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  • 30 Jan 2020
    • Asia
    • Global Economy
    • Diplomacy

    Economic diplomacy: APEC’s future, digital trade deals, and green debt

    Greg Earl
    Malaysian PM Mahathir controls the credibility of APEC, and China controls how emerging economies cut carbon emissions.
  • 19 Dec 2019
    • Asia
    • Global Economy
    • Australia
    • China
    • India

    Economic diplomacy: Indian trade, taming BRI, and diaspora business

    Greg Earl
    Ahead of the PM’s visit to India next month, the economic strategies of Australia and India haven’t quite yet aligned.
  • 6 Dec 2019
    • Asia

    For all the focus on Asia’s high achievers, the laggards are many

    John West
    China led the education rankings, but an ageing population and gap with Southeast Asia might mark down the whole region.
  • 28 Nov 2019
    • Asia
    • Multilateral Development Banks
    • China

    The new development banks: Paradigm shift or poor imitation?

    Robert Wihtol
    The multilateral development banks set up by China and the BRICS countries have evolved quickly from concept to reality.
  • 21 Nov 2019
    • Asia
    • Global Economy
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australian Foreign Aid

    Economic diplomacy: Australia’s BRI, aid revamp, and integrating Asia

    Greg Earl
    The now snappily rebranded Export Finance Australia is becoming the go-to agency in the era of geo-economic competition.
  • 7 Nov 2019
    • Asia
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Asean

    Economic diplomacy: RCEP and ASEAN’s new way, plus voting ADB-style

    Greg Earl
    What was Factory Asia has made a subtle shift to a consumer-driven Market Asia under the “world’s biggest trade deal”.
  • 6 Nov 2019
    • Asia
    • Trade

    India’s RCEP exit a setback, but not a disaster

    Jeffrey Wilson
    With an India–China deadlock out of the way, the path is clear to finalise the historic regional trade agreement.
  • 31 Oct 2019
    • Asia
    • Australia
    • Russia

    What Russia wants in a multipolar world

    Elizabeth Buchanan
    Canberra should rethink its approach to Moscow, recognising areas of difference yet be willing to see common ground.
  • 30 Oct 2019
    • Asia
    • United States
    • China
    • Malaysia

    Towards a peaceful and inclusive Asia

    Chin Tong Liew
    Resurrecting the idea of “Asia” can help give smaller states agency to guide China as a responsible and benign giant.
  • 10 Oct 2019
    • Asia
    • Review

    Asia’s diversity, made all the same

    John West
    Parag Khanna’s The Future is Asian is a perfect example of “Asian Century” hype.
  • 26 Sep 2019
    • Asia
    • Australia
    • China
    • Indonesia
    • Vietnam

    Economic diplomacy: Tourism power, defining China, and Vietnam jackpot

    Greg Earl
    Badly behaving Australians in Bali don’t always make good ambassadors – but perhaps their numbers help send a message.
  • 12 Sep 2019
    • Asia
    • China's Economy
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Japan's Economy

    Economic diplomacy: Indonesian trade, ADB v BRI and Chinese money

    Greg Earl
    Indonesia’s economic growth might not be spectacular, but it is the world’s most stable – and that helps Australia.
  • 23 Aug 2019
    • Asia
    • Diplomacy

    A middle-power moment

    Bonnie Bley
    Countries banding together in a multilateral response to great-power competition seems to be on the way up.
  • 19 Aug 2019
    • Asia

    Japan’s imperial ghosts lurk well beyond Korea

    Alexander M. Hynd , Alexine Sanchez
    Will Tokyo’s tough stance against recent rulings in Seoul deter claims from other Asian countries?
  • 26 Jul 2019
    • Asia
    • Pacific Islands
    • France

    The limits to French grandeur in the Indo-Pacific

    Qi Siang Ng
    Emmanuel Macron wants to restore France to be a great power but despite a regional footprint his dreams may be fleeting.
  • 24 Jul 2019
    • Asia
    • Japan

    Japanese lessons for Australia’s relations with China

    Richard Broinowski
    Could the Australian response to Japanese trade practices in the late 1970s be a blueprint for dealing with China now?
  • 23 Jul 2019
    • Asia
    • China
    • Southeast Asia

    What the rest of Asia thinks about China’s Belt and Road Initiative

    Greg Raymond , Alice Dawkins
    <p>A better sense of South-South cooperation helps understand the direction of China’s trillion-dollar flagship.</p>
  • 18 Jul 2019
    • Asia
    • Indonesia
    • Thailand
    • Philippines
    • Malaysia
    • Southeast Asia

