Kevin Rudd

Rudd is global president of the Asia Society and former prime minister of Australia. He is the author of The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping’s China, available now.

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The U.S. and China Must Act Now to Avoid a Disastrous War

"To avoid sleepwalking into a war, the U.S. and China must construct a joint strategic framework to maintain the peace—and quickly," writes Kevin Rudd.

By Kevin Rudd

We Must Learn From the Failed Global Response to COVID-19

In the world of international affairs, non-traditional security threats are not new. Many of us have spent decades analyzing and conducting contingency planning for the sudden advent of developments like a pandemic. And yet, despite...

By Kevin Rudd

Here's a Model for Global Cooperation on Vaccines

Leaders united to harmonize a policy framework for cancer trials for the approval of life-saving drugs, writes Kevin Rudd. Can't they do the same for vaccines?

By Kevin Rudd

We Must Set Aside Crude Nationalism to Learn the Truth About COVID-19

Any investigation into the origins of the coronavirus must ask deeply uncomfortable questions not just of China, but of the WHO and the global response, or it will degenerate into a crudely nationalist exercise, writes former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd

By Kevin Rudd

Former Australian PM Kevin Rudd: How to Fix the United Nations

The UN is still important, but it needs to be reformed for a new age

By Kevin Rudd

Kevin Rudd on China in 2016

Managing new challenges at home, while approaching a greater role in the global order

By Kevin Rudd
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