COVID-19 and the PICs: Where to from here?
PARMENDRA SHARMA | Economies around the world—small, large, developing, developed, emerging—all sizes and types—are now at some point in the post-COVID-19 economic recovery… Read More
May, 2020
Pyongyang might be ready for a helping hand from Seoul
Pride may get in the way, but mutual success against the coronavirus offers a strong foundation for cooperation. Read More
Does finance matter for health in the Pacific Island countries?
Literature has established that finance matters for a country’s economic growth; does it matter for health as well? Studies investigating this question are emerging—this study… Read More
Future defence national mobilisations and COVID-19
National mobilisation, the purposeful use of society’s resources to defend Australia and its interests, has been prominent in the managing of the 2020 pandemic. A deep analysis of this is a post-COVID-19 task but some matters relevant to thinking about future defence national mobilisations are already evident explains Griffith University’s Dr Peter Layton. Read More
The prospects for China’s post–COVID-19 economy
Big questions loom around how China can jump-start growth after the coronavirus crisis and the US trade war. Optimists hope that Beijing will summon a massive infrastructure stimulus, triggering a commodity boom, as happened after the global financial crisis in 2009. Griffith Asia Institute, Industry Fellow, Rowan Callick. Read More
In the age of the COVID-19 crisis, have journalists become the new diplomats?
Bradley McConachie describes an expanded role of journalists in the era of COVID-19 and discusses the effects. Read More
Weekly Pacific Bulletin
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Tensions in Port Moresby Tensions in Port Moresby rose after a senior police officer was killed by off… Read More
Cold War nuclear-powered hypersonic missiles: A successful failed innovation
Russia’s testing of an SSC-X-9 Skyfall hypersonic weapon has rekindled interest in a largely forgotten Cold War technology: nuclear-powered air power. In this article, Peter Layton looks at the history of US development of nuclear-powered weapons in the 1950s and 1960s. In doing so, he highlights that successful innovation does not necessarily require a system to be operationally fielded. Read More
Australians open their homes to international students left destitute by the coronavirus shutdown
Thousands of international students in Australia have been left without work and government support during the coronavirus crisis. Many will at least be offered a welcoming home thanks to hundreds of generous Australians. Read More
International anarchy and failure to cope with COVID-19
The perils of anarchy, the failure of global governance and the tragedy of great power rivalries explain why the world is feckless in coping with the pandemic says Griffith Asia Researcher, Kai He Read More
