Asia
Commentary
'Australia needs to engage China and hedge the risks of this relationship'
Originally published in The Australian (Photo: Max Braun/Flickr)
Alan Dupont
What the White Paper misses on China
The Foreign Policy White Paper paints a picture of an uncertain world and troubling times. With this understanding as its foundation, the White Paper outlines what approaches…
Academic cooperation with Chinese characteristics
I recently co-convened a small international academic workshop with a Chinese university. Since we wanted to involve quite a few China-based scholars and the topic concerned China…
Timor Sea dispute: progress and prospects as a deal emerges
Throughout the course of 2017, Australia and Timor-Leste have negotiated in international conciliation proceedings to resolve their protracted disagreements over hydrocarbon…
Trump’s truancy in Asia could hasten a hegemon’s demise
Donald Trump’s no-show at the East Asia Summit last week sparked fresh anxiety from Asia-watchers worried about Washington’s commitment to the region. These concerns are hardly…
Trump's coming hard line on China
US President Donald Trump’s first visit to Beijing was an exhibition of mutual flattery. China rolled out the red carpet for what it termed a 'state visit plus', replete with…
Battered Bangladesh risks everything on unsafe factories
By Elliott Brennan, an intern in the Lowy Institute's East Asia Program, and Aaron L Connelly, Research Fellow in the East Asia Program.
As Bangladesh looks down the barrel…
Commentary
Trump exhumes the Quad
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review.
James Curran
Digital Asia links: Data regulations, Faceook’s Cambodia experiment, bitcoin exchanges and more
In a deal signed this month between Facebook and the Philippines, the social media giant will assist in laying a submarine cable system to improve to…
How art threatens to spoil China’s party
This article is based on Episode 15 of the Little Red Podcast, featuring Sampson Wong, Badiucao and Louisa Lim
Many of my best friends in China are hated by all but their…