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The Politics of Australian Responses to the Belt and Road Initiative

HE Baogang is Alfred Deakin Professor and Personal Chair in International Relations at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts & Education, Deakin University.

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Geoffrey STOKES

Geoffrey STOKES was Emeritus Professor at the Graduate School of Business and Law, College of Business and Law, RMIT University.

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David HUNDT

David HUNDT is Associate Professor of International Relations at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts & Education, Deakin University.

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This article traces Australia’s evolving position on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) from 2016 to 2020, and its interrelated justifications for rejecting the BRI. The authors demonstrate that debate over the BRI disrupted a long-standing consensus about the centrality of free trade and investment to Australian foreign economic policy. They argue that the BRI signifies Australia’s shift from an enthusiastic support for global free trade in the past to a more qualified security-sensitive approach.

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The Politics of Australian Responses to the Belt and Road Initiative

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