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. In 2012, her research projects are focussed on China’s defence philosophy, capabilities and scenarios as well as its foreign policy discourse.
Articles
Global governance: New organizational concepts in a culturally diverse system, Journal of Global Business Administration (2010)
This paper argues that as the West re-balances with the East in 21st century global...
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)...
Hong Kong: A blessing of contradictions, Culture Mandala: The Bulletin of the Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies (2009)
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...
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
China and outer space, Ashgate research companion on Chinese foreign policy (2012)
China’s space program began in the 1950s as part of its nuclear weapons program. Today...
International relations theory and Chinese philosophy, Chinese engagements: Regional issues with global implications (2011)
Extract:
Insights drawn from a comparison between International Relations theory and Chinese philosophy provide a timely...
The PRC’s governance diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific region, International governance, regimes, and globalization: Case studies from Beijing and Taipei (2010)
China’s multilateralist behavior – or governance diplomacy in the pursuit of cooperative regionalism - will...
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...
Conference Papers
Harmony and humane governance - Contesting the social order in classical Chinese thought and 21st century global society (with R. James Ferguson), International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) Inter-Congress: "From the crossroads of civilizations: Understanding cultural diversity to connect societies (2010)
When China’s President Hu Jintao articulated his country’s ‘harmonious world’ (hexie shijie) foreign policy perspective...
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...