Economic informality in Pacific island countries
Friday
12th March
2021
Anyone who has travelled to Southeast Asia knows that cities such as Jakarta and Bangkok display a rich variety of…
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Looking beyond Ukraine: A view from Australia
Friday
11th February
2022
ELIZABETH BUCHANAN | Writing on current geopolitical affairs, let alone trying to predict what 125,000 Russian troops will do…
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Thursday
5th November
2020
The past fortnight may well have been the prologue to the most consequential event this year, and perhaps, this decade.
Stoking the fire of Asia-Pacific missile proliferation
Wednesday
15th July
2020
Despite the justifications, Australia’s plan to acquire long-range missiles won’t make the country or the region safer. Dr Tanya Ogilvie-White…
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…
Age of uncertainty for Asia Pacific
Tuesday
24th July
2018
Our Asia-Pacific region is continuing to drive global economic growth as the new financial year sets off. But beneath…
Blocking trade paths hurts economies and makes everyone a loser
Monday
31st October
2016
Anti-globalisation sentiment has found political voice in many developed economies since the global financial crisis, most loudly in the US,…
There is much for Australia to admire about neighbour Singapore
Friday
1st July
2016
Just as England was known as “the land without music” in Europe early last century, so Australia is on track…
The pitfalls of Asia-Pacific geopolitics: Japan-South Korea ‘Comfort Women’ Deal bound to backfire
Wednesday
6th January
2016
On 28 December the Japanese and South Korean Foreign Ministers announced a major diplomatic breakthrough toward the resolution of…
8th international Asia Pacific Writers and Translators’ conference
Tuesday
3rd November
2015
APWT – ‘A Profoundly Important Organization’ Asia Pacific Writers and Translators, a regional literary network started a decade ago at…