APEC leaders’ meeting exposes policy fault line
With differing views on trade, multilateralism and the future of APEC itself, the latest APEC leaders’ meeting presented much more to think about than the… Read More
Publications
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Support for decentralisation and political Islam go together in Indonesia
Decentralized governance has been a key feature of Indonesian democratization. With the laws on regional autonomy (otonomi daerah) implemented in 2001, local governments acquired substantial… Read More
Meet the mastermind behind Xi Jinping’s power
The conclusion of the recent Communist Party congress in China has turned the world’s spotlight on a hitherto elusive figure, the 62-year-old scholar-turned-official, Wang Huning. Read More
Why India should be wary about celebrating its ranking in the latest ‘Doing Business’ report
YAN ISLAM | The much-noted flagship publication of the World Bank Doing Business (DB) was publicly unveiled recently. This became cause for celebration… Read More
The rise of #Xiplomacy and China’s strategic narrative
It’s been nearly two months since China’s official media agency Xinhua debuted #Xiplomacy on Twitter. Xinhua, with a weighty 11 million Twitter followers, initially… Read More
Achieving the China dream or facing a minsky moment: China after the 19th party congress
HUI FENG | While the 19th party congress confirmed President Xi Jinping’s grip of power at the top echelon of the political system, the newly… Read More
Reading between the lines of North Korea’s letter
PETER LAYTON | The Foreign Affairs Committee of the DPRK Supreme People’s Assembly has been busy sending open letters to various foreign parliaments. … Read More
Other peoples’ air power: Air superiority without fast jets
PETER LAYTON | Say ‘air superiority’ and people instinctively think of highly manoeuvrable aircraft, silk-scarfed fighter pilots, the Battle of Britain and perhaps Top… Read More
On a Trumpian track for the next Middle East war
PETER LAYTON | In some respects, US President Donald Trump and the Iranian theocratic regime deserve each other. Neither respect international agreements, except when it… Read More
Populism, globalisation and the failure of elites
MICHAEL HEAZLE AND JOHN KANE | Sam Roggeveen argues that the real challenge to globalisation and openness and immigration is not cultural (popular prejudice… Read More
