Roundtable on Australia—China relations with Allan Gyngell
The New Zealand Contemporary Research Centre hosted Allan Gyngell AO FAIIA, National President of the Australian Insitute of International Affairs and Board Member of China Matters, for a talk at Victoria University. Allan was joined by scholars and experts for wide-ranging discussions of the Australia—China relationship and the broader regional environment.
Mr Gyngell has had an extensive career in Australian international affairs. He was the Director-General of the Australian Office of National Assessments (ONA) from 2009 to 2013 and the founding Executive Director of the Lowy Institute for International Policy from 2003 to 2009. He has worked at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, serving as an Australian diplomat in Rangoon, Singapore and Washington. He was Senior Advisor (International) to Prime Minister Paul Keating between 1993 and 1996. Mr Gyngell was appointed as an Officer in the Order of Australia in 2009 for services to international relations. In 2007, he co-authored Making Australian Foreign Policy with Michael Wesley. His most recent book, Fear of Abandonment: Australia in the World Since 1942, was released in 2017.