Kevin Rudd
Australia
Australian Labor
Australian Ambassador to the United States of America
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Kevin Michael Rudd is an Australian diplomat and former politician who served as the 26th prime minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010 and from June to September 2013, holding office as the leader of the Labor Party. From 2023 to 2026, Rudd was the ambassador of Australia to the United States.
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As Australian Ambassador to the US, he is a key interlocutor in Washington's China policy circles, though not directly named in today's articles.
Pro-reform observers see Rudd as emblematic of the dilemma facing Western democracies: engaging China economically while resisting its transnational repression, as highlighted by the Dalai Lama meeting.