Regional wrap
Concerns about the Chinese Communist Party’s nefariously growing interference into the region (and Australia’s) domestic politics, society and academy dominated the headlines Down Under this… Read More
Region | India and South Asia
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View our expert commentary and informed analysis on the latest developments in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan.
Nepal’s border pains: burning effigies of Modi and Xi
Earlier this week, some agitated Nepalese youths poured onto streeets and burnt effigies of Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping – executive heads of two neighboring… Read More
Return of the Rajapaksas: Sri Lanka elects Gotabaya Rajapaksa as its next President
On 17 November 2019, former Defence Chief and brother of the former two-time president Mahinda Rajapaksa, Gotabaya Rajapaksa won the Sri Lankan presidential election… Read More
Reinterpreting Australia’s historic engagement with Asia
Commonwealth Responsibility and Cold War Solidarity (ANU Press, 2019) challenges the orthodoxy that genuine Australian engagement with Asia began only in the 1980s. In this… Read More
India’s clever alliances with island states
IAN HALL | As India struggles to manage China’s economic and diplomatic influence in its immediate neighbourhood, it has recently made progress in… Read More
One belt, one road, many tests
The eyes of the world are on Asia and the Pacific islands as never before. This is where the world’s main dramas are being played… Read More
Reflections on Pakistan’s rural economy in the wake of the government’s agreement with the IMF
YAN ISLAM | I was recently invited by the Pakistan Office of the ILO, based in Islamabad, to support the work of one… Read More
Floating farms of Bangladesh: A home-grown strategy to adapt to climate change
YAN ISLAM | Bangladesh is highly vulnerable to climate change. Flooding regularly affects about 1 million people. One prediction is that by 2050… Read More
Regional wrap
The past fortnight saw plenty of action in the Indo-Pacific. The most relevant, from an Australian perspective, was news that China may be leasing… Read More
Quality infrastructure and natural disaster resiliency
Extreme disasters have become more frequent in recent years, with some observers believing that this effect is partially due to climate change. Although fewer… Read More
