Justin Bassi
Justin Bassi is executive director of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
- Opinion
- Rare earths
Australia’s lawsuit over rare minerals is a geopolitical litmus test
Treasurer Jim Chalmers is trying to protect access to resources that are critical for our military technologies and the transition to clean energy.
- John Coyne and Justin Bassi
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- Opinion
- China relations
Wong is in an exquisite predicament. She must make China fear her response
With Australian citizen Yang Hengjun held hostage, Australia is being blackmailed into submission and silence. Penny Wong must stand up to the bullies.
- Justin Bassi
- Opinion
- Foreign relations
Albanese can’t tell Americans how to vote, but he can be frank with Trump
Moscow and Beijing want Donald Trump to reclaim the US presidency. Australia has a right to warn Trump and his political descendants not to get cosy with tyrants.
- Justin Bassi
- Opinion
- China relations
Albanese must be robust and proactive on China threat
China’s end game in the Pacific is to push out US and allied interests, achieve regional hegemony, create vassal states, control access to supply chains and improve the ability to take Taiwan with minimal costs.
- Justin Bassi