Thailand’s upcoming election is haunted by the ghosts of politics past
Author: Greg Raymond, ANU The ghost of elections past hangs uneasily over the upcoming electoral contest in Thailand, waged on…
Weaponisation of the dollar makes an Asian IMF look more attractive
Author: Andrew Sheng, George Town Institute of Open and Advanced Studies, Wawasan Open University Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s recent…
Learning the right lessons from Chinese sanctions on Australian imports
Author: Shiro Armstrong, ANU From May 2020 Beijing blocked the import of roughly a dozen Australian goods for which China…
A yellow card for Indonesia’s presidential frontrunner
Author: Liam Gammon, ANU If you enjoy watching opposing teams fight each other to a scoreless draw, soccer’s the sport…
Bank of Japan’s new governor Ueda confronts big calls on monetary policy
Author: Masahiko Takeda, ANU While many advanced economy central banks are facing a dilemma over how to fight inflation in…
Can the South Korea–Japan rapprochement stick?
Author: Daniel Sneider, Stanford University The Tokyo summit that brought together South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister…
Demography poses no imminent threat to China’s economic modernisation
Author: Peter McDonald, ANU China’s population fell in 2022 and will continue to do so throughout the 21st century, according…
Ballooning mistrust in the US–China relationship
Author: Paul Heer, Chicago Council on Global Affairs Washington and Beijing’s response to the appearance of a Chinese surveillance balloon…
Despite the odds, multilateral cooperation has helped secure global food security
Author: Peter Timmer, Harvard University It has been a tough year for hundreds of millions of households across the world…
The unintended consequences of unconstrained economic sanctions
Author: Editorial Board, ANU It’s now been a year since Russia invaded Ukraine. In response to an unprovoked act of…