When peace meets politics: Why Yunus backed Machado
IYANATUL ISLAM | Why did Yunus, a global icon from Bangladesh, embrace the controversial Machado, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025?… Read More
SDG 16 Peace, justice and strong institutions
Goal 16 aims to foster peaceful and inclusive societies, ensure justice for all, and establish effective, transparent, and inclusive institutions at every level. It seeks to create an environment where people, regardless of their ethnicity, faith, or sexual orientation, can live free from fear and feel safe in their daily lives, free from violence.
Griffith University is aligned with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and committed to tackling global challenges around SDG 16 peace, justice and strong institutions. Below are some of our outputs supporting this goal.
Soft balancing China: India’s evolving strategy
IAN HALL | In June 2020, high in the Himalayas at Galwan in Ladakh, twenty Indian soldiers and an unknown number of Chinese troops were… Read More
Borrowing in the shadows: Unpacking Singapore’s illegal loan market
KEVIN LANG, KAIWEN LEONG, HUAILU LI AND HAIBO XU | Despite the scale and impact of illegal moneylending in middle- and high-income economies,… Read More
Listening, learning, leading: Pacific pathways to prevent violence against women and girls
STEPHANIE COPUS CAMPBELL, KYLLIE CRIPPS, SARA E DAVIES, JANE FISHER, ASHER FLYNN, SAUI’S LOUISE MATAIA MILO, NALINI SINGH AND JACQUI TRUE Violence against… Read More
No time to waste–transforming challenges into opportunities for sustainable leadership
CHRISTOPH NEDOPIL, GLORIA GE AND DIAN TJONDRONEGORO | There is no time to waste. As we finalised the Griffith Asia Pacific… Read More
China’s stock markets under the lens: Transparency, regulation, and synchronicity
SHIJUN GUO AND FANG HU | Transparency in financial markets is a cornerstone of investor confidence and market efficiency. The assumption that investors… Read More
Living with uncertainty in Pacific island countries: Where to turn?
PETER DIROU, LUKE FORAU AND PARMENDRA SHARMA | 30 MINUTE READ | Download PDF Introduction A phrase that captures… Read More
Geopolitics, non-traditional security and political dynasties in Southeast Asia
ANDREA HAEFNER AND SOVINDA PO | 30-MINUTE READ | Introduction Download PDF Southeast Asia is at the crossroads of major global… Read More
China in Asia in 2025 – a reliable rock in a stormy sea?
CHRISTOPH NEDOPIL AND JEAN DONG | 20-MINUTE READ | Download PDF Introduction We are living in an era of constant surprises and shifting power… Read More
Xiexie (thank you) Trump: How China stands to gain from Trump’s second term
CHRISTOPH NEDOPIL | For nearly eight decades, the United States has dominated the international order, setting the rules for global diplomacy, trade, security, and… Read More
