Roberts, Christopher B.Carr, Andrew2021-03-302021-03-302208-7303http://hdl.handle.net/1885/228746In this Centre of Gravity paper, Christopher B. Roberts, Director of the National Asian Studies Centre at the University of Canberra and a Visiting Fellow at the Strategic & Defence Studies Centre, argues that Francis Fukuyama’s famous ‘end of history’ thesis is being challenged by China’s rise. Beijing’s capitalist authoritarian approach to development and international influence is now threatening Indo-Pacific stability.14 pagesapplication/pdfen-AU© 2018 ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centrehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/2018-09Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)