北外伊莎白讲堂
BFSU Isabel Forum Series
Looking at Asia through Australian Eyes: Australian foreign and trade policy, 1972-2025, and prospects
1972-2025年澳大利亚对亚洲的外交贸易政策及前瞻
讲座人： David Morris 博士，澳中工商业委员会塔州分会首席执行官
时间：2025年11月27日15:15-16:45
地点：北外东校区英语楼111会议室
承办：英语学院澳大利亚研究中心
讲座摘要：
Australia’s post-colonial identity remains unable to articulate a coherent, independent positioning in relation to Asia. Between a White Australia/Cold War frame that viewed Asia with a combination of fear and suspicion to an embrace of globalisation, open regionalism and multiculturalism, no consensus has emerged, primarily due to political polarisation, entrenched cultural norms and the return of geopolitics. Australia’s economic interdependence with Asia continues to deepen and immigration has changed the composition of its society, yet its diplomatic and strategic engagement with the region swings from enthusiasm to ambivalence depending on political leadership. Whether a likely long-term Albanese era will see the development of a unifying “national interest” perspective and enhanced national agency that can manage complexity and diversity, or whether Australia will become a pawn of great power contest, between its economic interdependence with China and its strategic integration with the United States, remains the critical question for Australia’s future role in Asia. The article examines key milestones and efforts to articulate an independent Australian outlook and analyses why these have so far failed to prove sustainable. The paper concludes by evaluating future prospects for Australia’s Asia policy, considering scenarios for deepening cooperation, institutional innovation and strategic adaptation in a complex and contested region.
讲座人简介：
David Morris PhD has been diplomat, senior political adviser, visiting professor and adviser to businesses, governments, universities and the United Nations. He is CEO of the Australia China Business Council (Tasmania) and an international speaker and commentator on risks and opportunities in a changing world.
David is an international political risk specialist, in particular on China in the world. He was Trade Commissioner in China, representing the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, 2015 - 2018 and recently completed two terms as Vice Chair, United Nations ESCAP Sustainable Business Network.
He is Senior Research Fellow at Beijing Foreign Studies University, Senior Fellow at the Centre for China and Globalization, Visiting Professor at the Catholic University of Vendée and at Dayananda Sagar University. He is a Board Member of the Power Institute at the University of Sydney, one of Australia’s premier arts institutions.
David is a founding member of 1EarthVillage, a nonprofit organisation dedicated to de-polarizing dialogue for inter-cultural and inter-generational understanding.
