Speeches by Mr Peter N Varghese AO
Transcripts of speeches and articles by Peter Varghese AO.
Speeches
Farewell remarks
Customs House, Brisbane, 8 July 2026
A bonfire of Certainties: Australia’s strategic environment in the Indo Pacific
Australian War College, Canberra, 23 March 2026
Articles
Australian apologists think Trump can do no wrong
The Australian Financial Review, 8 January 2026
Speeches
2025 Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop Dinner
Melbourne, 30 October 2025
Introductory remarks: Who killed the liberal international order and what comes next
Inaugural Professorial Lecture by Professor Andrew Phillips, 17 September 2025
The future of Australia India Relations
Australia India Business Council, 21 August 2025
Articles
Trump’s zero sum world leaves Australia walking on eggshells
The Australian Financial Review, 3 October 2025
Repositioning Australia's Foreign Policy
The Australian Financial Review, 15 July 2025
Speeches
Function in honour of Dr S. Jaishankar, Indian Minister of External Affairs
Brisbane, 3 November 2024
Edward 'Weary' Dunlop Lecture and Dinner
Melbourne, 8 October 2024
Australian Governance Institute conference: workforce and productivity
Melbourne, 5 September 2024
Speeches
Launch of 'Leadership through Disruption' by Andrew Liveris AO
Brisbane, 8 November 2023
Regional cooperation: Harder but no less vital
Hanoi, 5 June 2023
Introductory remarks
2023 China Matters Oration, 15 February 2023
Articles
Is Australia in the dark about its most powerful neighbours?
The Australian Financial Review, 9 March 2023
Speeches
Why engaging Asia matters even more
Asialink Weary Dunlop dinner, 24 August 2022
India and the world: an Australian perspective
Centre for Policy Research 'India and the World' series, 16 March 2022
Speeches
Asialink Korea Dialogue
25 November 2021
Asialink Cambodia Conference
28 October 2021
Australia bringing India into strategic, economic first tier
StratNews Global interview, 8 October 2021
Research for Development Impact Conference
2 July 2021
Asialink Leadership Program
30 April 2021
Australia, India and the Region
Perth USAsia Centre, 28 April 2021
'Engage and constrain or decouple from China' is the Joe Biden question: Peter Varghese and Raja Mohan
ThePrint India - Debates, 23 January 2021
Articles
AUKUS is a good plan B for China. But let's not bring on Cold War 2.0
The Australian Financial Review, 21 September 2021
China seeks client states not ideological conquests
The Australian Financial Review, 22 June 2021
Speeches
Digital Roundtable with Peter Varghese AO
Advance Connect, December 2020
Articles
The Quad yet to face consequences of China's economic growth
The Australian Financial Review, 3 November 2020
What should Australia do to manage risk in its relationship with the PRC?
China Matters, June 2020
How best to manage our relationship with Beijing
The Weekend Australian, 27 June 2020
Speeches
Partnerships and quality: a Chancellor's perspective
TEQSA conference, 29 November 2019
Remarks on receiving the Weary Dunlop Medal
Asialink Chairman's dinner, 13 March 2019
The Indo Pacific and its strategic challenges: An Australian perspective
8 January, 2019
Articles
Australian universities and China
Australian Strategic Policy Institute and The Courier-Mail, 24 August 2019
Speeches
Australian universities and China
National Conference on University Governance, 4 October 2018
Speeches
Families Week Breakfast
Toowoomba, 26 October 2017
A contested Asia: What comes after US strategic predominance
2017 Griffith Asia Lecture, 6 September 2017
The Michael Cameron Fund: 31 years of supporting Down Syndrome research
UQ Art Museum, 21 March 2017
The international outlook and what it means for Australia
Graduate Centre in Governance and International Affairs Roundtable, 17 March 2017
Speeches
Australia and India: Building a partnership
Deakin Lecture, 21 December 2016
Indian Ocean Conference
Symbiosis University, Pune, 18 December 2016
Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) National Conference
Canberra, 21 November 2016
Australia India China Business Forum
Brisbane, 12 October 2016
Chancellor's Staff Address
Brisbane, 19 July 2016