John Lee (political scientist)
John Lee Cheong Seong | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1973 Malaysia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Academic |
John Lee is an Australian academic working on international economic and security affairs with a focus on the Asia-Pacific. Lee is currently the senior adviser to Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop. He is also an adjunct associate professor at the Australian National University's Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, and a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute in Washington, DC. Lee was a board member of the Institute for Regional Security (formerly Kokoda Foundation) from 2012 until August 2016. [1][2]
Early life and education
Lee was born in Ipoh, Malaysia in 1973. He migrated to Australia with his family in 1979 at the age of six years, first to Newcastle and then Sydney from 1984 onward.[3] He graduated with degrees in Arts (First Class in Philosophy) and Law from the University of New South Wales and obtained his masters and doctorate in international relations from the University of Oxford whilst on an Oxford Chevening Scholarship.[4]
Career
Lee published a book, Will China fail? - the limits and contradictions of market socialism, in 2007.[5] An updated second edition was released in 2009. The subject of this book is the complexities and risks associated with China's approach to economic development, which Lee asserts to be flawed, unsustainable, dangerously unstable, and unlikely if not incapable of providing a foundation for the continuation of China's 'peaceful rise' or 'peaceful development'.[6][7] In 2014, he co-authored a report with Paul Dibb titled Why China Will Not Become The Dominant Power in Asia[8] which received considerable attention.[9][10] The report rejects the idea that America should step back from the region and treat China as a strategic equal in Asia; that China's military, economic and demographic shortcomings are considerable and in many respect getting worse; that a China-dominated Asian region is unlikely without American strategic withdrawal; and defence planning in Australia should not be only about countering Chinese power in the Asia-Pacific.[9] Lee has also emphasised the importance and desirability of Japanese power for a stable balance in the Asia-Pacific in the current century.[11]
Lee has written extensively on the subject of China's political-economy,[1] foreign policies of the United States, China, Japan, India, Australia and in Southeast Asia, and strategic and economic futures in East Asia.[12] Lee has published more than 300 articles in newspapers, magazines, and journals,[13][14] including the Wall Street Journal,[15] International Herald Tribune, The Australian, the New York Times, Financial Times, Forbes, The Times of London, The Australian Financial Review, Time, Der Spiegel, South China Morning Post, Global Times, Washington Quarterly,[16] and Newsweek.[17]
References
- ^ a b "Why China won't be Asia's dominant power". CNBC. Nyshka Chandran 19 Nov 2014.
- ^ "Kokoda Foundation". Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- ^ "Malaysian Dilemma: The Enduring Cancer of Affirmative Action" (PDF). Foreign Policy Analysis. The Centre for Independent Studies. 23 February 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ "Events - The Wheeler Centre: Books, Writing, Ideas".
- ^ Lee, John (2007). Will China Fail?. The Centre for Independent Studies. ISBN 1864321806.
- ^ "Will China Fail?". Viet-studies.info. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ Sheila Melvin (22 May 2014). "A contrarian view of the economic miracle". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ Paul Dibb; John Lee (2014). "Why China Will Not Become the Dominant Power in Asia" (PDF). Security Challenges. 10 (3): 1–21. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ a b The Australian (subscription required)
- ^ Nyshka Chandran (19 November 2014). "Why China won't be Asia's dominant power". CNBC. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ Lee, John (2015). "Tokyo Ascending: Abe's New Defense Strategy". World Affairs (Summer).
- ^ "Dr John Lee".
- ^ G. John Ikenberry; Michael Mastanduno (13 August 2013). International Relations Theory and the Asia-Pacific. Columbia University Press. pp. 172–. ISBN 978-0-231-50092-0.
- ^ Larry Hanauer; Lyle J. Morris (12 March 2014). Chinese Engagement in Africa: Drivers, Reactions, and Implications for U.S. Policy. Rand Corporation. pp. 105–. ISBN 978-0-8330-8411-8.
- ^ Amitai Etzioni (1 January 2012). Hot Spots: American Foreign Policy in a Post-Human-Rights World. Transaction Publishers. pp. 40–. ISBN 978-1-4128-4963-0.
- ^ Ashley J. Tellis; Abraham M. Denmark; Travis Tanner (25 September 2013). Strategic Asia 2013-14: Asia in the Second Nuclear Age. NBR. pp. 220–. ISBN 978-1-939131-28-7.
- ^ Regina Abrami; William Kirby; F. Warren McFarlan (18 February 2014). Can China Lead?: Reaching the Limits of Power and Growth. Harvard Business Review Press. pp. 216–. ISBN 978-1-4221-4415-2.