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  • 29 Nov 2023
    • Global Economy
    • Geo-economics
    • United States

    Economic statecraft with American characteristics

    Mark Beeson , Van Jackson
    The United States keeps pitching Asia regional deals for economic arrangements that are not politically viable at home.
  • 27 Nov 2023
    • China
    • Global Economy
    • Debt
    • Global Issues
    • United States

    Rise of the Redback

    Selwyn Parker
    The US dollar remain the dominant currency. But China – and others – are driving the yuan as an alternative.
  • 23 Nov 2023
    • Asia
    • Australia
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • United States

    Economic diplomacy: Hits and misses for Project Diversify

    Greg Earl
    India and Vietnam are the rising new trade partners as business cools on China amid new American protectionism.
  • 6 Nov 2023
    • Australia's Economy
    • Global Economy

    Fighting risk in everything, everywhere, all at once

    Jenny Gordon
    Most government institutions are not designed to consider more than their portfolio of interests – and that doesn’t work in a more complex world.
  • 18 Oct 2023
    • China
    • China's Economy
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australia's Trade
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Global Economy
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Trade
    • United States
    • US Economy

    Australia must play the geoeconomics game, or risk being side-lined

    Naoise McDonagh
    The world is moving away from a rules-based order and towards power politics. Is Canberra ready?
  • 11 Oct 2023
    • Global Economy
    • United States
    • Recommendations

    The Fix: “Get your kicks…”

    Jenny Gordon
    Your weekly Interpreter feature to rake up resources and reads you might otherwise miss.
  • 21 Sep 2023
    • China
    • China's Economy
    • Global Economy
    • Trade

    China does not need currency manipulation to boost its exports

    Robert Walker , Roland Rajah
    A weak economy will itself increase China’s export competitiveness.
  • 19 Sep 2023
    • Global Economy
    • Human rights
    • Technology

    The future of gig work

    Hilman Palaon
    The new world of on-call, contract and temporary work is only sustainable if it is fair and safe for those who power it.
  • 13 Sep 2023
    • Australia
    • Global Economy
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Multilateral Institutions

    The crucial role for the Green Climate Fund – and why Australia should contribute

    Georgia Hammersley , Melanie Pill , Roland Rajah
    It’s vital to international climate solidarity and Australia rejoining is key to unlocking more global funding for the Pacific.
  • 5 Sep 2023
    • Global Economy
    • BRICS

    Building bigger BRICS

    Stephen Grenville
    Reports of the death of the dominant US dollar have been greatly exaggerated.
  • 24 Aug 2023
    • Southeast Asia
    • Australia
    • Global Economy
    • Technology

    Cash is king, no more

    Hilman Palaon
    Digital payments have transformed Australia, but global financial infrastructure for a cashless society still has some catching up to do.
  • 15 Aug 2023
    • Global Economy
    • Debt
    • Climate change

    The climate crisis demands sovereign debt justice

    Connor O’Brien
    Why should low-income countries pay the price for climate change?
  • 3 Aug 2023
    • China
    • India
    • Russia
    • Global Economy
    • United States
    • US Economy

    De-dollarisation: shifting power between the US and BRICS

    Michael Roach
    Will a new global reserve currency threaten the greenback's supremacy? The short answer is yes.
  • 26 Jul 2023
    • China
    • China's Economy
    • Global Economy
    • Free Trade
    • Geo-economics
    • Trade
    • WTO
    • United States
    • US Economy

    A return to old-school mercantilism?

    Ved Shinde
    Suspicion and economic competition are forcing states back in time, with protectionism and self-sufficiency the new norm.
  • 12 Jul 2023
    • Global Economy
    • IMF

    Scrapping IMF surcharges is key to cutting debt burden on distressed nations

    Robert Walker , Mariza Cooray , Roland Rajah
    The economic logic of charging beyond lending rates doesn’t add up and also undermines the Fund’s legitimacy.
  • 30 Jun 2023
    • Global Economy
    • Poverty
    • Trade

    Globalisation promised growth. Now emerging economies need a new path

    Suryaputra Wijaksana
    Rising trade barriers and financial stress has upended the idea that a free and open world economy will bring prosperity.
  • 28 Jun 2023
    • Global Economy
    • Climate change
    • Multilateral Institutions

    Replenishing the Green Climate Fund

    Georgia Hammersley
    Delivering on a promise to help developing countries meet climate challenges remains critical.
  • 16 Jun 2023
    • Global Economy
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Global Economic Governance
    • United States
    • US Economy

    Is US industrial policy headed in the wrong direction?

