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Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin attend their bilateral meeting at the G20 Osaka Summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 28, 2019. (Mikhail Svetlov via Getty Images)
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John Lee is a senior fellow at 91ÆÞÓÑ Institute.
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Biography
John Lee is a senior fellow at 91ÆÞÓÑ Institute. He is also a senior fellow (nonresident) at the United States Studies Centre and an adjunct professor at the University of Sydney.
From 2016 to 2018, he was senior national security adviser to Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop. In this role, he served as the principal adviser on Asia and for economic, strategic, and political affairs in the Indo-Pacific region.
Dr. Lee was also appointed the foreign minister’s lead adviser on the 2017 Foreign Policy White Paper, the first comprehensive foreign affairs blueprint for Australia since 2003 and written to guide Australia’s external engagement for the next ten years and beyond.
He has held adjunct professorships at the Australian National University and University of Sydney. He is one of the foremost experts on the Chinese political economy and on strategic and economic affairs pertaining to the Indo-Pacific.
Dr. Lee’s articles have been published in leading policy and academic journals in the United States, Asia, and Australia.
He received his master’s and doctorate in international relations from the University of Oxford and his bachelor of laws and arts degrees (first class, philosophy) from the University of New South Wales.
He is based in Sydney, Australia.
Featured Research
10
September 2024
Past Event
How to Counter China’s Global South Strategy in the Indo-Pacific
Featured Speakers:
Thomas J. Duesterberg
John Lee
Aparna Pande
Patrick M. Cronin
21
June 2024
Past Event
What China’s Middle East Policy Means for the US and Israel
Featured Speakers:
John Lee
Tuvia Gering
Moderator:
Zineb Riboua
21
June 2024
Past Event
What China’s Middle East Policy Means for the US and Israel
To discuss China’s ambitions in the Middle East, Beijing’s position in the Israel-Hamas conflict, and what this all means for American interests in the region, 91ÆÞÓÑ’s Zineb Riboua hosts a discussion with Senior Fellow John Lee and Atlantic Council Nonresident Fellow Tuvia Gering.
Featured Speakers:
John Lee
Tuvia Gering
Moderator:
Zineb Riboua
17
June 2024
Past Event
Deterring China through Nonmilitary Costs
Featured Speakers:
John Lee
Thomas J. Duesterberg
Bryan Clark
Moderator:
Aaron MacLean
17
June 2024
Past Event
Deterring China through Nonmilitary Costs
Join 91ÆÞÓÑ Senior Fellows Aaron MacLean, Tom Duesterberg, Bryan Clark, and John Lee as they discuss Dr. Lee’s latest report, cowritten with Lavina Lee.
Featured Speakers:
John Lee
Thomas J. Duesterberg
Bryan Clark
Moderator:
Aaron MacLean
11
December 2023
Past Event
Beyond the SCIF: Countering Chinese Influence Operations on American Soil
Featured Speakers:
John P. Walters
Miles Yu
John Lee
Craig Singleton
Moderator:
Rep. Mike Waltz
11
December 2023
Past Event
Beyond the SCIF: Countering Chinese Influence Operations on American Soil
Representative Mike Waltz will moderate a panel on China’s influence operations in the United States.
Featured Speakers:
John P. Walters
Miles Yu
John Lee
Craig Singleton
Moderator:
Rep. Mike Waltz
31
May 2023
Past Event
Partnership of Freedom: AUKUS Viewed by Its Architects
Featured Speakers:
Hon. Boris Johnson
Hon. Scott Morrison
Michael R. Pompeo
Bryan Clark
John Lee
Moderator:
Miles Yu
31
May 2023
Past Event
Partnership of Freedom: AUKUS Viewed by Its Architects
Please join 91ÆÞÓÑ’s China Center for a panel discussion with the architects of the AUKUS agreement—former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, and Seventieth US Secretary of State and Distinguished Fellow Michael R. Pompeo—on this monumental diplomatic and security achievement.
