Kipling’s Burma and Myanmar’s Kipling
ANDREW SELTH | He knew little about the country, but colonised the West’s imagination about it. The Indian Institute of Advanced Study and the… Read More
2016
John Howard delivers Inaugural Asia Lecture
More photos from the Inaugural Asia Lecture are available on our Griffith Asia Institute… Read More
China’s crisis behavior: Political survival and foreign policy
The rise of China is one of the most dynamic political phenomena in world politics in the 21st century. As David Shambaugh, a prominent China… Read More
China and the Panama Papers
The recent massive leak of data from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca shows that greater China constitutes the single largest market for the secretive… Read More
Ashton Carter in New Delhi: Inching forward with US-India defence diplomacy
IAN HALL | This week Ashton Carter, US Defence Secretary, visited India, heading first to Goa, the home state of his Indian counterpart, Manohar… Read More
The forgiveness dilemma: Emotions and justice at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal
RENÉE JEFFERY | In post-conflict politics, the practice of forgiveness is marked by a serious dilemma. For its proponents, forgiveness is the panacea for… Read More
China’s great big, very capable fighter force
PETER LAYTON | China’s rapid economic growth over the last two decades has allowed the country to significantly modernise its defence forces – and none… Read More
SPSG engages with regional central banks
Griffith Asia Institute’s South Pacific Studies Group (SPSG) is pioneering new research by actively engaging with regional central banks. Recognising a need for Australia to… Read More
Perspectives:Asia | ‘Democracy, meritocracy, or both? The case of China’
Westerns tend to separate the political world into ‘good’ democracies and ‘bad’ authoritarian leaders. However the Chinese political model does not fit into the Western… Read More
Perspectives:Asia seminar – ‘Insights Indonesia’
A video recording of the Perspectives:Asia seminar ‘Insights Indonesia’ seminar is now available on our Perspectives:Asia event website. George Roberts, Journalist, ABC News Queensland spoke at… Read More