    Connor O’Brien
    Washington’s geopolitical strategy threatens to entrench economic hierarchies and undermine the global green transition.
  • 8 Jun 2023
    • China
    • China's Economy
    • Europe's Economy
    • European Union
    • Global Economy
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Geo-economics
    • IMF
    • United States
    • US Economy

    Economic diplomacy: Duelling D-words to delineate China

    Greg Earl
    Australia seems to be treading carefully around the G7’s agreement to de-risk dependence on the region’s biggest economy.
  • 6 Jun 2023
    • Global Economy

    Two views on the best way forward for the “Washington Consensus”

    Jenny Gordon
    It is important to tackle problems of growing market power and that unfettered market mechanisms widen inequality.
  • 12 May 2023
    • Global Economy
    • IMF

    Taming international capital flows

    Stephen Grenville
    Emerging economies have borne the brunt of “easy money” economics, but past wisdom is catching up.  
  • 10 May 2023
    • Asia
    • Global Economy
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Multilateral Institutions

    Malaysia’s Anwar seeks Asian Monetary Fund and “dedollarisation”

    Shankaran Nambiar
    By reviving an old idea, Malaysia’s PM hopes to be in the driver’s seat for regional economic leadership.
  • 10 May 2023
    • Global Economy
    • Geo-economics
    • United States

    Biden’s quiet economic revolution

    Nick Bisley
    The guiding hand of the state is back as geopolitics rules.
  • 9 May 2023
    • China
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Multilateral Institutions

    “Play defence” in any collective response to China’s economic coercion

    Victor Ferguson , Viking Bohman
    The cost of fighting back is unlikely to be spread evenly across any coalition, which risks undermining the effort.
  • 3 May 2023
    • Global Economy
    • Global Economic Governance
    • IMF
    • Multilateral Development Banks

    International debt: Time for a global restructuring framework

    Stephen Grenville
    In domestic bankruptcy, a specialised institution settles creditors. Why can’t this be the case for emerging economies?
  • 2 May 2023
    • China
    • Laos
    • Global Economy

    What price will Laos need to pay to be saved, and will China pay it?

    Mariza Cooray
    The debt-burdened Southeast Asian nation offers China a chance to recast its reputation.
  • 27 Apr 2023
    • Global Economy
    • Multilateral Development Banks
    • Multilateral Institutions

    Shaky foundations for the New Development Bank

    Filipe Porto , Genevieve Donnellon-May
    A new president for BRICS groupings finance arm must steer geopolitical storms from outside – as well as within.
  • 13 Apr 2023
    • Asia
    • China
    • Global Economy
    • IMF
    • United States

    Economic diplomacy: Counting the cost of decoupling

    Greg Earl
    US-China tensions are disrupting economic links for other countries as new forecasts of slow growth make change harder.
  • 2 Mar 2023
    • Global Economy
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • IMF
    • Trade
    • WTO

    Economic diplomacy: Arming up for war and trade

    Greg Earl
    Sovereign capability is the government’s answer to an old political trade-off in the face of geoeconomic fragmentation.
  • 16 Feb 2023
    • Asia
    • Australia
    • Global Economy

    Economic diplomacy: Banking on Asia is hard to escape

    Greg Earl
    Australian banks are stepping back from Asia just as the government pushes for business to diversify away from China.
  • 15 Dec 2022
    • Australia
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • WTO
    • Technology

    Economic diplomacy: From pollie crises to polycrisis

    Greg Earl
    There are political bunfights, strategic challenges and wicked problems, but let’s not “overcrisify” the world.
  • 14 Dec 2022
    • Global Economy
    • Technology

    Why the cryptocurrency ecosystem is a house of cards

    Roland Bouffanais , Sun Sun Lim
    The tumultuous picture surrounding cryptocurrencies this year has been sobering ­– a contagion of negative effects.
  • 1 Dec 2022
    • Australia
    • Global Economy
    • Global Issues
    • Qatar
    • United States

    Economic diplomacy: Scoring goals outside the stadium

    Greg Earl
    Shifting geopolitics and economics make picking the diplomatic champion from the Qatar World Cup more challenging.
  • 17 Nov 2022
    • Asean
    • Indonesia
    • Australia
    • Global Economy
    • Energy
    • Trade
    • Sustainability
    • Technology

