Coral Bell and the ‘concert of powers’ problem
IAN HALL | The End of the Vasco da Gama Era is vintage Coral Bell: bold and trenchant, with plenty on which both academics… Read More
November, 2017
How should Australia defend itself against a rising China?
PETER LAYTON | The rise of China is the big international relations issue of our time. Unsurprisingly then, various solutions have been suggested to the… Read More
APEC leaders’ meeting exposes policy fault line
With differing views on trade, multilateralism and the future of APEC itself, the latest APEC leaders’ meeting presented much more to think about than the… Read More
Support for decentralisation and political Islam go together in Indonesia
Decentralized governance has been a key feature of Indonesian democratization. With the laws on regional autonomy (otonomi daerah) implemented in 2001, local governments acquired substantial… Read More
Meet the mastermind behind Xi Jinping’s power
The conclusion of the recent Communist Party congress in China has turned the world’s spotlight on a hitherto elusive figure, the 62-year-old scholar-turned-official, Wang Huning. Read More
Why India should be wary about celebrating its ranking in the latest ‘Doing Business’ report
YAN ISLAM | The much-noted flagship publication of the World Bank Doing Business (DB) was publicly unveiled recently. This became cause for celebration… Read More
The rise of #Xiplomacy and China’s strategic narrative
It’s been nearly two months since China’s official media agency Xinhua debuted #Xiplomacy on Twitter. Xinhua, with a weighty 11 million Twitter followers, initially… Read More
