Mark Harrison

Mark Harrison
Biography
Publications

Dr Mark Harrison is Senior Lecturer in the Politics and International Relations program at the University of Tasmania, and an Expert Associate at the National Security College at the Australian National University. He was previously Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster in London, UK. He has a PhD in Chinese Studies from Monash University and is author of Legitimacy, Meaning and Knowledge in the Making of Taiwanese Identity (Palgrave, 2007) and a wide range of other writing on politics and culture in Taiwan, and Australia’s relations with Taiwan and China. He has a forthcoming book Revolutionary Taiwan, with Catherine Chou (Cambria, 2023). He is a frequent participant in policy forward engagement on Taiwan with Australian policymakers, including through Track II dialogue.

Enhancing Australia's Taiwan ties
Policy Briefs
Enhancing Australia's Taiwan ties
Australia has limited its economic and political engagements with Taiwan due to fears of upsetting China. Is now the right time for change?
Stoking fears of war could serve China’s goals. Australian policy needs rethinking
Commentary
Stoking fears of war could serve China’s goals. Australian policy needs rethinking
Tensions in the region are escalating, but trumpeting the coming threat of war plays into Beijing’s goals and risks undermining Taiwan further. Originally published in The…
Antarctica and the China test
Antarctica and the China test
While Australia’s federal politicians ponder the US-China puzzle, it may be state governments stuck with real choices.
Taiwan’s tense politics on the international fault line
Taiwan’s tense politics on the international fault line
Beijing hovers with building pressure as the jostling ahead of Taiwan’s next presidential election ramps up.
Saying the unsayable in Australia’s relations with China
Saying the unsayable in Australia’s relations with China
The resignation of Sam Dastyari is as significant for Australia its own way as Brexit for the UK or the election of Donald Trump for the US.
Australia’s One-China Policy and why it matters
Australia’s One-China Policy and why it matters
Australia's One-China Policy requires a familiarity with China's modern and classical history.
The end of martial law: An important anniversary for Taiwan
The end of martial law: An important anniversary for Taiwan
When martial law ended on 15 July, 1987, people began the fraught and intricate task of speaking truths silenced by Taiwan’s coercive state.
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