Geoff Raby

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Geoff Raby is former Australian Ambassador to China and a senior diplomat.

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Geoff Raby

Geoff Raby: Ambassador to China, 2007-11; 2nd edn. of China’s Grand Strategy and Australia’s Future in the New Global Order was published in May 2025 and Great Game On, November 2024, both by Melbourne UP.

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