An authoritative account of Xi Jinping's worldview and how it drives Chinese behaviour both domestically and on the world stage. In his new book, On Xi Jinping, former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd provides an authoritative account of the ideological worldview driving Chinese behaviour both domestically and on the world stage--that of President Xi Jinping, who now hold near-total control over the Chinese Communist Party and is now, in effect, president-for...

A war between China and the US would be catastrophic, deadly, and destructive. Unfortunately, it is no longer unthinkable.The relationship between the US and China, the world’s two superpowers, is peculiarly volatile. It rests on a seismic fault—of cultural misunderstanding, historical grievance, and ideological incompatibility. No other nations are so quick to offend and be offended. Their militaries play a dangerous game of chicken, corporations steal intellectua...

In On Xi Jinping, former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd provides an authoritative account of the ideological worldview driving Chinese behaviour both domestically and on the world stage—that of President Xi Jinping, who now holds near-total control over the Chinese Communist Party and is now, in effect, president-for-life. Rudd argues that Xi’s worldview differs significantly from those of the leaders who preceded him, and that this ideological shift is reflected in the real world of...

Ein Krieg zwischen China und den Vereinigten Staaten hätte katastrophale Folgen. Leider ist er nicht länger undenkbar, schreibt Kevin Rudd, ehemaliger Premierminister Australiens und China-Experte. Die Beziehungen zwischen den beiden Supermächten werden immer instabiler, der Graben zwischen ihnen immer tiefer. Kulturelle Missverständnisse, historische Animositäten und ideologische Inkompatibilität tragen dazu bei. Doch ein geopolitisches Desaster lässt sich vermeiden — allerdings nur, wenn...

Pouvons-nous encore éviter la guerre entre la Chine et les États-Unis ? Les relations entre les États-Unis et la Chine sont particulièrement instables. Elles reposent sur une faille sismique – incompréhension culturelle, griefs historiques et incompatibilité idéologique. Aucune autre nation que ces deux-là n’est aussi prompte à offenser et à être offensée. Leurs armées se livrent à un dangereux combat de coqs, leurs entreprises volent la propriété intellectuelle de l’autre, leurs satellite...

A war between China and the US would be catastrophic, deadly, and destructive. Unfortunately, it is no longer unthinkable.The relationship between the US and China, the world’s two superpowers, is peculiarly volatile. It rests on a seismic fault—of cultural misunderstanding, historical grievance, and ideological incompatibility. No other nations are so quick to offend and be offended. Their militaries play a dangerous game of chicken, corporations steal intellectua...

俄烏戰爭煙硝未息，中美角力持續升溫「終須一戰」快成主流論點再觸即發的戰事，是否有轉圜餘地？澳洲前總理暨世界知名中國問題專家陸克文總結自身豐富的區域政治、涉外實務經驗對中美兩強爭鋒情勢提出的權威「解套白皮書」－探索全球最重要也最混亂的國際關係－－認識中美競爭最淺顯易懂的入門讀物－第十二、十三任中華民國總統 馬英九 專文推薦中美間的戰爭將是災難性的、致命的和破壞性的。不幸的是，這不再是無可想像的。作為全球兩大超級強國，中美之間的關係是特別不穩定的。它建立在一個文化誤解、歷史怨恨及意識形態不...

It was a special day at the Lodge. There was going to be a party. A big party. Abby the dog was there. Jasper the cat was there. But . so was a scruffy little dog.The Prime Minister receives many letters and emails from children asking about Jasper and Abby, and he often tells his friends, colleagues and staff stories of the antics of his family pets. Having heard these stories, Rhys Muldoon - who has been friends with Kevin Rudd for many years - encouraged the Prime Minister to wr...

全球最重要的「習近平智識傳記」!澳洲第26任總理陸克文，淬鍊7年，結合學術與實務的集大成之作！難得一見，國家領導人論國家領導人，陸克文論習近平。在習近平如日中天的當下，完整拆解習近平的世界觀，描繪出「後習近平時代」的中國與全球圖像。★習近平，像是矛盾的綜合體，但他的想法可以被完整剖析。他的世界觀，同時處在天平的兩端，但又形成完整的意義系統。對內，政治與經濟左傾；對外，外交與戰略右傾。他廣泛平反「鬥爭」一詞，用以當作內政與外交的核心工具；然而這場民族意識形態的「鬥爭」，卻也帶來波瀾。★習近平的中國正如何改變世界？習近平的世界觀為什麼是同時「向左傾」又「向右傾」？是什麼讓中國對未來展現出前所未有的民族主義自信？為什麼「蘇聯解體」會對習近平思維產生關鍵性的影響？為什麼2022至2032年被視為「危險的十年」？「後習近平時代」是否存在？

Prompted by the 2017 commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, this book examines the legacy of Martin Luther in the life, work, and reception of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the most widely read modern Lutheran theologian. Framing the commemoration of the Reformation in conversation with Bonhoeffer’s legacy places much more than Bonhoeffer’s connection to Luther at stake. Given the fraught relationship of the Lutheran Bonhoeffer with the German Protestant Church under ...

On 24 November 2007 Australia resoundingly changed government. If you think you know what really happened during that tumultuous year behind the closed doors of the Liberal Party, in the back rooms of the ACTU and deep in the campaign war room of the Labor Party, think again.2007 was a year to remember in Australian politics. It saw the dramatic fall of John Howard and the unexpected rise of Kevin Rudd. It saw the Liberal Party buckle under the inertia of incumbency and the Labor P...

In Australian Story, Mungo MacCallum investigates the political success of Kevin Rudd. What does he know about Australia that his opponents don't? This is a characteristically barbed and perceptive look at the challenges facing the government and the country. MacCallum argues that the things we used to rely on are not there anymore. On the Right, the blind faith in markets has recently collapsed. The Left lost its guiding light with the demise of the socialist dream. In entertaining fashio...