India elections: who are Narendra Modi’s main rivals – and can they beat him?
IAN HALL | India is heading to the polls in the world’s biggest democratic election and a number of different figures could emerge as India’s… Read More
2019
Containing contagion: The politics of disease outbreaks in South East Asia
SARA E DAVIES | Regional cooperation is important for securing infectious disease outbreak containment. The Ebola crisis in West Africa in 2014-2015 showed we are… Read More
Japan’s very busy fighter force
PETER LAYTON | By international standards, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force is very busy. It scrambles fighters daily to intercept multiple aircraft penetrating Japan’s Air… Read More
Trump, Modi and their Religious Right
IAN HALL | Much divides Donald J Trump and Narendra Modi, but there are similarities between the two leaders and their politics beyond their… Read More
Prototype warfare in the fourth industrial age
PETER LAYTON | A new industrial process is rapidly emerging. This fourth industrial revolution (4IR) based on hyper-connectivity brings with it… Read More
Greening the budget?
Last night’s 2019 federal budget was about tax relief and a hope for a surplus of $7.3 billion by 2020. While… Read More
Covering China a unique dilemma
A new report by public policy organisation China Matters rejects claims that Australia’s media are “anti-China”, explains that reporters’ access in China is uniquely constrained,… Read More
Perspectives:Asia | Mangoro market meri: Women guardians of the mangroves in PNG
Despite a historical and cultural predominance of men in roles of leadership, women are playing a key role in the fight against the large-scale land… Read More
Singapore’s careful F-35 fighter aircraft purchase
PETER LAYTON | Singapore has finally decided to acquire four F-35 aircraft with options for eight more, initially for evaluation purposes. Read More
Regional wrap
There are certain world events that mark a before and after for how we regard some phenomena. Far-right extremism and mass shootings weren’t on the… Read More
