Getting India’s trade strategy aligned with its national development ambitions
Author: Editorial Board, ANU India is stepping into the spotlight on the world stage this year as the host of…
Global value chains, the missing link in India’s trade strategy
Author: Amita Batra, JNU Global value chain-led trade has been the most significant feature of global trade in the 21st…
Far from dying, a new globalisation is emerging – driven by China and the digital economy
Export vehicles awaiting shipment at Yantai Port, Shandong, China, on January 17. China’s economy grew 3 per cent to a…
China to aim for stronger ties with Russia this year, top diplomatic official says
“China is willing to work with Russia to implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state and…
How relations with the West underpin Singapore’s defence
Author: Abdul Rahman Yaacob, ANU While military deterrence and diplomacy are often cited as the two pillars of Singapore’s defence…
Taiwan’s ‘new normal’ of volatility and deterrence
Author: Roy C Lee, CIER Volatility is perhaps the best word to describe Taiwan’s 2022. Though initial economic forecasts expected…
South Korea must reach for diplomacy, not nuclear arms, to defuse tensions with the North
US Air Force B-1B bombers (centre), F-22 fighter jets and South Korean Air Force F-35 fighter jets (bottom) fly over…
Can Fiji keep its democracy in 2023?
Author: Richard Herr, University of Tasmania The most important event for Fiji in 2022 was the peaceful transfer of power…
Anwar Ibrahim returns to a changed economy
Author: Teck Chi Wong, University of Queensland During Anwar Ibrahim’s first stint as Malaysia’s finance minister in the 1990s, Putrajaya…
Climate systems are beyond human control – someone should tell the global warming activists
Dozens of volunteers look for plastic beads on a beach in Pornic, in western France, on January 21, after a…