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Nick Lyall
Nick is a Russia expert in the Former Soviet Union team, as well as a Sino analyst.

Reliant on money from China, Australian universities are exposed to geopolitical risk
- Advisory
- June 5, 2018
As the Australia-China relationship is buffeted by geopolitical headwinds, universities must mitigate their reliance on Chinese funding.
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China-Rosneft ties: a burgeoning but unstable dynamic
- Former Soviet Union
- November 21, 2017
A focus on short-term gains may lead to blowback for Beijing and Russia’s state-owned oil company.
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The PLA in transition: in pursuit of the ‘China Dream’
- China
- October 18, 2017
Xi is hastening military reforms by ousting officers who may oppose his joint force vision.
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Cyber sovereignty: the Sino-Russian authoritarian model
- Technology & Society
- September 15, 2017
China and Russia champion ‘cyber sovereignty’ but the idea may collapse under its economic weight.
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The PLAN in Djibouti: China’s Indian Ocean footprint
- China
- August 25, 2017
Beijing’s blue water naval ambitions are taking hold in the Indian Ocean region.
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SCO membership: a Beijing-Moscow proxy power struggle
- Multilateral Institutions
- July 21, 2017
The muted Russia-China rivalry has extended to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
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Putin’s political narratives rejuvenated
- Former Soviet Union
- June 21, 2017
Russia is looking to build a more friendly security status quo after the NATO Summit.
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An unhappy marriage: China’s approach to North Korea
- Asia Pacific
- May 18, 2017
Tensions are still rising on the Korean Peninsula but China will continue to support Pyongyang.
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Little green bytes and little green men: Russian hybrid warfare in the Baltics
- Europe
- April 14, 2017
NATO should beware Russian cyber-attacks on the digitally dependent Baltics.
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The future of Russia-NATO confrontations in cyberspace
- Technology & Society
- April 1, 2017
NATO’s unpreparedness for cyberwar with Russia leaves its Eastern European members exposed.
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NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence plan: cool war?
- Multilateral Institutions
- March 12, 2017
NATO and Russia are spiralling into a trap of tit-for-tat escalation.
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