Asia
China's aid program: Why the numbers matter
Dr Philippa Brant is a Lowy Institute Research Associate.
China’s aid policy, like almost everything China does on the world stage, attracts close scrutiny and often…
Reader riposte: Human trafficking in Vietnam
Meke Kamps, previously the Manager of Blue Dragon Children's Foundation (2009-11) and now a Blue Dragon board member, writes:
I am contacting you after reading your article on…
Israel has no need to worry about Obama
Dougal Robinson is a Lowy Institute Project Research Assistant.
The US and Iran held a one-hour bilateral meeting in Geneva on Tuesday as part of negotiations on Iran's nuclear…
Japan-China: Why Australia should embrace ambiguity
Robert Ayson is a Visiting Fellow with the ANU's Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, on research leave from the Centre for Strategic Studies at Victoria University of Wellington…
Undercurrents of Sino-Japanese discord
Rikki Kersten is Professor of Modern Japanese Political History in the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific.
Malcolm Cook is right – the Japanese are indeed worried about the…
Commentary
Charity begins at home
Lowy Institute Research Associate Dr Philippa Brant writes for Foreign Affairs about why China's foreign aid won't replace the West's.The full article is available…
Yes, Japan is worried about China, but not enough to change its constitution
William Hobart is Lowy Institute International Security intern and an AIIA NSW Councillor.
Japanese policy-makers are alarmed about China, but they still struggle to channel this…
Commentary
Pivot to Asia has not fallen off its axis
In this piece for the Australian, Lowy Institute Nonresident Fellow Alan Dupont examines President Obama's absence from APEC and the East Asia Summit in the context of…
US Jews support two-state solution; split on settlements
Marty Harris is an assistant digital editor at the Lowy Institute.
Pew Research has released a major public opinion report on the attitudes of America's more than 5 million…
Yes, Japan is alarmed by China's rise
Having been to Tokyo twice in the last two weeks* for interviews and workshops on Japan-China-Korea relations and Japan-Australia relations, my answer to Sam’s query (Is Japan…