Asia
Much at stake for Turnbull and the region at East Asia Summit
The 10th East Asia Summit this weekend promises to be one of the most interesting bits of summitry in some time. This, the last stop on Malcolm Turnbull’s five-nation tour which…
APEC attendees take note: Services are nice but most trade action still in goods
Attendees at the APEC summit this week may be walking around with a new spring in their step. Some observers have suggested the successful conclusion of the Trans Pacific…
Digital Asia links: Cross-Strait trolling, Modi & Silicon Valley, WhatsApp government and more
The Asia Pacific is the most dynamic digital landscape in the world, home to the fastest adopters of new technologies and the largest concentration of mobile and social media…
Journal Articles
Who Will Rule Myanmar?
Originally published in Foreign Affairs. Photo: Getty Images/Anadolu AgencyAaron L Connelly
Australia and the US: great allies but different agendas in the South China Sea
Several posts on The Interpreter have argued recently that Australia should join the US in conducting freedom of navigation operations (FONOPs) in the South China Sea. This is not…
Speeches
The 2015 Owen Harries Lecture – India: Navigating a contested geopolitical landscape
On 11 November, former Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran delivered the 2015 Owen Harries Lecture on India's role in the new global order.Shyam Saran
Commentary
Jakarta visit is big gesture, but is it the right one?
Jakarta visit is big gesture, but is it the right one?
Aaron L. Connelly
Australian Financial Review
10 November 2015
Click here for the online text.Aaron L Connelly
China-Taiwan: A rare alignment of interests
Tomorrow's meeting between President Ma of Taiwan (pictured) and President Xi of China in Singapore truly will be historic, and good history at that.
It is also a rare case in…
Double trouble: China's bid to increase birth rate is no sure thing
By Marie-Alice McLean-Dreyfus, an intern with the Lowy Institute's East Asia Program
China's historic policy change to allow all couples to have two children was presented as an…
Innocent passage: Did the US just fumble its South China Sea strategy?
The difference between freedom of navigation operations (FONOPs) and warships transiting under 'innocent passage' sounds arcane and legalistic. But this wonkish distinction…