Regional wrap
The past fortnight would be best described as surreal and bizarre; surreal because one witnessed leaders of countries seemingly hostile to each other dining nonchalantly… Read More
2019
One small step for a President, one giant leap for Pyongyang
Trump’s unexpected gesture may have been the only way to get talks back on track. US President Donald Trump has found a gesture that could… Read More
At the G20, a focus on sideshow diplomacy and photo opps, with limited material gains
CAITLIN BYRNE | What a weekend it’s been: global leadership, diplomacy and theatrics, all at play on the world stage. US President Donald Trump… Read More
Asia Future Fellows – Brisbane program 2019
The annual Asia Future Fellows Program is a Griffith and Peking University global exchange initiative designed exclusively for undergraduate students where a select group of… Read More
No longer in a cleft stick: India and Australia in the Indo-Pacific
India has assumed far greater prominence in Australian strategic thinking in recent times, as a potential economic and political counterweight to China. While Australia’s Indo-Pacific… Read More
Beyond ‘balancing’: alternative US grand strategies for dealing with China and Russia
PETER LAYTON | It’s time to start paying attention. The US–China spat is doubling down. The hardline speeches given by Chinese Defence… Read More
The great Indian GDP debate: Has the former Chief Economic Adviser got it right?
YAN ISLAM | Arvind Subramanian, now at Harvard and the Petersen Institute for International Economics, was the former Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) to the… Read More
Diplomatic intelligence
ANDREW SELTH | When I joined the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs in 1973, my fellow trainees and I were told that diplomatic receptions… Read More
Regional wrap
This fortnight, millions of Hong Kongers took to the streets to protest against a proposed bill that would allow them to be extradited to… Read More
Pressure builds with more protests in Hong Kong, but what’s the end game?
CAITLIN BYRNE | The latest protests in Hong Kong on Sunday, which organisers said brought some 2 million people to the streets, represented yet another… Read More
