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# Kevin Rudd

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## 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](https://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/titles/kevin-rudd/the-avoidable-war/9781541701304/)_, available now._


![Kevin Rudd](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec2e352bb77d3c82/698a0dca457a527664d63ec9/kevin-rudd.jpg?branch=production&width=96&quality=75&auto=webp)

## Kevin Rudd


* ![U.S. Vice President Joe Biden Attends Sino-U.S.Business Seminar](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc44ea589c9010760/698a309fb21a9c6cd4505e6f/Joe-Biden-Xi-Jinping.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 4, 2022  
### [The U.S. and China Must Act Now to Avoid a Disastrous War](https://time.com/6164184/how-us-china-avoid-war/)  
"To avoid sleepwalking into a war, the U.S. and China must construct a joint strategic framework to ...  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![Nucleic Acid Testing In Yuncheng City](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt67434073be9b9b73/698a2117929fad181cbf820f/GettyImages-1237453355.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 29, 2021  
### [We Must Learn From the Failed Global Response to COVID-19](https://time.com/6132035/covid-19-pandemic-global-lessons/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![ITALY-HEALTH-SUMMIT-GOVERNMENT-ECONOMY-DEMONSTRATION](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb49ffa7f29316df9/698a1be14ee262dd94319395/GettyImages-1233023155.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 11, 2021  
### [Here's a Model for Global Cooperation on Vaccines](https://time.com/6088896/vaccine-cooperation-global-idea/)  
Leaders united to harmonize a policy framework for cancer trials for the approval of life-saving dru...  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![Kevin Rudd In Conversation With Stan Grant](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt432f76c7a12ca302/698a0db422fb85c1e9e2af45/kevin-rudd-coronavirus-investigation.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 6, 2020  
### [We Must Set Aside Crude Nationalism to Learn the Truth About COVID-19](https://time.com/5832600/kevin-rudd-china-coronavirus-investigation/)  
Any investigation into the origins of the coronavirus must ask deeply uncomfortable questions not ju...  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![65th United Nations General Assembly](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt11304f29fa3251a6/6988a46d428a9e2654cd41ab/gettyimages-104444474.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 31, 2016  
### [Former Australian PM Kevin Rudd: How to Fix the United Nations](https://time.com/4473978/united-nations-kevin-rudd-reform/)  
The UN is still important, but it needs to be reformed for a new age  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Dec 21, 2015  
### [Kevin Rudd on China in 2016](https://time.com/4154103/china-essay-kevin-rudd/)  
Managing new challenges at home, while approaching a greater role in the global order  
[WORLD](/section/world/)

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