BA, PhD (Deakin) Her research interests are China’s defence and foreign policies; East Asian regionalism; and an exploration of a new ‘mandalic’ regionalism shaped by globalisation. The last of these comprises original research in which she investigates globalisation through the development of a mandala model for international relations. To this end, she has published numerous articles, and engages in research with her colleagues in the Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies, of which she is a founding member.
Articles
Food safety and the role of the government: Implications for CSR policies in China (with Xiaohua Yang and Nadir Kemal Yilmaz), iBusiness (2009)
This study investigates food scandals and the role of government in corporate social responsibility (CSR)...
Mandalic regionalism in Asia: exploring the relationship between regional governance and economic security, Culture Mandala: The Bulletin of the Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies (2008)
The 2008 global financial crisis highlighted the potentially crucial relationship between regional governance and global...
Sino-Turkish relations in a globalising Asia-Pacific (with Nadir Kemal Yilmaz), Globalisation and Development Centre (2008)
Relations between China and Turkey are quiescent. In a globalizing Asia-Pacific, however, they are unlikely...
Turkey’s FDI policy and Chinese direct foreign investment in Turkey: Some economic and management implications (with Fang Lee Cooke and Nadir Kemal Yilmaz), Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2008)
The Republic of Turkey and the People’s Republic of China are two countries with emerging...
Turkey and China: a study in symmetry (with Nadir Kemal Yilmaz), Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2008)
How symmetrical are Turkey and China despite the obvious differences in size and resources? And...
Books
International Confucian conference in commemoration of the 2550th anniversary of Confucius' birthday: Toward a global community (with R. James Ferguson and Martin Lu), Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2004)
Selected essays presented at the International Confucian conference in commemoration of the 2550th anniversary of...
Book Chapters
The relationship between regional governance and global economic security: A focus on the Asia-Pacific region, The Asia Pacific region: Contemporary trends and challenges. Proceedings of the second international conference on international studies (ICIS) 2008 (2009)
The global financial crisis of 2008 has highlighted the potentially crucial relationship between regional governance...
Institutions and gender empowerment in Greece, Institutions and gender empowerment in the global economy (2008)
Since women account for almost 50 percent of the world's population, the sustainability of development...
International relations and geopolitics., Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2008)
The production of knowledge has become central to economic life. Competitiveness in the 21st century...
Sino-Indonesian relations: Lessons from the past, Readings in world development: Growth, development and poverty alleviation in the Asia-Pacific (2007)
In terms of both population and territory, Indonesia and China are the largest nations in...
China and India: New Mandalas of Power in 21st Century Geopolitics, Essays on Development Issues: India and The Indian Ocean Region (2003)
China and India - Asia’s two great civilisational states - are also the world’s most...
Conference Papers
China’s harmonious world (hexie shijie) policy perspective: How Confucian values are entering international society, Invited paper presented at the 2560th anniversary conference and the fourth congress of International Confucian Association (ICA): The current mission of Confucianism (2009)
Confucian values have been introduced into international society through China’s adoption of a harmonious world...