The risks and rewards of economic sanctions
Author: Editorial Board, ANU One of the defining instruments of 21st century geopolitical struggle isn’t a bomb or a warship…
Buy America and subsidies mix with national security to see off the rules based order
Author: Editorial Board, ANU Today the global trade system faces three systemic challenges. None are new, but strategic competition between…
China keeps tech firms on a short leash
Author: Editorial Board, ANU Your friends on the left will always be ready to tell you about the supposed contradictions…
Breaking out of the ‘evil cycle’ in Thai politics
Author: Editorial Board, ANU Thailand has paid a big price for the inability of its conservative elites to come to…
An Asian Monetary Fund is no quick fix for the world’s dollar problem
Author: Editorial Board, ANU ‘The dollar is our currency, but your problem’. That was how former US Treasury Secretary John…
Japan’s G7 high-wire balancing act
Author: Editorial Board, ANU Japan hopes to contribute to global rule-making as Prime Minister Fumio Kishida hosts the leaders of…
Indonesian voters keep their eyes on winning the home game
Author: Editorial Board, ANU The parochial focus of electorates is often lamented because it’s a supposed barrier to governments’ embrace…
Beware the systemic zombies roaming in Asian markets
Author: Editorial Board, ANU It’s only when the tide goes out that we discover who’s been swimming naked. It’s an…
Japan and South Korea’s rapprochement still begs questions
Author: Editorial Board, ANU Japan–South Korea relations have been on a rocky road for far too long. While both countries…
China is ageing gracefully, for now
Author: Editorial Board, ANU China has a new Premier. Former Shanghai Party Secretary Li Qiang has taken the number two…