Kevin Rudd

Kevin Rudd is president and CEO of Asia Society and has been president of the Asia Society Policy Institute since January 2015. He served as Australia’s 26th Prime Minister from 2007 to 2010, then as Foreign Minister from 2010 to 2012, before returning as Prime Minister in 2013. Rudd graduated from the Australian National University with honors in Chinese studies, and is fluent in Mandarin. He also…

China’s Lessons from Russia’s War

For Xi Jinping, the events in Ukraine won’t fundamentally alter China's grand historical ascent.

Xi’s Dangerous Decade

Even before the war in Ukraine, the 2020s were poised to be a decade of living dangerously. Now Russia’s invasion has underscored the crisis looming in the background: the changing balance of power between Beijing and Washington. In this excerpt from his new book, Kevin...

China’s Economic Crossroads

Faced with an economic crisis, China’s government has put reform back on the agenda. But will it follow through this time?

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