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.

Trilateral dialogue on leadership, partnership and ASEAN centrality in the Indo-Pacific

On 6 August 2019 the Griffith Asia Institute hosted the third Australia-Japan-India Trilateral with the generous support of Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the… Read More

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The events of the past fortnight have led Australians to again reflect on the extent of Chinese influence they’re ready to tolerate on their soil… Read More

Enhancing the intercultural business capabilities of women entrepreneurs from India

DHARA SHAH AND MICHELLE BARKER | India is the fastest growing start-up ecosystem in the world, yet the presence of women within this… Read More

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We’re slowly but surely drifting towards an era of a new Cold War between the US and China and nowhere is it going to be… Read More

How mateship made way for freedom, democracy and rule of law

Australia’s diplomatic language has evolved during a period of instability and risk, but is practice following? Read More

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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

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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