Regional wrap
Thursday
4th July
2019
The past fortnight would be best described as surreal and bizarre; surreal because one witnessed leaders of countries seemingly hostile…
Archive: 2019
One small step for a President, one giant leap for Pyongyang
Thursday
4th July
2019
Trump’s unexpected gesture may have been the only way to get talks back on track. US President Donald Trump has…
At the G20, a focus on sideshow diplomacy and photo opps, with limited material gains
Tuesday
2nd July
2019
CAITLIN BYRNE | What a weekend it’s been: global leadership, diplomacy and theatrics, all at play on the world…
Asia Future Fellows – Brisbane program 2019
Monday
1st July
2019
The annual Asia Future Fellows Program is a Griffith and Peking University global exchange initiative designed exclusively for undergraduate students…
No longer in a cleft stick: India and Australia in the Indo-Pacific
Friday
28th June
2019
India has assumed far greater prominence in Australian strategic thinking in recent times, as a potential economic and political counterweight…
Beyond ‘balancing’: alternative US grand strategies for dealing with China and Russia
Thursday
27th June
2019
PETER LAYTON | It’s time to start paying attention. The US–China spat is doubling down. The hardline speeches given by…
The great Indian GDP debate: Has the former Chief Economic Adviser got it right?
Wednesday
26th June
2019
YAN ISLAM | Arvind Subramanian, now at Harvard and the Petersen Institute for International Economics, was the former Chief…
Diplomatic intelligence
Friday
21st June
2019
ANDREW SELTH | When I joined the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs in 1973, my fellow trainees and I…
Regional wrap
Thursday
20th June
2019
This fortnight, millions of Hong Kongers took to the streets to protest against a proposed bill that would allow…
Pressure builds with more protests in Hong Kong, but what’s the end game?
Wednesday
19th June
2019
CAITLIN BYRNE | The latest protests in Hong Kong on Sunday, which organisers said brought some 2 million people to…