19 May 2020

The two sides to China as coronavirus politics turn nasty

Ashley Townshend
Director, Foreign Policy and Defence, United States Studies Centre

USSC director of foreign policy and defence Ashley Townshend is quoted in this article published by The Australian Financial Review.

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Ashley Townshend
Director, Foreign Policy and Defence, United States Studies Centre
Ashley Townshend is Director of Foreign Policy and Defence at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. He works on international security and strategic affairs with a focus on the Indo-Pacific, including regional alliances and partnerships, maritime security, defence policy, and US, Chinese, and Australian strategy.

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