Asia and Pacific

Digital Asia links: Alibaba & Chinese arms, QQ, Modi's app, smartphone shopping and more
The Asia Pacific is the most dynamic digital landscape in the world, home to the fastest adopters of new technologies and the largest concentration of mobile and social media…
Address by Peter Varghese AO - An Australian world view: A practitioner's perspective
Speeches
Address by Peter Varghese AO - An Australian world view: A practitioner's perspective
On 20 August 2015, the Lowy Institute hosted an address from Peter Varghese AO, Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Mr Varghese presented his…
Things look bad for Indonesia's economy, but don't expect rapid reform
Arianto Patunru and Sjamsu Rahardja's recent insightful Lowy Institute Analysis, Trade Protectionism in Indonesia: Bad Times and Bad Policy, invokes 'Sadli's Law', named for early…
Hegemon: Wargaming the South China Sea
Hegemon is a wickedly interactive multi-player/multi-round geostrategic game devised by the Potomac Foundation. Each player represents a country, fielding certain economic and…
How did Chinese media react to Abe's World War II speech?
By Marie-Alice McLean-Dreyfus, an intern with the Lowy Institute's East Asia Program. According to Chinese media outlets, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's speech on 14 August…
China's world view, in 6 parts
Commentary
China's world view, in 6 parts
China's worldview, in 6 partsMerriden VarrallThe Straits Times12 June 2015Click here for the online text. Merriden Varrall
This week in Jakarta: Supersemar, cabinet reshuffle and hip hop economics
A Suharto family foundation was ordered to repay millions in embezzled state funds, Jokowi's cabinet ministers underwent a long-awaited reshuffle and the central bank chief put a…
Digital Asia links: #Tianjin, Myanmar flood app, Tinder in North Korea & more
The Asia Pacific is the most dynamic digital landscape in the world, home to the fastest adopters of new technologies and the largest concentration of mobile and social media…
Taliban factionalism rises after Mullah Omar's death
The recent confirmation of the death of Mullah Mohammed Omar, the symbolic leader of the Taliban, has added fresh uncertainty to Afghanistan's fledgling peace process.  There were…
Dredging fleet shores up Beijing's position in South China Sea and beyond
By Dr Andrew Erickson, Associate Professor at the US Naval War College,  and Research Intern Kevin Bond at the China Maritime Studies Institute, US Naval War College China's…