Coral Bell and the ‘concert of powers’ problem
Wednesday
22nd November
2017
IAN HALL | The End of the Vasco da Gama Era is vintage Coral Bell: bold and trenchant, with…
Posts by Griffith Asia Institute
How should Australia defend itself against a rising China?
Monday
20th November
2017
PETER LAYTON | The rise of China is the big international relations issue of our time. Unsurprisingly then, various solutions…
Support for decentralisation and political Islam go together in Indonesia
Monday
13th November
2017
Decentralized governance has been a key feature of Indonesian democratization. With the laws on regional autonomy (otonomi daerah) implemented in…
Why India should be wary about celebrating its ranking in the latest ‘Doing Business’ report
Friday
3rd November
2017
YAN ISLAM | The much-noted flagship publication of the World Bank Doing Business (DB) was publicly unveiled recently.
Achieving the China dream or facing a minsky moment: China after the 19th party congress
Monday
30th October
2017
HUI FENG | While the 19th party congress confirmed President Xi Jinping’s grip of power at the top echelon of…
Reading between the lines of North Korea’s letter
Wednesday
25th October
2017
PETER LAYTON | The Foreign Affairs Committee of the DPRK Supreme People’s Assembly has been busy sending open letters to…
Other peoples’ air power: Air superiority without fast jets
Tuesday
24th October
2017
PETER LAYTON | Say ‘air superiority’ and people instinctively think of highly manoeuvrable aircraft, silk-scarfed fighter pilots, the Battle…
On a Trumpian track for the next Middle East war
Monday
23rd October
2017
PETER LAYTON | In some respects, US President Donald Trump and the Iranian theocratic regime deserve each other. Neither respect…
Populism, globalisation and the failure of elites
Friday
20th October
2017
MICHAEL HEAZLE AND JOHN KANE | Sam Roggeveen argues that the real challenge to globalisation and openness and immigration…
Belt and Road: The case for ‘wait and see’
Wednesday
18th October
2017
IAN HALL | Nick Bisley is right to call for a clearer – and I would add more confident –…