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Understanding the Conflict in Ukraine: Implications for Asia and the World | Asia Society
An expert panel discusses Russia's invasion of Ukraine and its implications for Asia and the world. Participants included Kevin Rudd, Ambassador Bilahari Kausikan, and C. Raja Mohan.
China is Russia's best hope to blunt sanctions, but wary | AP News
The degree of Chinese support Russia receives is likely to prove a crucial factor in how well it can weather the long-term consequences, says Kevin Rudd
How Ukraine fits into China’s long game | Australian Financial Review
All eyes are on Ukraine, but there is a broader geopolitical challenge to the international order now coalescing between Moscow and Beijing.
Rudd defends his record as PM on defence | The Canberra Times
If The Canberra Times had checked Perrett's assertions, it would know the Liberals have in fact been the weaker party on these matters at practically every stage over the last two decades.
Rudd hits back over 'smears' | ABC News
Former prime minister Kevin Rudd lashed the Coalition at a press conference this morning.
Coalition tries to set up showdown with Labor on deporting criminals | The Guardian
The Morrison government ramps up pre-election bid to wedge Labor on national security issues as Kevin Rudd condemns ‘rancid lies’ on China.
14th Anniversary of the Apology | SBS News
Fourteen years after the national Apology for the forced removal of children from First Nations families, John Howard’s rejection of it looms large within the Liberal Party.
Liberals are appeasers of the Chinese Communist Party | Virtual Press Conference
I don’t intend to stand idly by while Peter Dutton smears the party of which I’ve been parliamentary leader, prime minister, and could form the next government of Australia as being somehow soft on China.
The day Australia said ‘sorry’ I Paint it Blak with Rangi Hirini
As we approach the 14th anniversary of the national apology, reporter Rangi Hirini sits down with former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd who reflects on the historic moment.
A new China-Russia “alliance”? | In conversation with Stephen Hadley
Kevin Rudd and former US National Security Advisor Stephen J. Hadley join The New Yorker’s Susan Glasser to discuss the strategic implications of this new era of China-Russia relations in partnership with the Atlantic Council.
Kevin Rudd visits Burwood to support state Labor candidate Jason Yat-Sen Li | Press Conference
Kevin Rudd joined Labor candidate Jason Yat-Sen Li in the lead up to the Strathfield by-election in Burwood, NSW.
‘A New Axis’ | The New York Times
The world should get ready for a further significant deepening of the China-Russia security and economic relationship, Kevin Rudd says.
Rudd fires shot at critic Josh Bornstein over Senate candidacy | The Age
Kevin Rudd has launched a stinging attack on a potential high-profile Labor candidate for previously resigning from the party on at least two occasions and his public criticism of several leading women, suggesting ALP members could not rely on him to remain loyal when things turn bad.
On the united Russia-China bloc | BBC World
For the first time, we are starting to see what a united China-Russia bloc on the world stage looks like. Under Xi and Putin, the links between the two countries have become increasingly seamless.
China's Xi meets more heads of state in Winter Games diplomatic push | Reuters
It is "the first time since the Sino-Soviet split that China's taken a definitive position on European security to support Russia on something as fundamental as NATO", Rudd says.
Russia, China push back against US in pre-Olympics summit | AP
Kevin Rudd, president of the Asia Society and former Australian prime minister, called Beijing’s backing of Moscow over NATO expansion “highly significant.”
Putin, Xi Aim Russia-China Partnership Against US | Wall Street Journal
Mr. Rudd said not since the bitter Communist bloc split between the Soviet Union and China in the late 1950s has Beijing taken such a definitive position backing Russia on European security.
Asia Outlook 2022: The Year Ahead | Asia Society
With the first month of 2022 behind us, an expert panel considers what the rest of the year has in store for Asia.
On engaging with China | CBC
On the eve of the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, Matt Galloway talks to former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd about how Canada and its allies should engage with China, as the country vies for a more dominant role on the world stage.
The Future of the U.S. and China Conference | Asia Society
Asia Society President and CEO Kevin Rudd gives his take on the power constructs for the U.S. at the Asia Society Northern California center's signature one-day conference