Asia
Egypt: An Islamist insurrection?
Bob Bowker is a former Australian ambassador to Jordan and Egypt.
The events of the past week in Egypt raise serious questions about the capacity of the political system in that…
Viral video of 12-year old Egyptian boy explaining his country's politics
As with so many viral videos, this one's a sleeper. It was recorded in October last year, but has gained significant attention just in the last few weeks and is now up to almost 1…
Islamists and modernity in the Arab world
Bob Bowker is a former Australian ambassador to Jordan and Egypt.
Antipathy between those Arabs who engage in politics and adopt lifestyles framed within an Islamic discourse (…
China's incomplete financial evolution
The spike in China's short-term interest rates over the past month sent a shiver through world financial markets, in the same way that Fed Chairman Bernanke's statements on…
Cambodia: After Hun Sen wins election
When Cambodians go to the polls on 28 July it's odds-on that Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party (CPP) will be returned to office. This result will continue the CPP's political…
Protecting Australian businesspeople abroad
Nick Alexander, a former UN and Lowy Institute intern, is a University of Sydney Juris Doctor candidate.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made it an essential theme of his trip to…
Reader riposte: Rudd, SBY and those boats
Christopher Lethbridge writes:
The joint communiqué from Friday's discussions between Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd…
India links: Asian century, food security, Look East, engagement with Africa and more
Danielle Rajendram is a Research Associate in the Lowy Institute's International Security Program.
How will India fit into the Asian century?
The London School of Economics…
Egypt: Coup de-fault
Overnight in Egypt the military suspended the country's constitution and removed President Mohammed Morsi from power, following massive popular protests.
It is clearly a coup,…
John Garnaut on being a foreign correspondent
Three days after John Garnaut, Fairfax Media's award winning China correspondent, left Beijing, I was fortunate enough to catch up with him before he gave a keynote address to the…