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Workshop outcomes document: The potential for rugby league to connect Australia and Papua New Guinea
Reports
Workshop outcomes document: The potential for rugby league to connect Australia and Papua New Guinea
This report summarises the outcomes of the workshop on The potential for rugby league to connect Australia and Papua New Guinea. Harriet Smith , Anna Kirk , Joanna…
Removal of failed asylum seekers in Australia: A comparative perspective
Reports
Removal of failed asylum seekers in Australia: A comparative perspective
This working paper reviews the current policy of removing failed asylum seekers in Australia and draws lessons from similar policy areas and reforms in the United Kingdom and…
Li’s pitch on high-speed trains part of China’s regional push
Commentary
Li’s pitch on high-speed trains part of China’s regional push
Originally published in The Australian. Peter Cai
China versus the US: Australia's increasingly hard choice
Commentary
China versus the US: Australia's increasingly hard choice
Originally published in CNN on 25 March 2017. Sam Roggeveen
Can Indonesia take on Freeport?
Commentary
Can Indonesia take on Freeport?
Originally published in the East Asia Forum. Matthew Busch
Understanding China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Analyses
Understanding China’s Belt and Road Initiative
China’s Belt and Road Initiative is one of President Xi’s most ambitious foreign and economic initiatives. It reflects a combination of economic and strategic drivers, not all of…
'Bishop's strategic passivity won't work'
Commentary
'Bishop's strategic passivity won't work'
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review on 18 March 2017. Photo: US Navy.  Euan Graham
Trump takes allies back to 19th century global order
Commentary
Trump takes allies back to 19th century global order
Originally published in the Nikkei Asian Review on 20 March 2017.Thomas Wright
The price of Indonesia’s economic nationalism
Commentary
The price of Indonesia’s economic nationalism
Jakarta's efforts to retake control of the country's natural resources are going to be costly for taxpayers, wrote Matthew Busch for the Wall Street Journal on 15 March…