Dirk Van Der Kley
Dr Dirk Van Der Kley
Qualifications
BA (Chinese studies / Mathematics), University of Sydney (1st Class Hons), PhD, ANU (Endeavour scholar)
Dirk van der Kley is a Research Fellow at the School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) who specialises on the theory of geoeconomics, international economic sanctions, PRC international economic policy and the effect of industrial policy on geopolitics. Dirk is a member of the ANU Working Group on Geoeconomics. He is also a board member for the Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs.
Prior to joining Regnet, Dirk was the Program Director for Policy Research at China Matters. He previously worked at the Lowy Institute for International Affairs. Dirk has taught at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek and held visiting fellowships in China, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.
Dirk has a BA (Chinese studies / Mathematics) from the University of Sydney (1st Class Hons), and a PhD from the ANU (Endeavour scholar). He is fluent in Chinese, Russian and currently studying Korean.
Australia must address China tech challenge in Indonesia
China’s free large-scale technology training in Indonesia poses a major security challenge to Australia and the region, according to a
Localisation and China’s tech success in Indonesia
Despite ambivalence about Chinese intentions in Indonesia’s political and defense establishment, Chinese telecoms firms have successfully used strategies of localization to position themselves as t
A new age of economic statecraft?
What are sanctions, and how do they work in practice? Which, if any, of the sanctions imposed on Russia are unprecedented, and will they have the desired impact?
Shaping the Quad’s DNA - Dirk van der Kley on NSC Podcast
In this episode of the National Security Podcast, Dirk van der Kley discusses Shaping the Quad’s DNA: How can Quad countries manage biotech’s opportunities and risks?
In conversation with Benjamin Herscovitch and Dirk Van Der Kley
Dr Dirk Van Der Kley and Dr Benjamin Herscovitch’s National Security College Policy Options Paper, Protecting Education Exports: Minimising the damage of China’s future economic coercion reached a
Vulnerable education market must diversify away from China
Education is Australia’s only remaining export to China, valued over $10 billion annually, and it is both reliant on China and which Beijing can target without significant self-harm, according to a
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Navigating the Emerging Geoeconomic Order
This project will develop frameworks to understand how economic relationships and policy instruments can be sources of leverage and vulnerability.
