1. Geopolitics & Lobbying
Tutorial 11
Geopolitics & Lobbying

2. Power
Power is the ability to influence or outright control the behaviour of people
Control People
Military power is the ability to affect the behaviour of other nation-states through the actual or threatened exertion of force
Control Nations

3. Geo Politics
“International relations” is a descriptive phrase that encompasses all the ways countries behave toward one another.
“Geopolitics” is the c concept that all international relationships are based on the interaction between geography and power.
(Friedman & Shapiro, 2017)
Geopolitics frame international relationships based on the interactions between 4 dimensions:
Geography (place)
Demographics (people)
Time (tight timing)
Power (control)
(As-Saber & Hartel, 2006)

4. 4 geopolitics growing “push buttons”
Russian Economic Weakness
China’s Cage
5th Dimension
America First
Redrawing M/E
Reimagining BreXit
(Friedman & Shapiro, 2017)

5. Geopolitics & Governance
Definition of Governance:

6. Geopolitics & Governance
Geopolitics frame international relationships based on the interactions between 4 dimensions:
Geography (place)
Demographics (people)
Time (tight timing)
Power (control)
(As-Saber & Hartel, 2006)
The power of geopolitics is to influence / control the decision making behaviours of governments, business, communities to individuals

7. Geopolitics & Governance
Geopolitics frame international relationships based on the interactions between 4 dimensions:
Geography (place)
Demographics (people)
Time (right timing)
Power (control)
(As-Saber & Hartel, 2006)
Individuals
Influence/control people
by place,
by demographic profiling
All the time
Social groups
Organisations

8. Different Attitudes towards control by authorities
Geopolitics
Power & Place
Power & Demographics
Power & Timing
Cultural Attributes
Cultural Differences 
Different Attitudes towards control by authorities

9. Case Study: Power & AI Technology
The Light / Dark Side

10. Facial Recognition Technology in China
Different cultures respond differently
2 case studies – China & Australia
Case Study 1 m
Case Study 2
Preliminary Introduction
George Orwell 1984 – a literature novel about governments controlling not just the behaviours of people, but their lives.
Surveillance cameras everywhere to monitor what every citizen is doing – BIG BOTHER IS WATCHING iconic phrase m

11. Australia’s Facial recognition system debate
Case Study 2
Now the sold scope of use is for homeland & regional security ……
Scope creep risk – the system use may be expanded:
Eroding privacy
Eventually being used for:
petty crime,
civil cases and a
whole range of purposes unrelated to terrorism.
Facial technology gone wrong -

12. Activity 3
“The more Australia aspires to have greater strategic influence beyond our immediate neighbourhood – that is to say the ability to exert policy influence that is underpinned by military power, we have to invest the resources required, and to be confident that the security benefits outweigh those costs”
DoD, 2009
Aim: Exert strategic / policy influence beyond our immediate neighbourhood
How: Military power
Why: Security
In government, strategies are referred as policies
In private sector, policies are strategy implementation enablers (or control tools), which helps to keep implementation performance and outcomes on track in achieving goals

13. Activity 3
“The more Australia aspires to have greater strategic influence beyond our immediate neighbourhood – that is to say the ability to exert policy influence that is underpinned by military power, we have to invest the resources required, and to be confident that the security benefits outweigh those costs”
DoD, 2009
Aim: Exert strategic / policy influence beyond our immediate neighbourhood
How: Military power
Why: Security
Q1. Do you consider it essential for Australia to aspire to have greater strategic influence beyond its immediate neighbourhood through enhanced military capability?
Q2. Will it have any impacts on Australian owned IB operations? m