Paul Monk is the author of eleven books, from his path-breaking 2005 book on the rise of China, Thunder From the Silent Zone: Rethinking China, to his latest book of love poetry, The Three Graces: Companionship, Discretion, Passion (2022). He has featured on both radio and television for many years as a respected commentator on international affairs. He has been a frequent and authoritative contributor to major print media for twenty-five years. He is a speaker on topics ranging from espionage and national security to the implications of the rise in Chinese power, religion in a secular age, the nature of Western civilisation and educating young minds for the 21st century world.