Jenny Gordon | Can Australia Afford the Future? | Part 1 | TFP #106

Can the United States and China economically “pull the trigger” on one another, or has globalisation created a form of economic mutually assured destruction?

In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, Dr John Bruni speaks with economist Dr Jenny Gordon—Honorary Professor at the Australian National University, former Chief Economist at DFAT, and Non-Resident Fellow at the Lowy Institute—about great-power competition, economic statecraft, trade dependence, and the difficult choices facing middle powers such as Australia in an increasingly contested global economy.

Together, they explore whether economic interdependence remains a stabilising force, or whether it is becoming a strategic vulnerability in an era of rising geopolitical tension.