Greg Earl
Biography
Publications
Greg Earl was the deputy editor, opinion editor, national affairs editor and Asia Pacific editor of The Australian Financial Review. He spent more than a decade as reporter based in Jakarta, Tokyo and New York. He is a member of the Australia ASEAN Council board and the ANU Indonesia Project advisory board. He is researching a book about Australia and Asia.
Economic diplomacy: Lifting the doona on a post-pandemic world
Australia can boast success in containing the virus. But its economy may still shrink more than other G20 nations.
Statesman Turnbull steps up: Secret letters, taming Trump, due credit
Business with Donald, shared history with Xi and a Pacific ploy are revealing of the former PM’s foreign ambition.
Economic diplomacy: foreign investment under Covid, supply chain kinks
Australia might worry about opportunistic takeover bids at home, but investment restrictions will hit the region more.
Economic diplomacy: Fighting global pandemics from the G20 to ASEAN
When the G2 idea still had currency, a pandemic might have seemed a potential moment for US-China cooperation
Economic diplomacy: Rising risks and missing links in a pandemic
Covid-19 reveals a need for Australian exports beyond China, security plans for epidemics, and supply-chain smarts.
Economic diplomacy: Mahathir’s APEC gamble, and aid corruption
When is a loan not a loan, and should Australia really be propping up neighbours with a cash injection?
Economic diplomacy: Indonesian trade deals and real deals
“Boats, beef, and Bali” seem bad words no more, and Jokowi and Morrison set out to strike a new tone.
Economic diplomacy: APEC’s future, digital trade deals, and green debt
Malaysian PM Mahathir controls the credibility of APEC, and China controls how emerging economies cut carbon emissions.
Economic diplomacy: Two big-C issues
China and climate change are new realities both putting Australia to the test.
