Professional Affiliation

Professor, University of Canterbury and Executive Editor of The Polar Journal

Expert Bio

Professor Anne-Marie Brady, BA, MA Auckland, PhD ANU is a specialist in Chinese and polar politics based at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. She is a fluent Mandarin speaker. Anne-Marie is the executive editor of The Polar Journal, and has written nine books and over forty scholarly articles on topics ranging from China’s modern propaganda system, foreigner-management in China and competing foreign policy interests in Antarctica. Her latest monograph, China as a Polar Great Power, examines China’s polar policies.

Wilson Center Project

"China’s Polar Strategy and Global Governance"

Project Summary

China has emerged as a member of the elite club of nations who are powerful at both global poles. Polar states are global giants, strong in military, scientific, and economic terms. The concept of a polar great power is relatively unknown in international relations studies; yet China, a rising power globally, is now widely using this term to categorize its aspirations and emphasize the significance of the polar regions to their national interests. China's focus on becoming a polar great power represents a fundamental re-orientation - a completely new way of imagining the world. China's push into these regions encompasses maritime and nuclear security, the frontlines of climate change research, and the possibility of a resources bonanza. As shown in this book, China's growing strength at the poles will be a game-changer for a number of strategic vulnerabilities that could shift the global balance of power in significant and unexpected ways.

Anne-Marie Brady interviewed by ABC TV on China's interests in Antarctica

Major Publications

• China as a Polar Great Power (Wilson Press and Cambridge University Press, 2017)
• The Emerging Politics of Antarctica (Routledge Publishers, 2013)
• Looking North, Looking South: China. Taiwan, and the South Pacific (World Scientific, 2010)
• China's Thought Management (Routledge 2012)
• Marketing Dictatorship: Propaganda and Thought Work in Contemporary China (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2008)