At Asia Society Policy Institute's launch of its new Center for China Analysis, Asia Society Policy Institute President and Founding Chair of the Center for China Analysis Kevin Rudd delivers a keynote address and joins former Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger in conversation.

China. On one hand, the country is the world’s largest source of carbon emissions, an economic and political powerhouse resting on a thick cloud of hydrocarbon pollution, contrary to the goals of the Paris Agreement. On the other hand, President Xi Jinping has set the stage for China to emerge as an environmental leader, with the highest reforestation rate in the world; it makes and buys more electric cars than any other country by far; and is the world’s top renewable energy investor for the eighth consecutive year, including manufacturing 80% of solar cells globally.

It is clear that China has the power to determine whether we can limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees celsius. As we head into the COP26 international climate discussions, all eyes will be on the indomitable diplomatic skills of China and America’s special envoys for climate, Xie Xanhau and John Kerry, who brought about significant pact between the world’s two top polluters that significantly influenced the success of the Paris Agreement.

This week we talk with Peggy Liu, a leading catalyst of a greener China and Former Prime Minister of Australia and President of the Asia Society, Kevin Rudd, who offers deep insight into China’s climate goals and trajectory of travel, gleaned over 35 years of working with the Chinese Government.

Kevin Rudd will receive a Doctor of Philosophy from Oxford University on Sunday morning after penning a 420-page thesis on Xi’s worldview.

Kevin Rudd joins the BBC to reflect on the life and legacy of Queen Elizabeth II.

Kevin Rudd joins the Project to reflect on the life of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Kevin Rudd says no-one could have questioned the Queen’s commitment to duty.

Kevin Rudd reflects on his various meetings with Queen Elizabeth and the great respect the people of Australia held for her.

Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd responds to Her Majesty's passing, reflecting on her overriding commitment to the Commonwealth.

Former prime minister Kevin Rudd reflects on his meetings with Her Majesty The Queen.

Thérèse and I are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Kevin Rudd, Former Prime Minister of Australia and presently President of Asia Society, said that Xi Jinping in Beijing and Vladimir Putin in Moscow is a long-term reality now not just for the region but also for the world. India seems to have reached a conclusion that its principal strategic challenge does lie with China whether it's on the Sino-Indian Border, whether it's over Kashmir, whether it's over Pakistan and China's all-weather alliance with Islamabad or over the Indian Ocean, he told Nayanima Basu in this #ThePrintInterview.

The twenty-first century will be defined in part by the U.S.-Chinese relationship and its possible devolution into war. Rudd offers the best available treatment of this potential clash and how it might be avoided, says Foreign Affairs.

Kevin Rudd speaks at the Mercator Institute for China Studies in Germany.

During the launch of the Asia Society Policy Institute in New Delhi, Asia Society India organized a conversation between India's External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam​​​​​​​ Jaishankar and Asia Society President and CEO Kevin Rudd discussing Asia’s dynamic political geography, the rise of tensions among the regional powers, and the future of coalition building among nations.

There are parallels between China’s actions at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and its tensions between China and the US over Taiwan, says former Australian Prime Minister and China watcher Kevin Rudd. Mr. Rudd, who is the author of a new book, “The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the U.S. and Xi Jinping’s China”, is also the President of the Asia Society, and is in Delhi for the launch of a new policy institute, to be inaugurated by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar in Delhi on Monday.

Will the US and China go to war over Taiwan? Is an armed conflict unavoidable? How does China view India after the 2020 border clashes? Palki Sharma brings you an exclusive interview with Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

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.