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Tribute to Professor Russell Trood

Acting Vice Chancellor, Professor Martin Betts, has led tributes from Griffith University to Professor Russell Trood. The former Director of the Griffith Asia Institute… Read More

Don’t give up on the US in Asia just yet

MICHAEL HEAZLE | Contrary to Hugh White’s argument that we’re better off appeasing China than risk going to war with Donald Trump, we are… Read More

A new approach to security in East Asia

The security situation in East Asia is precarious. There is the possibility that a war over regional supremacy may take place between China and Japan;… Read More

Should Australia be more open to foreign investment?

On Thursday 3 November the APEC Study Centre (ASC) at Griffith co-hosted with Morgans Financial Ltd a downtown symposium on “Should Australia Be More Open… Read More

Zika and Ebola had a much worse effect on women: we need more research to address this in future

SARA E DAVIES AND BELINDA BENNETT | Outbreaks of the Ebola virus – declared as a public health emergency in 2015 – and, more… Read More

Blocking trade paths hurts economies and makes everyone a loser

Anti-globalisation sentiment has found political voice in many developed economies since the global financial crisis, most loudly in the US, where not one major contender… Read More

Accompanying His Excellency Dr Ramos Horta: former President of Timor Leste and Nobel Peace Prize recipient

On behalf of the Griffith Asia Institute (GAI), I had the pleasure of hosting Dr Ramos Horta at the Integrity 20 Conference in Brisbane on… Read More

Elections without democracy in Southeast Asia

Why Southeast Asia is a region with many elections but little democratisation. Democracy in Southeast Asia is on the defensive. A recent map of “… Read More

After the mining boom, China continues to give Australian living standards a boost

During the mining boom there was never any doubt that China was raising Australian living standards. That consensus started to change in 2011 when the… Read More

The G20 Australian Presidency and Summit Planning?

National leaders regularly attend summits. The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation annual APEC Economic Leaders’ meeting will bring heads-of-government to Lima Peru in November 2016. The… Read More