John West
Biography
Publications
John West is an Adjunct Professor at Tokyo’s Sophia University and Executive Director of the Asian Century Institute. He is author of the recent book, “Asian Century ... on a knife-edge” (PalgraveMacmillan, 2018) John’s career has included major stints at the Australian Treasury, OECD and ADB Institute.
Indonesia – a country of disappointments
Ben Bland shows even pessimists can be gulled by Joko Widodo’s charms.
Book Review: The deadly legacy of the Cold War in the modern world
The anti-communist purge in Indonesia in the 1960s is retold in a compelling examination of US Cold War policy.
Book review: What’s holding China’s economy back?
The CCP’s discriminatory hukou system is a great obstacle to changing from world’s factory to a service-driven economy.
Book review: The Indo-Pacific contest
A meditation on the region – the arena of Australia’s greatest strategic focus – puts China’s rise in historic context.
Australia, in search of great and powerful friends
For a people who like to think of themselves as a hardy lot, Australians’ perseverance in diplomacy will be tested yet.
Carlos Ghosn – from rock-star CEO to international fugitive
The tale of the former Nissan chief exposes the contradictions of the man – and of corporate culture in Japan.
Asia’s shameful gender discrimination
Japan is a standout for all the wrong reasons in a recent assessment of the gender gap in leading economies.
For all the focus on Asia’s high achievers, the laggards are many
China led the education rankings, but an ageing population and gap with Southeast Asia might mark down the whole region.
Shock therapy: why Australia needs a political jolt
Taking an honest look at a worst-case scenario isn’t scaremongering but could instead help avoid doing ourselves harm.
