The Asia Pacific's Economies

Using economic diplomacy to reduce financial risks in Asia
Using economic diplomacy to reduce financial risks in Asia
If Australia’s economic future lies in Asia, then managing the risk of financial crises in the region should be a top concern. Especially as any crisis could also have significant…
Economic diplomacy brief: Intelligence Review, econocrats back RCEP, in thrall to China and more
Economic diplomacy brief: Intelligence Review, econocrats back RCEP, in thrall to China and more
Spooky business The 1980s Hope inquiry first put economics on the agenda of Australian intelligence analysis but the latest Intelligence Review has taken this connection much…
Economic diplomacy brief: TPP 11 vs RCEP, Asian banks and economic nationalism
Economic diplomacy brief: TPP 11 vs RCEP, Asian banks and economic nationalism
Summit risks A subtle tussle over priority for Asia’s two nascent new trade groupings is under way with some potentially significant implications for Australia’s summit of South…
Economic diplomacy brief: Asian economic outlook, India relations, state investment and more
Economic diplomacy brief: Asian economic outlook, India relations, state investment and more
Out of the trap It is a subtle change of language, but the Asian Development Bank has just made one of the biggest question marks over the Asian century a little less scary. The…
Economic diplomacy brief: Asian infrastructure, Indonesian trade and Trump management
Economic diplomacy brief: Asian infrastructure, Indonesian trade and Trump management
China walks the walk Australia’s new $300 million infrastructure spending program over 10 years in Indonesia is a relative drop in the bucket compared with the Asian Development…
Why Asia still needs a development bank
Why Asia still needs a development bank
It is easy to forget that Asia still hosts most of the world’s poor people given the region's remarkable economic success in recent years. Yet almost half of the world’s extremely…
Trump's protectionism will fail; Asia should ignore it
Commentary
Trump's protectionism will fail; Asia should ignore it
Avoid tit-for-tat; keep integrating, writes Stephen Grenville in the Nikkei Asian Review.Stephen Grenville
APEC: Staggering past relevance
APEC: Staggering past relevance
Even though it is the region’s second oldest multilateral mechanism, APEC continues to find relevance hard to come by. Best known for the photo taken at the annual leaders’ summit…
Economic diplomacy brief: Train wars, ANZ exit, ASEAN talks, trade trouble, Bahasa lessons and more
Economic diplomacy brief: Train wars, ANZ exit, ASEAN talks, trade trouble, Bahasa lessons and more
Diplomacy hits the rails Second-track gatherings of foreign policy experts to discuss sensitive issues are all the rage across Asia, but they are in danger of being run down by…
Pacific Island links: Russian arms in Fiji, Vanuatu's election result, PNG drought and more
By Alastair Davis, an intern in the Lowy Institute's Melanesia Program. The shipment of Russian arms received by Fiji continues to intrigue analysts. This piece by Anna Powles…