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  • 8 Feb 2021
    • Pacific Islands
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Coronavirus

    Pacific development outlook for 2021

    Alexandre Dayant
    The economic toll of the pandemic will take years to recover from, but signs of progress are starting to appear.
  • 8 Feb 2021
    • Asia
    • Global Economy
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies

    What APEC has to offer in 2021

    Dick Grant
    No panacea, certainly, but a newly engaged United States might see APEC as just the right forum to work with the region.
  • 27 Aug 2020
    • Global Economy
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Australia's Economy
    • Coronavirus

    Economic diplomacy: Spilled milk and foreign wages

    Greg Earl
    The government blocks a sale to a Chinese dairy firm, overseas remittances stay afloat, and ministers talk frameworks.
  • 13 Aug 2020
    • Global Economy
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Australia's Economy
    • Asean
    • Coronavirus

    Economic diplomacy: A call to syringes, not arms

    Greg Earl
    Australia looks to navigate a recession, global business faces routine disruptions, and war is cheaper than a pandemic.
  • 5 Aug 2020
    • Pacific Islands
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Coronavirus

    The way to post-Covid recovery in the Indo-Pacific? Act now

    Roland Rajah
    If Australia wants to see future stability in the region, it needs to find ways to help today, not down the track.
  • 7 Feb 2020
    • Pacific Islands
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • United Kingdom

    Brexit and the Pacific: Sink or swim?

    Alexandre Dayant
    Growing UK presence in the Pacific Islands aims to boost prosperity, but a range of factors could tip the balance.
  • 14 Nov 2018
    • Asia and Pacific
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies

    The challenges facing APEC leaders

    Merriden Varrall
    A tense geopolitical environment is the backdrop to the upcoming leaders’ summit, with US-China rivalry on display.
  • 19 Sep 2017
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Global Economic Governance
    • IMF
    • Australia and Asia

    Managing economic risk in Asia: A strategy for Australia

    Stephen Grenville
    Much more active capital-flow management would reduce the likelihood of crisis.
  • 18 Sep 2017
    • Diplomacy
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • IMF
    • Australia and Asia

    Using economic diplomacy to reduce financial risks in Asia

    Roland Rajah
    The IMF will remain important, particularly for dealing with deeper crises. But it risks becoming less central and an increasingly last resort.
  • 27 Jul 2017
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    Economic diplomacy brief: Intelligence Review, econocrats back RCEP, in thrall to China and more

    Greg Earl
    Business has been called on to be a key player in an intriguing, new and more contestable approach to intelligence gathering and analysis.
  • 1 Jun 2017
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies

    Economic diplomacy brief: TPP 11 vs RCEP, Asian banks and economic nationalism

    Greg Earl
    This week's column examines how the TPP 11 and RECP proposals could compete for attention ahead of Australia's summit of South East Asian leaders next year.
  • 10 Apr 2017
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies

    Economic diplomacy brief: Asian economic outlook, India relations, state investment and more

    Greg Earl
    Trapped no longer: Asia's emerging economies given an out, Turnbull in India, and David Irvine take the reins at the FIRB,
  • 9 Mar 2017
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies

    Economic diplomacy brief: Asian infrastructure, Indonesian trade and Trump management

    Greg Earl
    China walks the talk on infrastructure spending, Chinese tourists overtake Australians in Bali, and two different views on Trump and the global economy.
  • 13 Feb 2017
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies

    Why Asia still needs a development bank

    Annmaree O’Keeffe , Hannah Wurf , Jonathan Pryke
    A dramatic increase in lending (up almost threefold from the year 2000) will increase pressure on the ADB to approve new loans and create a pipeline of bankable projects.
  • 22 Nov 2016
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Asia Pacific Regional Relationships

    APEC: Staggering past relevance

    Nick Bisley
    Long-winded declarations reflect an absence of consensus; the veneer of cooperation rather than its substance.
  • 3 Nov 2016
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies

    Economic diplomacy brief: Train wars, ANZ exit, ASEAN talks, trade trouble, Bahasa lessons and more

    Greg Earl
    If the anti-trade rhetoric from the US election campaign looks bad, the reality is the numbers seem to be tracking even worse.
  • 3 Feb 2016
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies

    Pacific Island links: Russian arms in Fiji, Vanuatu's election result, PNG drought and more

  • 3 Feb 2016
    • Asia and Pacific
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies

    Japan and China wrestle for ascendancy in Southeast Asia's railway Great Game

    Julian Snelder
  • 23 Dec 2015
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Australia and the Pacific

    Pacific links: Fiji's budget, Ok Tedi restructure, renewables, holiday reading and more

    Jonathan Pryke
  • 15 Dec 2015
    • Asia and Pacific
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Institutions
    • Regional relationships

