing to wage nuclear war to contain China’s rise?

Illustration: Craig Stephens

America is using flimsy means to confront the strongest adversary it has ever faced, and needs to ask itself if it is willing to fight a hot war to maintain its position in Asia.

Question for Australia: does America have the power to stop China’s rise?

Relationships with both the US and China are essential to Australia’s vision of its future. Illustration: Craig Stephens

After a 2017 where Australia tried prodding the US into doing more to counter China in the Asia-Pacific – to Beijing’s ire – Canberra is now attempting to talk things down. Australia faces some hard questions if it wants to build a sustainable relationship with the new China.

The US is no match for China in Asia; Trump should have stayed away

The problems with America’s position in Asia go much deeper than Donald Trump, and are ­exemplified by the “Woody Allen Doctrine”, that is, the belief that “Eighty per cent of success in life is just showing up”. Illustration: Craig Stephens
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Empty US threats over North Korea are boosting China’s hand

Hugh White says Washington cannot disarm North Korea without risking major war, and empty threats only make America look weak and undermine its Asian alliances. China, its strategical rival, will benefit

Syria and North Korea show Trump at his bumbling worst

Hugh White says any hope that the ignorant and reckless candidate of his campaign would change once in the White House has been dashed after 100 days
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Why Trump’s budget boost won’t strengthen US defence

Hugh White says the US president’s proposal for a ‘historic’ raise in military spending sounds dramatic but is frankly underwhelming – both in its amount and intended use

Trump and Tillerson make rookie mistakes threatening China

Hugh White says their ill-considered words over the South China Sea and ‘one China’ policy, which underline how little they understand China, will most probably reveal themselves to be empty threats
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