Audiopaper | Protecting education exports: minimising the damage of China’s future economic coercion

<p><strong>This episode of the <em>National Security Podcast</em> brings you an&nbsp;audiopaper&nbsp;from the Policy Options Paper series — the flagship publication of the ANU National Security College. <em>Protecting Education Exports: Minimising the damage of China’s future economic coercion</em>&nbsp;is authored by Dirk van der&nbsp;Kley&nbsp;and Benjamin&nbsp;Herscovitch&nbsp;— Research Fellows at the ANU School of Regulation and Global Governance.</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Coercion against Australia’s education sector would significantly impact the country’s prosperity.&nbsp;Education is the nation’s only remaining export to China valued over $10 billion annually which is both reliant on China and which Beijing can target without significant self-harm. And unlike many industries currently subject to China’s economic coercion, education is job-intensive and closely linked to Australia’s technological competitiveness.&nbsp;The Australian Government has no mechanism to coordinate efforts to diversify education export markets or cohesively promote Australian education, rendering the sector more exposed to coercion.</p><p><br></p><p>This episode of the <em>National Security Podcast</em> brings you an&nbsp;audiopaper&nbsp;from the Policy Options Paper series — the flagship publication of the ANU National Security College. Policy Options Papers offer short, evidence-based and forward-looking insights and recommendations for policymakers on topical national security issues facing Australia. Every paper in the series is informed by&nbsp;consultation, and&nbsp;reviewed by practitioner and academic experts. The paper is also available as a <a href="https://nsc.crawford.anu.edu.au/publication/18815/protecting-education-exports-minimising-damage-chinas-future-economic-coercion" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">PDF</a>.You can also check out the <a href="https://play.acast.com/s/the-national-security-podcast/audiopaper-clevercountryinachangedworld-re-thinkingaustraliansciencepolicy" rel="noopener noreferrer" targ