Michael Clarke
Biography
Publications
Dr Michael Clarke is a Senior Lecturer in Strategic Studies, Centre for Future Defence and National Security, Deakin University, and Adjunct Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS. He is the author of Xinjiang and China’s Rise in Central Asia: A History (Routledge 2011) and editor of Terrorism and Counterterrorism in China: Domestic and Foreign Policy Dimensions (Oxford University Press 2018).
![Australia and deterrence: Dazed and confused](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2024-03/4953079105_722c573479_k.jpg?itok=ShNFnfPt)
Australia and deterrence: Dazed and confused
Debate about Australia's new nuclear-powered submarines betrays confusion and vagueness about what deterrence is.
![We need to talk about “strategic competition”](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2024-01/GettyImages-586442340.jpg?itok=iUbymQMw)
We need to talk about “strategic competition”
The narrow framing of Australian national security discourse has closed off the range of policy options available.
![The Coalition risks the general’s lament, of fighting the last war over China policy](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2023-11/GettyImages-1777595334.jpg?itok=HnZlUysx)
The Coalition risks the general’s lament, of fighting the last war over China policy
Labor was right to suspend the WTO case against Beijing and should not be gulled into a confrontational stance.
![Wang Yi’s fruitless diplomacy in Europe](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2023-02/GettyImages-1247323895.jpg?itok=RTD4zXql)
Wang Yi’s fruitless diplomacy in Europe
Beijing misunderstands that Russia’s war in Ukraine – and China’s failure to condemn it – has vastly changed views.
![China’s ungainly balancing act with Russia](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2022-09/GettyImages-1243252862.jpg?itok=CkuwMpk0)
China’s ungainly balancing act with Russia
The promise is a “no limits” friendship. But there are evident boundaries, all the same.
![Beijing three-step: China denies, deflects and dissembles on Xinjiang](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2022-09/GettyImages-1232456228.jpg?itok=3u5Ldyq1)
Beijing three-step: China denies, deflects and dissembles on Xinjiang
The UN human rights report has exposed China’s hollow propaganda claims – but won’t stop them.
![Dizzy with success: Xi consolidates repression in Xinjiang](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2022-07/GettyImages-1241907805.jpg?itok=jcVE24pV)
Dizzy with success: Xi consolidates repression in Xinjiang
An “inspection tour” signals the Party-state’s odious grip on the region and determination to control people’s identity.
![How China views “strategic competition” with the United States](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-1353606251.jpg?itok=iuqQXBMW)
How China views “strategic competition” with the United States
Contrasting official readouts of the recent Biden-Xi summit offer an insight in Beijing’s attitudes on world order.
![Some reflections on the “anonymous Xinjiang paper”](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-1232557209.jpg?itok=3gFK4TEf)
Some reflections on the “anonymous Xinjiang paper”
We should debate those we disagree with. But engagement must be based on a good faith assessment of evidence.
Pagination