Asia
Economic diplomacy: Japanese investment takes a Toll
Will the bell Toll?
The quiet flood of Japanese investment into Australia over the past few years amid at times mounting alarm about much lower levels of Chinese investment has…
Filling the gap: How Australia is creating its own “China problem”
Australia is creating its own “China problem” by not adequately funding research, cultural and language training, and by not taking seriously the national security implications of…
Commentary
Deepening Japan’s cooperation with Papua New Guinea
Originally published in East Asia Forum.
A real-life Bollywood soap opera, with a political twist
When things get grim in India, the usual way of dealing with it is to look towards Bollywood for some distracting relief.
This time, however, it’s not the latest musical…
Prabowo redeemed in Washington’s eyes amid US-China rivalry
Having been barred for more than 20 years from entering the United States, Indonesia’s Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto was welcomed to Washington last week after accepting a…
Duelling diplomacy over Southeast Asia’s most important river
The Mekong, Southeast Asia’s most important river, has for millennia supported the rise and fall of empires and is responsible for the livelihood of over 65 million…
Can China be a peacemaker in Afghanistan?
“China would be welcomed as an arbitrator in negotiations [for peace in Afghanistan] and should not leave matters of such a great importance solely to the US.”
So said Maulana…
Power in Asia in five charts
How should one think about power in Asia? Headlines would suggest that US-China competition is all that matters. But although the US and China wield substantially more power than…
India-Australia security relations: They’ve only just begun
The Quad – the grouping comprised of Australia, India, Japan, and the United States – held its first stand-alone foreign ministerial meeting this month in Tokyo. In the words of…
Progressive politics in Thailand’s polarised polity
Book review: Duncan McCargo and Anyarat Chattharakul Future Forward: The rise and fall of a Thai political party (NIAS Press, 2020)
Youth-led protests in Thailand in …