The ABCs of China’s GDI
Author: Deborah Brautigam, John Hopkins University In 1949, former US president Harry Truman launched the first US global aid program,…
Revitalising Japan’s rice industry means targeting export markets
Author: Yusaku Yoshikawa, JIN Corporation Recent international incidents like the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine war are forcing countries to…
Debate over Thailand’s minimum wage rages
Author: Wannaphong Durongkaveroj, Ramkhamhaeng University From 1 October 2022, Thailand’s daily minimum wage has increased throughout the country by 5–8…
The return of Atlantic industrial policy challenges Asian trade efficiency
Author: Editorial Board, ANU The structural cracks in the global economy are becoming bigger and more dangerous. In October this…
Comprehensive regional security and the future order in Asia
Author: Editorial Board, ANU After the successes of Indonesia’s G20 and Thailand’s APEC summits last month, East Asia’s ability to…
The promise of comprehensive regional security in East Asia
Author: Shiro Armstrong, ANU The economic architecture in East Asia and across the Pacific is rich and overlapping and has…
Can Pakistan avoid becoming an international basket case?
Author: Feisal Khan, Hobart and William Smith Colleges The infelicitous phrase ‘international basket case’ might better apply to Pakistan today…
Friendshoring and onshoring: protectionism, industrial policy and geopolitical blocs by another name
Author: Editorial Board, ANU It is one of the blessings of old friends, as Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote, that…
Pakistan’s troubled ties with the Taliban
Author: Ahmed Waqas Waheed, Roads Initiative In the immediate aftermath of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, Pakistan appealed to the…
Can Singapore’s ONE Pass pull top global talent?
Author: Terence Ho, NUS In August 2022, Singapore announced a new Overseas Networks & Expertise (ONE) Pass to attract top…