Asia
Commentary
What Otto Warmbier's Death Means for Policymakers
Originally published in the Diplomat.
Frances Kitt
Modi-Trump meeting: Signs of continued convergence
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s inaugural visit to the Trump White House this week was fraught with uncertainty, with recent irritations in the relationship (visas and climate…
Media scrutiny of China is critical for Australia
In responding to recent media coverage of Chinese communist party influence over Australia’s institutional infrastructure ('Where have all the grown-ups gone on China policy?',…
Commentary
Australia has outgrown paranoia in its relations with China
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review.Rory Medcalf
Hong Kong 20 years after the handover: Locked in stasis
A decade after the handback of Hong Kong in 1997, most analysis was positive. The period up to 2007 had had its up and downs – the calamitous impact of the Asian Financial Crisis…
The tragedy of Otto Warmbier
Earlier this month, an American tourist to North Korea, Otto Warmbier, died of injuries suffered in detention in that country. The cause of his death is not yet clear. But it…
A revived Quad won't help Australia
The resurrection of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QSD), a proposal that would bring Australia into a strategic grouping with India, Japan and the US, has again been floated…
Who will abandon Taiwan next?
Earlier this month Panama established formal ties with the People's Republic of China (PRC) immediately after severing diplomatic relations with the Republic of China (ROC), as…
Does Abe want to fast track constitutional reform?
Last month Japan’s Shinzo Abe marked a political renaissance that few would have expected when he secured an unusual second go at being prime minister at the 2012 election when…
India-Australia relations: Getting over the Quad blues
Last week the Indian warships INS Kamorta, INS Shivalik and INS Jyoti arrived in Western Australia’s port city of Fremantle to participate in a bilateral exercise. The military…