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  • 8 Jun 2021
    • Pacific Islands
    • Institutions
    • Papua New Guinea

    Samoa’s constitutional crisis and the dangers that have gone before

    Anthony Regan
    Leadership turmoil in Samoa bears striking similarities to a stand-off in Papua New Guinea barely a decade earlier.
  • 12 Mar 2021
    • Global Issues
    • United States
    • US Elections
    • Institutions
    • Myanmar

    A smarter use of voting technology to stop election-related violence

    Iona Main
    Maybe in the search for efficiency we sometimes overcomplicate things, and the better solution is to get back to basics.
  • 23 Jun 2020
    • Pacific Islands
    • Institutions
    • Human rights

    Culture, constitution and controversy in Samoa

    Penelope Schoeffel , Malama Meleisea
    What’s behind the proposed bills to codify Samoan customs in law?
  • 18 Jun 2020
    • Institutions
    • Australia and Asia

    Closing the book on Asia

    James Spigelman
    The National Library of Australia is curtailing its Southeast Asia collection. The move is not in the national interest.
  • 21 Feb 2018
    • Institutions
    • Australia's Economy
    • Foreign Investment in Australia

    International vulnerabilities and opportunities for Australia’s universities

    Melissa Conley Tyler
    Universities need to accept their vulnerability to internationalisation in order to prepare students for the future.
  • 15 Dec 2015
    • Asia and Pacific
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Institutions
    • Regional relationships

    How Australia can use economic diplomacy to get closer to Asia

    Stephen Grenville
  • 17 Jul 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Institutions
    • Regional relationships
    • Country And Regional Studies
    • Asia and the Middle East
    • Geo-economics

    Russia gives way to China in BRICS and SCO

    Sarah Lain
  • 9 Jul 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Institutions
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Multilateral Institutions

    China's record shows it isn't ready for global leadership

    Malcolm Cook
  • 8 Jul 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Institutions
    • Regional relationships
    • Multilateral Institutions
    • China-India Relations

    SCO summit marks steady rise of India in China's worldview

    Dirk van der Kley
  • 2 Jul 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Institutions
    • Geo-economics

    Peak box? Global container trade is slackening

    Julian Snelder
  • 1 Jul 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Institutions
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Emerging Donors
    • Development Assistance

    Beijing should hasten slowly on AIIB

    Mike Callaghan
  • 30 Jun 2015
    • Development Assistance
    • Emerging Donors
    • Asia and Pacific
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australian Perspective
    • Global Economy
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Institutions

    Four observations about the AIIB's Articles of Agreement

    Philippa Brant
  • 27 May 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Institutions
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Emerging Donors

    AIIB: US is not the only loser, and China is not such a big winner

    Robert Wihtol
  • 1 May 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Institutions

    Burma: Police reforms expand women's roles

    Andrew Selth
  • 22 Apr 2015
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Institutions
    • Australia and Asia

    Burma: The return of the 'vigilantes'

    Andrew Selth
  • 17 Apr 2015
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Institutions
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • Digital Disruption
    • Foreign Policy
    • E-diplomacy

    Does Australia do digital diplomacy?

    Danielle Cave
  • 8 Apr 2015
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Institutions
    • International Relations
    • New Caledonia

    French elections reverberate in New Caledonia

    Denise Fisher
  • 1 Apr 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Institutions
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Multilateral Institutions
    • IMF

    Why the AIIB should not be governed like the World Bank and IMF

    Mike Callaghan
  • 31 Mar 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Institutions
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Australia and Asia

    One belt, one road? China's community of common destiny

    Philippa Brant
  • 18 Mar 2015
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Institutions
    • Australia and Asia

    In Malaysia, government demonstrates that it remains in control

    John Funston
  • 17 Mar 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Institutions
    • Regional relationships
    • Global Economic Governance
    • IMF
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • Foreign Policy
    • US-China

    China and the AIIB: Towards a new rules-based order?

    Malcolm Jorgensen
  • 16 Mar 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Institutions
    • Regional relationships
    • Country And Regional Studies
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Australian Development Assistance
    • Multilateral Institutions
    • Australia and Asia
    • US-China

    The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the rise of regionalism

    Stephen Grenville
  • 12 Mar 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Institutions
    • Australian Development Assistance
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • International Relations
    • Australia and Asia
    • Foreign Policy

    Tough road for Asia's women activists

    Elaine Pearson
  • 13 Feb 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Maritime Security
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Institutions
    • Regional relationships
    • China-India Relations
    • US-China

    The US-India convergence

    Shashank Joshi
  • 12 Nov 2014
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Institutions

    Myanmar's big week: A backgrounder

    Brendan Thomas-Noone
  • 10 Nov 2014
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Institutions
    • International Relations

    How the East Asia Summit can achieve its potential

    Nick Bisley
  • 15 Jul 2014
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Institutions

    Alliances in Asia: South Korea unlikely to be lost

    Julian Snelder

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