Trump’s Pakistan challenge
Monday
29th January
2018
For incoming US presidents, the alliance with Pakistan can seem to be a poisoned chalice. Does Trump’s 3am promise of …
Category Archive: Region | India and South Asia
The 2018 Raisina Dialogue: What significance for Australia?
Tuesday
23rd January
2018
CAITLIN BYRNE | Geopolitics is back, with hard power as its driving force and the Indo-Pacific its centre stage.
America’s unending Pakistan predicament
Thursday
11th January
2018
As political developments in Pakistan gather steam following Nawaz Sharif’s dismissal and the unfolding military’s schema for “mainstreaming” the Jihadi…
India in Australia’s evolving Indo-Pacific outlook
Thursday
30th November
2017
IAN HALL | Few differences between the 2003 Foreign Policy White Paper and the 2017 version are as stark…
Why India should be wary about celebrating its ranking in the latest ‘Doing Business’ report
Friday
3rd November
2017
YAN ISLAM | The much-noted flagship publication of the World Bank Doing Business (DB) was publicly unveiled recently.
India’s growth slowdown: Reflections of the Reserve Bank
Saturday
14th October
2017
YAN ISLAM | India’s recent growth slowdown has elicited a lively national discussion – see here, for example. It…
Comparing development indicators: Revisiting the Sen-Dreze thesis of India’s ‘uncertain glory’
Tuesday
10th October
2017
YAN ISLAM | In 2013, Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen and his co-author Jean Dreze published their treatise on India’s…
Limiting China’s future strategic predominance
Tuesday
12th September
2017
PETER LAYTON | Mr Peter Varghese AO, recently retired Department of Foreign Affairs head, has laid out his vision…
Doklam, the diplomacy of anger, and the Sino-Indian standoff
Monday
11th September
2017
IAN HALL | The ten-week standoff between Chinese and Indian troops in Doklam, in territory disputed by the People’s Republic…
A Contested Asia: What comes after US strategic predominance?
Friday
8th September
2017
2017 Griffith Asia Lecture by Mr Peter Varghese AO, Chancellor, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 6 September 2017…