Featured Speakers:
Hon. Boris Johnson
Hon. Scott Morrison
Michael R. Pompeo
Bryan Clark
John Lee
Moderator:
Miles Yu
09
September 2022
Past Event
Chinese Economic Decoupling Strategy against the United States
Featured Speakers:
Patrick M. Cronin
Thomas J. Duesterberg
John Lee
09
September 2022
Past Event
Chinese Economic Decoupling Strategy against the United States
Many have paid attention to American efforts to partially decouple from China, but Beijing has been pursuing a much more extensive economic decoupling
Featured Speakers:
Patrick M. Cronin
Thomas J. Duesterberg
John Lee
18
April 2022
Past Event
Virtual Event | What to Expect from the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework
Featured Speakers:
Lotta Danielsson
John Lee
Riley Walters
23
November 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | AUKUS: A Model for Other US Allies and Partners?
Featured Speakers:
Henry Sokolski
John Lee
Bryan Clark
28
October 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | Human Rights Promotion in a Free and Open Indo-Pacific
Featured Speakers:
Marshall Billingslea
John Lee
Michael George DeSombre
Bonnie Glick
Kenneth R. Weinstein
28
October 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | Human Rights Promotion in a Free and Open Indo-Pacific
Please be advised: This event will premiere on this page at 12:00 p.m. EDT, Thursday, October 28. Register for the event here.
Featured Speakers:
Marshall Billingslea
John Lee
Michael George DeSombre
Bonnie Glick
Kenneth R. Weinstein
14
October 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | Powering Innovation: Advanced Batteries and Critical Supply Chains
Featured Speakers:
Heather Penny
LTG Eric Wesley (Ret.)
Bryan Clark
Nadia Schadlow (Moderator)
The Hon. Ellen Lord
The Hon. Kimberly Reed
Mike Brown
Arthur Herman (Moderator)
Anthony Vinci
Pavneet Singh
John Lee
Nadia Schadlow (Moderator)
14
October 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | Powering Innovation: Advanced Batteries and Critical Supply Chains
Please be advised: This event will stream live on this page at 2:30 p.m. EDT, Thursday, October 14. Register for the event here.
Featured Speakers:
Heather Penny
LTG Eric Wesley (Ret.)
Bryan Clark
Nadia Schadlow (Moderator)
The Hon. Ellen Lord
The Hon. Kimberly Reed
Mike Brown
Arthur Herman (Moderator)
Anthony Vinci
Pavneet Singh
John Lee
Nadia Schadlow (Moderator)
14
October 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | Evergrande and the Chinese Economy
Featured Speakers:
Leland Miller
John Lee
30
March 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | Securing US-Japan Supply Chains After the Pandemic
Featured Speakers:
Jingo Kikukawa
Shihoko Goto
Thomas Duesterberg
John Lee
Riley Walters
30
March 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | Securing US-Japan Supply Chains After the Pandemic
Join 91ÆÞÓÑ Institute’s Japan Chair Deputy Director Riley Walters, Senior Fellows Thomas Duesterberg and John Lee, and Shihoko Goto and Jingo Kikukawa
Featured Speakers:
Jingo Kikukawa
Shihoko Goto
Thomas Duesterberg
John Lee
Riley Walters
06
August 2020
Past Event
Video Event | The Geo-Tech Wars: Maintaining Democratic Leadership over Future Technologies
Featured Speakers:
Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Thomas Duesterberg
Sadanori Ito
John Lee
Eric Brown
06
August 2020
Past Event
Video Event | The Geo-Tech Wars: Maintaining Democratic Leadership over Future Technologies
**__This event will premiere on this page at 12:00 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, August 6.__**
After China’s recent deadly military escalation in India’s Ga
Featured Speakers:
Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Thomas Duesterberg
Sadanori Ito
John Lee
Eric Brown
23
June 2020
Past Event
Video Event | China-India Border Clash: What’s Behind China’s Belligerence?
