Griffith Asia Institute brings diplomacy to the table in Malaysia
The Griffith Asia Institute in partnership with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) convened a one-day Diplomacy Roundtable in Penang, Malaysia on Friday… Read More
2018
Fake monitors endorse Cambodia’s sham election
Dubious electoral endorsements are becoming normal for dictators worldwide. Cambodians went to the polls last weekend, but it was a sham of an election, dominated… Read More
Finance and socio-economic development in Fiji
A recent joint study by Reserve Bank of Fiji’s Krishal Prasad and Griffith University’s Parmendra Sharma and Samsul Alam begins to fill the gaps in the… Read More
Burma (Myanmar) since the 1988 uprising: A select bibliography (Third edition)
ANDREW SELTH | When nation-wide pro-democracy demonstrations were crushed by the armed forces in 1988, thrusting Myanmar (Burma) into the world’s headlines, there was… Read More
The case for a free and open Indo-Pacific
IAN HALL | Well before Trump became president, the US’s long-established China policy – a combination of engagement and deterrence sometimes called ‘congagement’ –… Read More
Regional wrap
While the most talked-about development, globally, was the Helsinki Summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Asia Pacific region… Read More
Rupiah’s rough ride – when will it stop?
The Indonesian rupiah has gone through a rough ride this year as the currency continues to weaken against the US dollar. In early May, it… Read More
Establishing people to people links | 2018 Asia Future Fellows
This July, 12 Griffith University students and 10 Peking University students of a plethora of disciplinary backgrounds participated in the Brisbane half of the Asia… Read More
Age of uncertainty for Asia Pacific
Our Asia-Pacific region is continuing to drive global economic growth as the new financial year sets off. But beneath this layer of business as… Read More
To engage China, or balance it? Lessons from a failed grand strategic exercise
PETER LAYTON | How should a great power manage a rival with an authoritarian government, a state-directed capitalist economy, strong mercantilist tendencies and a “leader… Read More
