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Nick Bisley

Nick Bisley is the Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of International Relations at La Trobe University. Prior to taking on this role he was the inaugural Executive Director of La Trobe Asia. Nick recently completed his tenure as Editor-in-Chief of the Australian Journal of International Affairs, and is currently a member of China Matters’ advisory board. He has been a Senior Research Associate of the International Institute of Strategic Studies and a Visiting Fellow at the East-West Center in Washington DC. Nick is the author of many works on international relations, including Issues in 21st Century World Politics, 3rd Edition (2017), Great Powers in the Changing International Order (2012), and Building Asia’s Security (2009). He regularly contributes to and is quoted in national and international media, including The Guardian, The Economist, and Time Magazine.

Articles by Nick Bisley (38)

Nick Bisley 1 Mar 2019

Kim-Trump 2.0: three observations

Hanoi marks the moment when Washington learned to stop worrying about North Korea’s bomb.
Nick Bisley 31 Oct 2018

Melbourne joins the Belt-and-Road

Maybe a state-level decision will be a circuit-breaker for Australia’s befuddled approach to China’s signature policy.
Nick Bisley, Bec Strating 3 Sep 2018

Asia’s order beyond the great powers

What might be called second tier players, when acting together, can have a profound influence to shape the region.
Nick Bisley 21 May 2018

A lesser Australia

If left unchecked, a decline in Australia’s influence will continue quite rapidly over the coming decade.
Nick Bisley 11 Apr 2018

Julie Bishop and the liberal ideal

The Foreign Minister seemed most animated when discussing ideas that are clearly under threat in the region and indeed globally.
Nick Bisley 28 Feb 2018

We need to talk about Australia’s international policy

The failure to speak to the public at home and with vigour about foreign policy is a mistake.
Nick Bisley 14 Dec 2017

Favourites of 2017: American War

The author’s imagining of how climate change might transform the US is as unsettling as it is convincingly imagined.
Nick Bisley 4 Dec 2017

Mistrust of Australia is growing in China

The mood in Canberra has soured toward China. That ill feeling is being reciprocated.
Nick Bisley 12 Oct 2017

Australia’s oddly absent Belt and Road Strategy

The Belt and Road Initiative represents the kind of complex issues that will increasingly define the Australia-China relationship.