Collaboration and Conflict: The Pace Quickens 

By : Dr. Geoff Heriot

Page No: 33-41

Confidence in the Multilateral system having waned, along with American geostrategic primacy and internal cohesion, nations feel their way in a changing world order. Sometimes they find themselves in unfamiliar constellations. So long as China continues to create a regional pattern of aggression from what otherwise might be bilateral and localised disputes, it will motivate the quest for collaboration and mutual reassurance. 

Author :
Dr. Geoff Heriot, Member of the Council of the Tasmanian branch of the Australian Institute of International Affairs, one of Australia's oldest think tanks, is a former foreign correspondent and executive with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), widely travelled in South Asia and the Pacific, and a consultant on media and governance. His senior ABC appointments included Chief of Corporate Planning and Governance, General Manager of Corporate Strategy, and Controller of News and Programmes at the multilingual international service, Radio Australia. He was seconded as adviser to the post-Apartheid board chairperson and the chief executive of the South African Broadcasting Corporation from 1994-96.