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.
![Economic diplomacy: Banking on Asia is hard to escape](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2023-02/GettyImages-176867885.jpg?itok=1KTnxNCt)
Economic diplomacy: Banking on Asia is hard to escape
Australian banks are stepping back from Asia just as the government pushes for business to diversify away from China.
![Economic diplomacy: Diversification is hard to do](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2023-02/GettyImages-1436572222.jpg?itok=xSnfixWq)
Economic diplomacy: Diversification is hard to do
Treasurer Jim Chalmers should rise above outdated jibes at the IMF to justify his aims for a new values-based economy.
![Economic diplomacy: From pollie crises to polycrisis](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2022-12/GettyImages-1131129556.jpg?itok=YkCNm48P)
Economic diplomacy: From pollie crises to polycrisis
There are political bunfights, strategic challenges and wicked problems, but let’s not “overcrisify” the world.
![Economic diplomacy: Scoring goals outside the stadium](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2022-12/GettyImages-1245242893.jpg?itok=oD-GWYXW)
Economic diplomacy: Scoring goals outside the stadium
Shifting geopolitics and economics make picking the diplomatic champion from the Qatar World Cup more challenging.
![Economic diplomacy: Charging up old ties with Jakarta](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2022-11/GettyImages-1185264488.jpg?itok=4TpLLJbQ)
Economic diplomacy: Charging up old ties with Jakarta
Australia has stepped up a trade diversification push despite the first moves towards reconciliation with China.
![Economic diplomacy: Searching for APEC](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2022-11/GettyImages-1240868095.jpg?itok=40Dinakc)
Economic diplomacy: Searching for APEC
APEC faces some new competition as Australia considers the sovereign risks involved in reducing domestic gas prices.
![Economic diplomacy: The IMF faces a US$ reality check](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2022-10/52428778278_977db0403d_k.jpg?itok=vIjIvUKk)
Economic diplomacy: The IMF faces a US$ reality check
The Bretton Woods institutions may face existential challenges from the decoupling of the United States and China.
![Economic diplomacy: Time for transparency on aid reform](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2022-10/12783672755_b2e662628b_k.jpg?itok=29BSQXtK)
Economic diplomacy: Time for transparency on aid reform
A new study reveals difficult trade-offs between development spending on governance and the decline of democracy.
![Economic diplomacy: Womenomics shifts from Tokyo to Jakarta](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2022-09/GettyImages-1241932182.jpg?itok=JaoTQzOd)
Economic diplomacy: Womenomics shifts from Tokyo to Jakarta
Can a female finance minister in Indonesia avoid the demographic dilemma that has handicapped Japan’s evolution?