Israel embassy issue costs Australia’s farmers
Thursday
13th December
2018
What’s really at stake in the stand-off between Canberra and Jakarta over the potential relocation of the Australian embassy…
Category Archive: Feature series
Regional wrap
Thursday
29th November
2018
The last fortnight witnessed the most coherent manifestation of what’s being touted as the new cold war between the US…
It’s time to fill Asia’s arms control void
Friday
23rd November
2018
Asia urgently needs new diplomatic initiatives aimed at reducing nuclear dangers and preventing arms racing in the region. There’s a…
China needs its neighbours as US threatens a new cold war
Friday
16th November
2018
Just like when it suffered diplomatic isolation after the 1989 crackdown, China will need its Asian neighbours to weather growing…
Regional wrap
Friday
16th November
2018
The last fortnight proved to be an action-packed one, with many significant developments taking place in the Indo-Pacific region. Australia…
Do FDI inflows increase income inequality in APEC developing economies?
Wednesday
14th November
2018
The effects of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) are widely debated in academic, policymaking and development circles. In a time of…
Explainer: how international competition affects how much you earn
Thursday
1st November
2018
The slump in wage growth is not just an Australian phenomenon – wage growth in most advanced economies has been …
Compulsory voting and ethnic diversity increase invalid voting while corruption does not: An analysis of 417 parliamentary elections in 73 countries
Friday
26th October
2018
Voting is the most fundamental way for citizens to influence who gets to govern their country. At the same time,…
Regional wrap
Thursday
4th October
2018
The last fortnight was marked by an escalation of tensions between the US and China in various domains. A US…
China’s international influence
Tuesday
2nd October
2018
China under Xi no longer looks to Soviet or Western models, but exudes confidence in its own model. This article…