How Australia can protect its education exports from China

<p><strong>In this episode of the <em>National Security Podcast</em>, Dirk van der Kley and Benjamin Herscovitch&nbsp;—&nbsp;Research Fellows at ANU School of Regulation and Global Governance — join Chris Farnham to discuss how Australia can protect its education exports from potential economic coercion from China.</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Coercion against Australia’s education sector would significantly impact the country’s prosperity. Education is Australia’s only remaining export to China valued at over $10 billion annually that the Chinese Government could 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. The Australian Government has no mechanism to co-ordinate efforts to diversify education export markets or cohesively promote Australian education – this makes the sector more exposed to coercion. In this episode of the <em>National Security Podcast</em>, researchers Dirk van der Kley and Benjamin Herscovitch&nbsp;outline how Australia can protect its education exports from potential economic coercion from China, which they have written about in the latest <a href="https://nsc.crawford.anu.edu.au/publication/18815/protecting-education-exports-minimising-damage-chinas-future-economic-coercion" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Policy Options Paper</a> published by the ANU National Security College:&nbsp;<em>Protecting Education Exports: Minimising the damage of China’s future economic coercion.</em></p><p><br></p><p><em>Policy Options Papers are the flagship publication from the ANU National Security College and 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 consultation and reviewed by practitioner and academic experts. </em></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Dirk van der Kley </strong>is a&nbsp;Research Fellow at t