Perspectives:Asia | Japan: From Heisei to Reiwa
Last month Bruce Miller AO, Australia’s former Ambassador to Japan from 2011 – 2017 delivered our Perspectives: Asia seminar reflecting on Japan’s recent imperial transition,… Read More
June, 2019
Another round in PNG’s great game
Papua New Guinea’s new prime minister, James Marape, is virtually unknown in Australia. The lazy excuse is that the country’s leadership changes so often it’s… Read More
Lest we forget the post-election reality: ‘Happiness’ in Modi’s India
YAN ISLAM | Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to another landslide victory in the 2019 Indian elections that was… Read More
Regional wrap
The last fortnight was one of those never-ending ones, where Indo-Pacific watchers witnessed the unfolding of spectacular geopolitical developments with long-term implications for regional security. Read More
Rethinking US grand strategy
PETER LAYTON | Great power competition is today’s defining strategic issue. Crucially this competition is seen as remaining below the… Read More
Australia has voted – what does this mean for the Pacific?
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Not content with watching our elections and those of our Pacific island neighbours, I also kept a fairly close eye… Read More
Ghost of Tiananmen still haunts
However high China’s skyscrapers soar, however huge the economy grows, however hurriedly the belt and road girdle the earth, the blemished history of the country’s… Read More
Japan: From Heisei to Reiwa
Last week, Bruce Miller AO, Australia’s former Ambassador to Japan delivered our Perspectives: Asia seminar reflecting on Japan’s recent imperial transition, and the significance of the shift from the Heisei to… Read More
