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Australia’s diplomatic language has evolved during a period of instability and risk, but is practice following? Read More
Region | India and South Asia
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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
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
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
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
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
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
India election: National security helped ‘watchman’ Narendra Modi win, but major challenges loom
IAN HALL | India’s recent election campaign was overshadowed by a suicide bombing in Kashmir, retaliatory air strikes against alleged terrorist targets a few days… Read More
Modi’s second term: What it means for the South Pacific
The Bhartiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Narendra Modi has secured his second term as India’s Prime Minister with a landslide victory in the 2019 general elections. Read More
After Modi’s election win, what’s next for India in the Indo-Pacific?
IAN HALL | At the start of 2019, it looked unlikely that Narendra Modi would lead his Bharatiya Janata Party to a win in… Read More
