In an interview where he discusses in depth both why he believes China will be more provocative going forward and the implications and impact of that on India’s China relationship, Australia’s former Prime Minister, an internationally acknowledged authority on China, has said: “India should expect continued assertiveness from Beijing”. He adds “It appears unlikely that Beijing will offer any concessions on the border question”.

If we have any chance of staying under 2 degrees Celsius of warming above pre-industrial levels, the United States and China will have to act aggressively to reduce emissions in the next few decades and support the rest of the world as it decarbonizes. And to achieve that, both nations will have to work together effectively, which has become increasingly uncertain in recent years. So how do we change the current trajectory and steer away from escalating conflict?

In an interview with India Today, former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd warned of Chinese policies that are seeking to change the status quo. Kevin Rudd said there is no dissimilarity between China’s behaviour in Ladakh and elsewhere.

India's decision last year to step up its climate action and commit to net-zero emissions took the world by surprise. But it is also squarely in the country's own interest. And should the Narendra Modi government enhance its climate leadership in the coming years, these benefits could be maximised for the Indian people.

Kevin Rudd speaks at the Eminent Persons’ Lecture Series at Manohar Parrikar ISDA in India.

Nancy Pelosi’s decision to visit Taiwan sparked an aggressive response from Beijing. A more assertive China will only create further friction in the region. India, and the global community, will need to find ways to counter this change

A clearer understanding of strategic ‘red lines’ is needed as the risks of crisis & conflict only increase.

With tensions running high over the Taiwan Strait, and with Chinese President Xi Jinping poised to secure an unprecedented third term in office at the next Chinese Communist Party Congress later this fall, understanding how China sees itself and its role on the global stage has never been more important to managing Washington’s relationship with Beijing—and to avoiding a catastrophic military escalation. What is Xi’s vision for China, and what role does ideology play in his ambitions for the country? How has Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shaped Beijing’s thinking on Taiwan? And what does Washington get wrong about China’s intentions to remake the world order?

A week following U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s controversial visit to Taiwan, an expert panel organized by the Asia Society Policy Institute analyzes the trip's repercussions on Washington’s relationship with Beijing and Taipei, as well as Beijing’s relations with Taipei. The participants include Asia Society and Asia Society Policy Institute President Kevin Rudd, Asia Society Policy Institute Vice President Daniel Russel, Asia Society Center on U.S.-China Relations Arthur Ross Director Orville Schell, and German Marshall Fund Asia Program Director Bonnie Glaser. Asia Society Policy Institute Managing Director Rorry Daniels moderated the discussion

A week following U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s controversial visit to Taiwan, an expert panel organized by the Asia Society Policy Institute analyzes the trip's repercussions on Washington’s relationship with Beijing and Taipei, as well as Beijing’s relations with Taipei.

In March, Beijing set its annual economic growth target at 5.5%—the lowest in decades, but still highly ambitious given the circumstances. While in China the paramount leader can never be wrong, the prospects of delivering 5.5% growth seem remote. The proximate cause for this recent slowdown is the draconian “zero Covid” lockdown policy that cratered economic activity in many major cities for months at a time. Shanghai’s economic output shrank 13.7% in the second quarter of 2022. But Covid isn’t the whole story. China’s economy has deeper policy and structural problems that have emerged over several years.

The fate of our planet's future lies in Asia. It is not only the world's
manufacturing workshop. It is also becoming the world's biggest
consumer, driven by the presence of the globe's largest population
and many of its fastest-growing economies.

It has been almost two years since Kevin Rudd uploaded a video to his social media channels calling Rupert Murdoch an “arrogant cancer on our democracy” and invited Australians to sign his petition for a royal commission into media diversity.

China's Ambassador to Australia has issued a clear warning to Australia, to take reunification with Taiwan seriously.
Ambassador Xiao Qian said the mainland would use all means necessary to ensure Taiwan was part of China.

Asia Society President and Former Australian Prime Minister, Mr Kevin Rudd, speaks to CNBC’s Dan Murphy following U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan.

The arc of history bends slowly towards justice but, 15 years on from the national apology to Indigenous people, it’s time to walk the next steps in the long journey to reconciliation. There has already been too much delay since Indigenous leaders signed the Uluru Statement from the Heart five years ago.

ABC News' Kayna Whitworth spoke with former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd, author of the book, "The Avoidable War," on the fallout from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's high-stakes visit to Taiwan.

The US-China relationship has become red-raw in recent years. Pelosi's visit throws fuel on the fire. I doubt China is about to ignite a shooting match with the US over it. But they will unleash a bunch of countermeasures against Taiwan itself.

The Chinese Communist Party has used nationalism as a governing tool since the Mao era. Xi Jinping, China’s current paramount leader, took it to a new level. “Nationalism is becoming a core pillar of both the party’s and Xi’s personal political legitimacy,” Kevin Rudd, the chief executive of the Asia Society and a former prime minister of Australia, wrote in his book “The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict Between the U.S. and Xi Jinping’s China.”

Kevin Rudd gives the 2022 Susan Shirk Lecture at UC San Diego.