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  • 2 Oct 2024
    • Global Economy
    • Geo-economics
    • The Biden Presidency
    • The Trump Presidency
    • United States
    • US Economy
    • US Elections

    Trumpian economic nationalism is not what the world or America needs

    Roland Rajah
    Donald Trump’s policies are a recipe for higher global inflation, greater fragmentation, and more inequality.
  • 17 Sep 2024
    • Geo-economics
    • Review

    The Translator: What is “economic statecraft”?

    Melissa Conley Tyler
    The power of carrots and sticks in the world of geoeconomics.
  • 28 Aug 2024
    • Asia
    • China
    • China's Economy
    • India
    • India's Economy
    • Japan
    • Japan's Economy
    • Geo-economics

    The geopolitical ripple effect of Asia’s ageing population

    Mohd. Yunus
    Economies, cultures and foreign policy objectives are set to evolve with the region’s shifting demographics.
  • 25 Jul 2024
    • Southeast Asia
    • Australia
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Geo-economics

    Economic diplomacy: Looking beyond a 30-year anomaly

    Greg Earl
    Divining economic statecraft is animating international relations roundtables but unnerving the money managers.
  • 2 May 2024
    • South Korea
    • Australia
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • G20
    • Geo-economics
    • Multilateral Development Banks

    Economic diplomacy: It’s nostalgists vs strategists

    Greg Earl
    As a new Treasurer claims a geo-economic legacy in industrial policy, his predecessor’s once shiny G20 triumph has been dumped.
  • 7 Dec 2023
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australia's Trade
    • Global Economy
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Geo-economics
    • Trade
    • WTO

    Economic diplomacy: Pulling the right global value chain

    Greg Earl
    Australia is now a big exporter of “bottleneck products” in a deglobalising world, just as it tries to rebuild manufacturing.
  • 29 Nov 2023
    • Global Economy
    • Geo-economics
    • United States

    Economic statecraft with American characteristics

    Mark Beeson , Van Jackson
    The United States keeps pitching Asia regional deals for economic arrangements that are not politically viable at home.
  • 26 Jul 2023
    • China
    • China's Economy
    • Global Economy
    • Free Trade
    • Geo-economics
    • Trade
    • WTO
    • United States
    • US Economy

    A return to old-school mercantilism?

    Ved Shinde
    Suspicion and economic competition are forcing states back in time, with protectionism and self-sufficiency the new norm.
  • 8 Jun 2023
    • China
    • China's Economy
    • Europe's Economy
    • European Union
    • Global Economy
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Geo-economics
    • IMF
    • United States
    • US Economy

    Economic diplomacy: Duelling D-words to delineate China

    Greg Earl
    Australia seems to be treading carefully around the G7’s agreement to de-risk dependence on the region’s biggest economy.
  • 10 May 2023
    • Global Economy
    • Geo-economics
    • United States

    Biden’s quiet economic revolution

    Nick Bisley
    The guiding hand of the state is back as geopolitics rules.
  • 18 Oct 2022
    • India
    • Taiwan
    • Geo-economics

    Will the three Ts tie India and Taiwan?

    Melissa Conley Tyler
    If New Delhi wants Taipei to help build supply chain security, it should expect Taiwan to ask for more political support.
  • 1 Nov 2021
    • Trade
    • WTO
    • Australia
    • China
    • Geo-economics

    Markets and resilience in the face of economic coercion

    Darren Lim , Victor Ferguson , Scott Waldron
    Calls for a “China plus” strategy rightfully draws business attention to the need to manage rising geoeconomic risks.
  • 26 Sep 2016
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Geo-economics

    Trans-Pacific Partnership in doubt, but does it matter?

    Stephen Grenville
  • 15 Oct 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Country And Regional Studies
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Geo-economics

    China's Belt and Road initiative likely to bypass Australia

    Benjamin Herscovitch
    The vast array of investments is emerging as one of the key foreign policy priorities of Xi Jinping's presidency.
  • 20 Jul 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Country And Regional Studies
    • Global Economic Governance
    • IMF
    • Geo-economics

    History rhymes on Greek debt

    Stephen Grenville
  • 17 Jul 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Institutions
    • Regional relationships
    • Country And Regional Studies
    • Asia and the Middle East
    • Geo-economics

    Russia gives way to China in BRICS and SCO

    Sarah Lain
  • 2 Jul 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Institutions
    • Geo-economics

    Peak box? Global container trade is slackening

    Julian Snelder
  • 25 Jun 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Emerging Donors
    • Multilateral Institutions
    • Geo-economics

    BRICS New Development Bank moves ahead quietly

    Ye Yu
  • 25 May 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Country And Regional Studies
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Geo-economics

    Still debating inequality, 40 years on

    Stephen Grenville
  • 15 May 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • Geo-economics

    China-Russia: An uneasy friendship

    Julian Snelder
  • 14 May 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Cyber Security
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Geo-economics

    China's dangerous cyberwar strategy

    Julian Snelder
  • 23 Apr 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Country And Regional Studies
    • Geo-economics

    China's economic march into Pakistan

    Hussain Nadim
  • 10 Mar 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • IMF
    • Geo-economics

    Negative interest rates: We are flying blind

    Mike Callaghan
  • 25 Feb 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Terrorism
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • International Relations
    • Geo-economics

    Julie Bishop goes to Tehran

    Dina Esfandiary
  • 18 Feb 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Geo-economics

    A currency war would be no bad thing

    Leon Berkelmans
  • 27 Jan 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Global Economic Governance
    • IMF
    • Geo-economics

    The IMF's pessimism is misplaced

    Stephen Grenville
  • 12 Jan 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Sustainability
    • Energy
    • Geo-economics

    Oil drops 50%, world shrugs

    Stephen Grenville
  • 3 Dec 2014
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • Multilateral Institutions
    • Geo-economics

    Sanctions and the coming Russian recession

    Leon Berkelmans
  • 26 Nov 2014
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Geo-economics

    Why America can't compete with China's regional financial order

    Julian Snelder
  • 12 Jun 2014
    • Global Economy
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Geo-economics

    Foreign direct investment: Ten simple questions

    Julian Snelder
  • 20 Feb 2014
    • Global Economy
    • Geo-economics

    What to expect from the Sydney G20 Finance Ministers' meeting

    Mike Callaghan

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