    How Australia can use economic diplomacy to get closer to Asia

    Stephen Grenville
  • 2 Dec 2015
    • Asia and Pacific
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies

    Pacific Island links: leaders in Paris, REDD+, budget woes, asbestos, ending AIDS and more

    Jonathan Pryke
  • 15 Oct 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Country And Regional Studies
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Geo-economics

    China's Belt and Road initiative likely to bypass Australia

    Benjamin Herscovitch
    The vast array of investments is emerging as one of the key foreign policy priorities of Xi Jinping's presidency.
  • 14 Oct 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Cyber Security
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies

    China lays down the cyber law: Play in our space, play by our rules

  • 9 Oct 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Regional relationships
    • US-China

    The TPP is not a containment strategy

    Aaron L Connelly
  • 17 Sep 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    If Scott Morrison becomes treasurer, he can't change the world. But he can reinterpret it

    John Edwards
  • 14 Sep 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Global Economic Governance

    Waiting for the Fed to move

    Stephen Grenville
  • 11 Sep 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Sustainability
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Foreign Policy
    • Nuclear energy

    Australia-India nuclear deal: Parliamentary treaties committee recommends tough conditions

    John Tilemann
  • 9 Sep 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Country And Regional Studies
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    Why we shouldn't worry: This is what an economic transition is supposed to look like in China

    John Edwards
  • 7 Sep 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Foreign Policy

    How dependent is Australia on China's economic growth?

    Stephen Grenville
  • 1 Sep 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Country And Regional Studies
    • Global Economic Governance

    Note to Beijing: You can't tell financial markets what to do

    Julian Snelder
  • 31 Aug 2015
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Australian Development Assistance
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Australia and the Pacific

    Papua New Guinea: Keep calm and muddle through?

  • 31 Aug 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Country And Regional Studies
    • Global Economic Governance
    • IMF

    Asian financial markets: Confected panic from professional doomsayers

    Stephen Grenville
  • 28 Aug 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Country And Regional Studies
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Australia and Asia

    Economic crisis in China? We're not there yet

    Leon Berkelmans
  • 28 Aug 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Public Opinion Polling

    The TPP is still alive and Australia will likely sign

    Stephen Grenville
  • 25 Aug 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies

    Choking aviation system threatens China's ambitions

    Julian Snelder
  • 19 Aug 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Country And Regional Studies

    Things look bad for Indonesia's economy, but don't expect rapid reform

    Matthew Busch
  • 14 Aug 2015
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Australia and Asia

    This week in Jakarta: Supersemar, cabinet reshuffle and hip hop economics

    Catriona Croft-Cusworth
  • 31 Jul 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Country And Regional Studies
    • International Relations

    This week in Jakarta: Diplomacy, deals and the death penalty

    Catriona Croft-Cusworth
  • 27 Jul 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Country And Regional Studies
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Australia and Asia
    • Foreign Policy

    Indonesia: We don't have to be condemned to crisis

    Andrew Parker
  • 17 Jul 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Institutions
    • Regional relationships
    • Country And Regional Studies
    • Asia and the Middle East
    • Geo-economics

    Russia gives way to China in BRICS and SCO

    Sarah Lain
  • 13 Jul 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Australia-United States Relations

    What's the harm in being transparent about the TPP negotiations?

    Stephen Grenville
  • 9 Jul 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Institutions
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Multilateral Institutions

    China's record shows it isn't ready for global leadership

    Malcolm Cook
  • 9 Jul 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Regional relationships
    • Australia and Asia
    • US-China

    Is China ready for global leadership?

    Kerry Brown
  • 7 Jul 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Maritime Security
    • Emerging Threats
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • US-China

    South China Sea: Why Korea is silent, and why that's a good thing

    Robert E Kelly
  • 6 Jul 2015
    • Asia and Pacific
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies

    China's moves to win friends and influence people in Myanmar

    Rhys Thompson
  • 1 Jul 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Institutions
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Emerging Donors
    • Development Assistance

    Beijing should hasten slowly on AIIB

    Mike Callaghan
  • 1 Jul 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Sustainability
    • Australia and Asia
    • Climate change
    • Energy

    China makes its formal climate-change pledge

    Frank Jotzo
  • 30 Jun 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Regional relationships
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • US-China

    Is the US Congress the main impediment to a rules-based order?

    Malcolm Jorgensen
  • 30 Jun 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Institutions
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Emerging Donors
    • Australia and Asia
    • Development Assistance

    Four observations about the AIIB's Articles of Agreement

    Philippa Brant
  • 19 Jun 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Cyber Security
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Digital Disruption

    Liberalism, China and the internet

    Brendan Thomas-Noone
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