Greg Earl
Biography
Publications
Greg Earl was the deputy editor, opinion editor, national affairs editor and Asia Pacific editor of The Australian Financial Review. He spent more than a decade as reporter based in Jakarta, Tokyo and New York. He is a member of the Australia ASEAN Council board and the ANU Indonesia Project advisory board. He is researching a book about Australia and Asia.
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Economic diplomacy: Ringfencing the Lucky Country
Some key Australian economic figures are embracing the new economics of national resilience in distinctive ways.
![Economic diplomacy: Budgeting for deglobalisation](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2024-05/GettyImages-2152464339.jpg?itok=mflBLyub)
Economic diplomacy: Budgeting for deglobalisation
Keeping up with the worldwide shift to industry policy is stretching boundaries of both economics and diplomacy.
![Economic diplomacy: It’s nostalgists vs strategists](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2024-05/Lowy_Institute_Chalmers%20%28134%29.jpg?itok=d2EZraEy)
Economic diplomacy: It’s nostalgists vs strategists
As a new Treasurer claims a geo-economic legacy in industrial policy, his predecessor’s once shiny G20 triumph has been dumped.
![Economic diplomacy: Made in Australia with new energy](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2024-04/GettyImages-102749725.jpg?itok=f9Wd1ryQ)
Economic diplomacy: Made in Australia with new energy
The government wants to manufacture an election winning industry policy that also sounds tough on various foreign partners.
![Economic diplomacy: Hanging on in ASEAN](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2024-04/ASEAN%20summit%202024%20comp.jpg?itok=T1am9uc_)
Economic diplomacy: Hanging on in ASEAN
Australia faces growing competition for influence among its old friends in Southeast Asia as China’s power rises.
![Economic diplomacy: Politics rules in Korean envoy row](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2024-03/Australia%20and%20Korea%20flags%20comp.jpg?itok=G29aC17I)
Economic diplomacy: Politics rules in Korean envoy row
From Seoul to Washington, “captain’s pick” ambassadors are being embroiled by unexpected domestic political tensions.
![Economic diplomacy: Australia Inc’s new tilt at ASEAN](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2024-03/53570713631_10a1264931_k.jpg?itok=dKd_otCh)
Economic diplomacy: Australia Inc’s new tilt at ASEAN
The economic prospects have been clear for decades, but the government is now throwing serious money at Southeast Asia.
![Economic diplomacy: Strategic funding comes in from the cold](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2024-02/Australian%20foreign%20policy%20comp.jpg?itok=ln5_eH9M)
Economic diplomacy: Strategic funding comes in from the cold
A new review may cast a revealing light on how the government uses third-party institutions to shape the country’s strategic thinking.
![Economic diplomacy: To market, to market, with China](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2024-01/Howard%20comp.jpg?itok=vsJJjdEt)
Economic diplomacy: To market, to market, with China
New Cabinet papers reveal the origins of trade pragmatism and the Coalition’s embrace of communism with market characteristics.