International anarchy and failure to cope with COVID-19
Tuesday
12th May
2020
The perils of anarchy, the failure of global governance and the tragedy of great power rivalries explain why the world…
Category Archive: Commentary
Contested Multilateralism 2.0 and Asia-Pacific security
Monday
15th May
2017
After the 2008-2009 GFC, major powers (including the United States and China) were either reinvigorating existing institutions or initiating new…
The prospects for China’s post–COVID-19 economy
Thursday
14th May
2020
Big questions loom around how China can jump-start growth after the coronavirus crisis and the US trade war. Optimists hope…
Pyongyang might be ready for a helping hand from Seoul
Friday
15th May
2020
Pride may get in the way, but mutual success against the coronavirus offers a strong foundation for cooperation.
Sick refugee takes on Peter Dutton over coronavirus detention fears
Monday
27th April
2020
A refugee in immigration detention has launched a High Court challenge against Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton and his department…
COVID-19 and South East Asia: the week that was
Monday
27th April
2020
Cambodia receives 16 tonnes of medical supplies from China Indonesia's President bans mudik Philippines extends lockdown in several provinces across…
Even Xi not immune from politics of corona
Tuesday
28th April
2020
Xi Jinping has his mojo back. Since his seeming struggle to respond coherently to the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan at…
Is this the Kindleberger moment?
Friday
1st May
2020
Covid-19 exposes a power vacuum where exceptionalism and tinfoil hat conspiracy theories go hand in hand.
Future defence national mobilisations and COVID-19
Thursday
14th May
2020
National mobilisation, the purposeful use of society’s resources to defend Australia and its interests, has been prominent in the managing…
Cold War nuclear-powered hypersonic missiles: A successful failed innovation
Tuesday
12th May
2020
Russia’s testing of an SSC-X-9 Skyfall hypersonic weapon has rekindled interest in a largely forgotten Cold War technology: nuclear-powered air…