    Economic diplomacy: Charging up old ties with Jakarta

    Greg Earl
    Australia has stepped up a trade diversification push despite the first moves towards reconciliation with China.
  • 3 Nov 2022
    • Aid & Development
    • Australia
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Multilateral Institutions

    Economic diplomacy: Searching for APEC

    Greg Earl
    APEC faces some new competition as Australia considers the sovereign risks involved in reducing domestic gas prices.
  • 20 Oct 2022
    • Global Economy
    • IMF
    • Multilateral Development Banks
    • Multilateral Institutions

    Economic diplomacy: The IMF faces a US$ reality check

    Greg Earl
    The Bretton Woods institutions may face existential challenges from the decoupling of the United States and China.
  • 23 Sep 2022
    • Aid & Development
    • Australia
    • Global Economy
    • Multilateral Development Banks
    • Multilateral Institutions

    Six reasons to be cautious about Australia establishing a DFI

    Jenny Gordon
    As soon as public money is on the table, there will be a line of players looking to “clip the ticket”.
  • 15 Sep 2022
    • Global Economy
    • IMF
    • Transnational Challenges

    Digital finance makes international cooperation even more important

    Jenny Gordon
    In a world without physical cash, differing standards for digital currencies risk creating exclusionary trade blocs.
  • 5 Sep 2022
    • Global Economy
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Digital Disruption
    • International law
    • Technology

    Web3 is coming – with national security implications, too

    Sasha Fegan
    A new internet for the people and by the people is on the horizon. But decentralised power has its own problems.
  • 11 Aug 2022
    • Australia
    • Australia's Economy
    • Defence & Security
    • Global Economy
    • Trade

    Economic diplomacy: No free lunches for national security

    Greg Earl
    New foreign investment rules, nuisance tariffs and supply chains are all under scrutiny by the Productivity Commission.
  • 26 Jul 2022
    • Global Economy
    • Poverty

    “Silver lining”: Covid‑19 accelerates progress on financial inclusion

    Clay O’Brien
    Access to financial services can be a key to poverty reduction and increased digitisation during lockdowns has helped.
  • 26 Jul 2022
    • China's Economy
    • China
    • Global Economy

    Under pressure: Chinese international graduates in a new China

    Angela Lehmann
    Uncertainly about Covid, high unemployment rates and shifting workforce expectations challenge China’s youth in 2022.
  • 26 Jul 2022
    • Southeast Asia
    • Asean
    • Global Economy
    • Coronavirus

    ASEAN and pandemic recovery: Economy before strategic rivalry

    Tiara Putri Indira Dewanti
    Southeast Asia needs international support to rebuild from Covid. But help should not come with strings attached.
  • 26 Jul 2022
    • Global Economy
    • IMF

    Capital flows to emerging economies

    Stephen Grenville
    The International Monetary Fund’s “free-market” view is questioned by economists, who argue for policy intervention.
  • 30 Jun 2022
    • China – Belt and Road Initiative
    • Australia
    • Pacific Islands
    • Global Economy

    Economic diplomacy: Names trump numbers in the new BRI debt battle

    Greg Earl
    As G7 leaders talk up infrastructure spending, Australia’s Pacific family members contemplate how much they can take.
  • 1 Jun 2022
    • Global Economy
    • Pacific Islands
    • IMF

    Don’t saddle Pacific Islands with disaster debt

    Luke Fletcher
    It would be immoral for high-emitting countries to put an extra burden on nations suffering more extreme weather events.
  • 21 Apr 2022
    • Global Economy
    • G20
    • IMF
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Economic diplomacy: After Ukraine, the IMF ponders the future

    Greg Earl
    A decoupling world will still need an old-style cooperative rescue service to repair the economic minefields.
  • 24 Mar 2022
    • Global Economy
    • United States
    • IMF
    • Russia
    • Technology
    • Ukraine

    Economic diplomacy: Cryptocurrency (quietly) joins a new world order

    Greg Earl
    From Bitcoin to the greenback, beyond Ukraine a battle is also underway in global finance.
  • 10 Mar 2022
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • Australia

    Economic diplomacy: Building back better with frenemies after Ukraine

    Greg Earl
    Foreign policy concepts are subtly infiltrating Australia’s federal election campaign in the shadow of an invasion.
  • 4 Mar 2022
    • Defence & Security
    • Global Economy
    • China
    • India
    • Pakistan
    • Australia
    • European Union
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Back in the USSR – surprises in the Russia-Ukraine conflict

    Tim Harcourt
    It’d be funny, if it wasn’t so deadly serious.
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