Graeme Smith is a Fellow with the Department of Pacific Affairs at the Australian National University and hosts The Little Red Podcast, winner of the news and current affairs section in the Australian Podcast Awards.
Books & arts
Lupine or supine?
Graeme Smith
5 September 2021
Are China’s wolf warrior diplomats for real?
International
Where the Blue Pacific meets the Belt and Road
Graeme Smith
15 March 2019
Pacific islands are navigating their own route between big-power plans
National affairs
Stranger than fiction
Graeme Smith
10 October 2018
Two journalist–novelists compare notes on Chinese espionage
Books & arts
On the wrong side of history
Graeme Smith
26 June 2018
Books | Journalist Scott Tong has unearthed an alternative history of China’s twentieth century
National affairs
In Vanuatu, it’s he says, Xi says
Graeme Smith
13 April 2018
And the truth about China’s intentions probably lies somewhere between
National affairs
Duchesses and overlords
Graeme Smith
18 January 2018
Concetta Fierravanti-Wells and Maurice Newman share a deep suspicion of China’s intentions in the Pacific. But the reality doesn’t match their claims
International
China in the Pacific: a question of influence
Graeme Smith
16 October 2017
Exaggerated fears about China’s intentions reflect a misunderstanding of what’s happening in the region
International
Chinese policing on show
Graeme Smith
5 October 2017
Large-scale arrests by Chinese police in Fiji throw light on China’s justice system
Books & arts
China’s continental dreams
Graeme Smith
18 September 2015
Books | Graeme Smith compares Howard French’s vivid account of China in Africa with his own research among Chinese migrants in the Pacific
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