Regional wrap
Thursday
5th December
2019
Concerns about the Chinese Communist Party’s nefariously growing interference into the region (and Australia’s) domestic politics, society and…
Category Archive: Feature series
The power of the ballot box
Thursday
28th November
2019
The remarkable people of Hong Kong — long written off by outsiders as conformists focused on turning a buck —…
Nepal’s border pains: burning effigies of Modi and Xi
Friday
22nd November
2019
Earlier this week, some agitated Nepalese youths poured onto streeets and burnt effigies of Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping –…
Return of the Rajapaksas: Sri Lanka elects Gotabaya Rajapaksa as its next President
Tuesday
19th November
2019
On 17 November 2019, former Defence Chief and brother of the former two-time president Mahinda Rajapaksa, Gotabaya…
Developing lifelong friendship and connections: 2019 Asia Future Fellows program
Wednesday
13th November
2019
The Asia Future Fellows program is a unique and invaluable experience that brings together students from both Griffith…
Nuclear deterrence and the US–Australia alliance
Wednesday
20th November
2019
Speaking at the Hudson Institute in Washington two weeks ago, Defence Minister Linda Reynolds affirmed Australia’s readiness to…
Asia Pacific 2020 economic outlook
Friday
15th November
2019
Australia’s Asia-Pacific neighbourhood has remained the main growth engine of the world economy this year, which also marks…
Chile will not host APEC and COP-25 amidst social uprising
Tuesday
12th November
2019
Chile’s refusal to host the APEC and COP-25 summits is indicative of wider systemic issues plaguing the Latin American country.
Engaging the Koreas on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
Wednesday
30th October
2019
Wait! I know that isn’t a sexy title. But the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of…
One belt, one road, many tests
Wednesday
6th November
2019
The eyes of the world are on Asia and the Pacific islands as never before. This is where the world’s…