Featured Speakers:
Patrick M. Cronin
Husain Haqqani
John Lee
Aparna Pande
23
June 2020
Past Event
Video Event | China-India Border Clash: What’s Behind China’s Belligerence?
**__This event will premiere on this page at 12:00 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, June 23.__**
Join 91ÆÞÓÑ Institute for a discussion on the recent deadly clash
Featured Speakers:
Patrick M. Cronin
Husain Haqqani
John Lee
Aparna Pande
17
April 2020
Past Event
Video Event | Meeting the Challenge of the Chinese Communist Party During and After COVID-19
Featured Speakers:
Eric Brown
Patrick Cronin
John Lee
Lewis Libby
17
April 2020
Past Event
Video Event | Meeting the Challenge of the Chinese Communist Party During and After COVID-19
**__Please be advised: This event will premier at 9:00 a.m. EDT, Friday, April 17.__**
After allowing the COVID-19 pandemic to spread through reckles
Featured Speakers:
Eric Brown
Patrick Cronin
John Lee
Lewis Libby
21
February 2020
Past Event
Strategies for the Indo-Pacific: Perceptions of the U.S. and Like-Minded Countries
Featured Speakers:
Patrick Cronin
Richard Heydarian
John Lee
Satoru Nagao
Liselotte Odgaard
Aparna Pande
21
February 2020
Past Event
Strategies for the Indo-Pacific: Perceptions of the U.S. and Like-Minded Countries
The Indo-Pacific remains a critical part of the global competition for dominance between the United States and China. Join 91ÆÞÓÑ Institute for a conv
Featured Speakers:
Patrick Cronin
Richard Heydarian
John Lee
Satoru Nagao
Liselotte Odgaard
Aparna Pande
18
February 2020
Past Event
Understanding China’s Economic Slowdown: Countering Belt and Road and Beijing’s Plans to Dominate Global Innovation
Featured Speakers:
Patrick Cronin
Thomas Duesterberg
Nicholas Lardy
John Lee
18
February 2020
Past Event
Understanding China’s Economic Slowdown: Countering Belt and Road and Beijing’s Plans to Dominate Global Innovation
Amid a time of open challenges to the United States for strategic and economic leadership in the Indo-Pacific by General Secretary Xi Jinping, China
Featured Speakers:
Patrick Cronin
Thomas Duesterberg
Nicholas Lardy
John Lee
19
November 2015
Past Event
The Strategic Implications of the Chinese Economic Slowdown: Challenges and Opportunities for America
Featured Speaker:
John Lee
20
November 2014
Past Event
Winning Asia: Why is the United States Struggling?
Featured Speakers:
Charles Horner
Christopher Ford
John Lee
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Xi Jinping boards an aircraft carrier in China’s Hainan Province on December 17, 2019. (Photo by Li Gang/Xinhua via Getty Images)
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Solomon Islands Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to mark the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two nations in September, 2019 in Beijing, China. (Naohiko Hatta via Getty Images)
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visits the a nickel refinery with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on October 22, 2022, in Perth, Australia. (Richard Wainwright via Getty Images)
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Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, speaks during the 2024 Munich Security Conference on February 17, 2024, in Munich, Germany. (Johannes Simon via Getty Images)
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks during the 2024 ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in Melbourne, Australia, on March 6, 2024. (Photo by George Chan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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A protester raises a placard during a demonstration to condemn China's aggression in the disputed South China Sea in front of the Chinese Consulate in Makati, Metro Manila, on February 6, 2024. (Jam Sta Rosa/AFP and Getty Images)
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A Chinese Coast Guard ship sails near a Philippine vessel that was part of a convoy of civilian boats in the disputed South China Sea on December 10, 2023. (Photo by Ted Aljibe via Getty Images)
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An F-35C Lightning II prepares to launch from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in Mirmar, California, on November 7, 2021. (Charles Allen via DVIDS)
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets with President of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping in Bali, Indonesia, on November 15, 2022. (James Brickwood/Sydney Morning Herald via Getty Images)
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