Adani’s downfall – how a leading member of India’s Billionaire Raj fell victim to a stock market rout
YAN ISLAM | In 2018, James Crabtree, wrote a tome on India entitled ‘The Billionaire Raj’. His concern was that India, characterized… Read More
Commentary
Southeast Asia snapshot #44
SOVINDA PO | Political update in Myanmar Myanmar has now been under junta control for two years. Even in the face of international… Read More
Chinese grey zone spy balloons over the American heartland
PETER LAYTON | Bizarrely, the Chinese have sent a high-flying spy balloon deep into the American heartland. The logic is that such balloons fly more… Read More
Reform versus remittances? Pacific states, leadership, and economic reform
SEAN JACOBS | Remittances are often put forward as a solution to poverty alleviation efforts in Pacific island countries – a “win-win for Australia… Read More
Australia’s return to must-win wars
PETER LAYTON | It’s been a long time since Australia fought to win a war. Famed military historian David Horner has tied it down… Read More
Southeast Asia snapshot #43
SOVINDA PO | Political purge in Vietnam The Vietnamese Communist Party has experienced some instability with two Deputy Prime Ministers stepping down… Read More
Privatising Poverty Series Part 5: A uniquely appropriate caricature
Economy, Privatising poverty, Ron Bevacqua, Read More
Uplifting women in the kava industry not a break in Pacific tradition
NIKKI RICHARDSON | In some parts of Vanuatu, women are still forbidden from entering a nakamal, or ‘kava bar’, as it is traditionally… Read More
Discussions about Pacific aid need to go beyond the instrumental and local voices must be heard
HANNAH MCNICOL | After signing a security deal with China in April and a $100 million deal with Chinese telecommunications giant… Read More
Welcome to the Year of the Rabbit!
COLIN MACKERRAS | On 22 January 2023, we celebrate the Chinese New Year, moving from the Year of the Tiger to the Year… Read More
