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The rapid spread of the coronavirus COVID19 is bringing about an equally rapid transformation in domestic and international politics.

The preparedness of national health systems and the responses of political leaders around the world are being thrown into sharp and often unflattering relief.

The absence of leadership from United States at either the domestic or especially the international level is especially noteworthy. China's response, by contrast, has - after a false start - been remarkably effective. This presentation considers what the crisis may mean for the relative standing of American and Chinese forms of politics and economics. Are democracies capable of responding to the challenge? What are the implications for free market capitalism as it succumbs to yet another crisis? We may not know the answers for a while, but the questions are increasingly urgent.

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This meeting will be held as an Online Webinar using Zoom. A link to the meeting will be sent directly to those who have registered. ***

Please note that this event is being held in Western Australia and will run from 6:45pm to 7:45pm AWST (UTC+8). Zoom webinar will open at 6:30pm AWST (UTC+8).  

If you have any questions please call the Secretary on 0406 713 295 or email wa.branch@internationalaffairs.org.au to book a seat.

About the speaker:

Mark Beeson is Professor of International Politics at the University of Western Australia and the AIIA National Research Chair. He is co-editor of AJIA’s flagship publication, Navigating the New International Disorder: Australia in World Affairs 2011-2015. He was the founding editor of Critical Studies of the Asia Pacific. 
Before joining UWA, he taught at Murdoch, Griffith, Queensland, York (UK) and Birmingham, where he was also head of department. He has also had visiting positions in the UK, Austria, France, Germany, Russia, China and Hong Kong. His key research interests are international relations; international political economy; Australian foreign policy; regionalism; politics, security and economics in the Asia-Pacific.