28 Mar 2024
Replenishing the Asian Development Bank in the Pacific
A strong replenishment of the bank’s grant financing arm would serve the Pacific well.
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8 Feb 2021
Pacific development outlook for 2021
The economic toll of the pandemic will take years to recover from, but signs of progress are starting to appear. -
8 Feb 2021
What APEC has to offer in 2021
No panacea, certainly, but a newly engaged United States might see APEC as just the right forum to work with the region. -
27 Aug 2020
Economic diplomacy: Spilled milk and foreign wages
The government blocks a sale to a Chinese dairy firm, overseas remittances stay afloat, and ministers talk frameworks. -
13 Aug 2020
Economic diplomacy: A call to syringes, not arms
Australia looks to navigate a recession, global business faces routine disruptions, and war is cheaper than a pandemic. -
5 Aug 2020
The way to post-Covid recovery in the Indo-Pacific? Act now
If Australia wants to see future stability in the region, it needs to find ways to help today, not down the track. -
7 Feb 2020
Brexit and the Pacific: Sink or swim?
Growing UK presence in the Pacific Islands aims to boost prosperity, but a range of factors could tip the balance. -
14 Nov 2018
The challenges facing APEC leaders
A tense geopolitical environment is the backdrop to the upcoming leaders’ summit, with US-China rivalry on display. -
19 Sep 2017
Managing economic risk in Asia: A strategy for Australia
Much more active capital-flow management would reduce the likelihood of crisis. -
18 Sep 2017
Using economic diplomacy to reduce financial risks in Asia
The IMF will remain important, particularly for dealing with deeper crises. But it risks becoming less central and an increasingly last resort. -
27 Jul 2017
Economic diplomacy brief: Intelligence Review, econocrats back RCEP, in thrall to China and more
Business has been called on to be a key player in an intriguing, new and more contestable approach to intelligence gathering and analysis. -
1 Jun 2017
Economic diplomacy brief: TPP 11 vs RCEP, Asian banks and economic nationalism
This week's column examines how the TPP 11 and RECP proposals could compete for attention ahead of Australia's summit of South East Asian leaders next year. -
10 Apr 2017
Economic diplomacy brief: Asian economic outlook, India relations, state investment and more
Trapped no longer: Asia's emerging economies given an out, Turnbull in India, and David Irvine take the reins at the FIRB, -
9 Mar 2017
Economic diplomacy brief: Asian infrastructure, Indonesian trade and Trump management
China walks the talk on infrastructure spending, Chinese tourists overtake Australians in Bali, and two different views on Trump and the global economy. -
13 Feb 2017
Why Asia still needs a development bank
A dramatic increase in lending (up almost threefold from the year 2000) will increase pressure on the ADB to approve new loans and create a pipeline of bankable projects. -
22 Nov 2016
APEC: Staggering past relevance
Long-winded declarations reflect an absence of consensus; the veneer of cooperation rather than its substance. -
3 Nov 2016
Economic diplomacy brief: Train wars, ANZ exit, ASEAN talks, trade trouble, Bahasa lessons and more
If the anti-trade rhetoric from the US election campaign looks bad, the reality is the numbers seem to be tracking even worse. -
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15 Oct 2015
China's Belt and Road initiative likely to bypass Australia
The vast array of investments is emerging as one of the key foreign policy priorities of Xi Jinping's presidency. -
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