Without diplomatic carrots, economic sanctions less likely to work
Author: Ken Heydon, LSE There is a paradox with economic sanctions. They tend to command widespread support within the sanctioning…
Cold War Archives: Return to the Jakarta-Tokyo-Canberra Trilateral
Author: Andrew Levidis, ANU Australia’s role in Asian regionalism has too often been a blind spot in public discourse about…
Malaysia follows Indonesia on the road from authoritarian hegemony
Author: Dan Slater, University of Michigan Indonesia and Malaysia have always been similar enough to make direct comparisons promising, but…
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…
Weak domestic demand now threatens China’s growth potential
Author: Yang Yao, PKU Forecasts for China’s economic growth in 2023 diverge widely. While international organisations and China watchers abroad…
An inflection point in US trade policy
Author: William Reinsch, CSIS December 2022 highlighted how much US trade policy has changed in recent years. It is tempting…
No international-backed end in sight to the misery in Myanmar
Author: Nicholas Farrelly, University of Tasmania Myanmar’s abject deterioration since the February 2021 military coup accelerated through 2022, with more…
Sri Lanka’s hard road to recovery from economic and political crisis
Author: Dushni Weerakoon, IPS In 2022 Sri Lanka faced its deepest ever economic and political crisis. The country’s descent into…
The need to deal with Indonesia as it is
Author: Liam Gammon, ANU The calendar will tell you that Indonesia’s presidential election is due in February 2024 — but…
The travails of the US economy roll on into 2023
Author: Gary Clyde Hufbauer, PIIE In December 2021, most Americans were looking forward to a quiet and prosperous 2022. COVID-19…