November, 2015

2015 Australia – Indonesia Dialogue

Griffith Asia Institute and The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) jointly hosted the 3rd Australia-Indonesia Dialogue in Brisbane, Australia on 9-10 September 2015. The aim… Read More

Mr Jokowi goes to Washington

When the Indonesian president, Mr Jokowi, set off for Washington on 25 October, expectations about the outcomes of the visit were not especially high. While… Read More

The Ma Xi meeting: A Taiwan perspective

Who are the players? Xi Jinping is president of the People’s Republic of China and head of the Chinese Communist Party; the PRC is a… Read More

The Xi Ma meeting: Implications for regional security

President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic China and President Ma Ying-jeou of the Republic of China in Taiwan conducted a historic meeting in Singapore on November… Read More

Griffith-Hanban partnership on the Tourism Confucius Institute renewed

Griffith Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian O’Connor and Pro Vice-Chancellor (International) Professor Sarah Todd recently visited Hanban Headquarters in Beijing and met with Mr Wang Yongli, Deputy… Read More

The theatre of authoritarian elections: why Myanmar is going to the polls

On Sunday, Myanmar will conduct general elections for its regional and state assemblies, and the lower and upper houses of the national parliament. This marks… Read More

Reflections of six weeks of fieldwork in Cambodia

Lucy West, a PhD candidate and 2015 recipient of the GAI Conference and Travel Grant for HDR students, recently returned from 6 weeks fieldwork in… Read More

China’s one child policy lifted

In China, couples have been limited to one child for more than thirty years due to the country’s legislation. Recently, China’s communist party lifted that… Read More

8th international Asia Pacific Writers and Translators’ conference

APWT – ‘A Profoundly Important Organization’ Asia Pacific Writers and Translators, a regional literary network started a decade ago at the Griffith Asia Institute, recently… Read More

Restless Continent: Wealth, Rivalry and Asia’s New Geopolitics public lecture

At a public lecture held at Griffith’s Queensland College of Art on 28 October, 2015, Professor Michael Wesley, Director of the Coral Bell School of Asia… Read More

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