    After the voting, personality beats policy in Southeast Asia

    Greg Earl
    Malaysia is not the only country consumed by speculation about who takes over from a conspicuous and captivating leader.
  • 10 Jul 2019
    • Asia
    • China
    • Southeast Asia

    China’s Belt and Road Initiative: status report

    Peter McCawley
    Some projects will succeed. Others will fail. And in the end, China will likely find the political gain is quite mixed.
  • 4 Jul 2019
    • Asia
    • Global Economy

    Economic diplomacy: Japan v Korea, and trade negotiation secrecy

    Greg Earl
    Japan’s sanctions on Korean electronics shows souring ties between notional partners in a dangerous part of the world.
  • 2 Jul 2019
    • Asia
    • Rules Based Audio

    Unpacking the Asia Power Index – Podcast out today

    Kelsey Munro
    The Lowy Institute’s Rules Based Audio podcast takes a deep dive into the 2019 Asia Power Index.
  • 21 Jun 2019
    • Asia
    • Defence & Security
    • United States

    Five factors will decide the survival of the US-led alliance system

    Mason Richey
    In the Asia-Pacific, we know the questions asked of the San Francisco System. We just don’t know the answers.
  • 6 Jun 2019
    • Asia
    • United States
    • China
    • Singapore

    Singapore steers the US-China extremes at Shangri-la

    Richard McGregor
    Was Lee Hsien Loong critical of China, giving the stick to America, or perhaps resigned he could please neither?
  • 4 Jun 2019
    • Asia
    • Defence & Security
    • United States
    • United Kingdom
    • France

    Superpower scrutiny at Shangri-La

    Michael Fullilove
    The Chinese are finding they are now subject to the Spiderman rule: with great power comes great responsibility.
  • 3 Jun 2019
    • Asia
    • China

    Charting China, the (not always) super power

    Bonnie Bley
    Measuring Beijing’s influence shows mixed results for all the supposed diplomatic sway and billions spent on media.
  • 29 May 2019
    • Asia

    Five big takeaways from the 2019 Asia Power Index

    Hervé Lemahieu
    The 2019 Lowy Institute Asia-Power Index, launched today, tracks shifts in the distribution of power over 25 countries.
  • 24 May 2019
    • Asia
    • Australia in the World

    Bob Hawke’s Asia legacy

    David Epstein
    He believed strongly Australia could pursue closer engagement with near neighbours yet remain a close partner of the US.
  • 23 May 2019
    • Asia
    • Global Economy
    • Australia's Trade

    Economic diplomacy: New trade agenda, Chinese rhinos, Made in ASEAN

    Greg Earl
    A government promise to cover 90% of Australia’s trade with FTAs went largely unheralded during the election campaign.
  • 7 May 2019
    • Asia
    • Middle East
    • Defence & Security

    Strategic trends across the Indo-Pacific region

    Kevin Rudd
    The US might be reorienting to the region, but so is the region responding to the deep gravitational pull from China.
  • 18 Apr 2019
    • Asia
    • India-Australia Relations
    • India

    Coal comfort: Australia-India ties after the elections

    Ian Hall
    A last minute approval for the controversial Adani coal mine has brought Australia-India relations into the campaign.
  • 9 Apr 2019
    • Asia
    • United States
    • The Trump Presidency

    US bipartisanship on Asia

    Malcolm Cook
    Look beyond the reality show coverage of the Trump presidency, the bipartisanship on regional initiatives is striking.
  • 28 Mar 2019
    • Asia
    • Global Economy
    • Australia

    Economic diplomacy: trade and infrastructure battles in Asia

    Greg Earl
    Australian business is not showing much faith in new free trade deals, meanwhile the Trade Minister debates “left wing”.
  • 11 Mar 2019
    • Asia
    • Global Economy
    • Review

    Book Review: A Partnership Transformed

    John West
    For three decades, the Asian Development Bank successfully helped the People’s Republic of China in opening up.
  • 28 Feb 2019
    • Asia
    • Global Economy

    Economic diplomacy: Development aid in the Belt & Road era

    Greg Earl
    As the DFAT/Ausaid merger recedes in the rear vision mirror for Australia, China talks up scrutiny for bad projects.
  • 14 Feb 2019
    • Asia
    • Global Economy
    • Australia's Economy

    Economic diplomacy: trade ground shifts despite US-China row

    Greg Earl
    Alarm is growing the WTO’s dispute settlement mechanism may soon suffer the same credibility loss as its deal-making.
  • 8 Feb 2019
    • Asia
    • Russia

    Russian arms flood Southeast Asia

    Matt Bartlett
    New data shows Russian power not only nuclear weapons. Asian states are being brought into Moscow’s sphere of influence.
  • 24 Jan 2019
    • Asia

    Lowy Institute at Davos 2019: how power adapts in a changed world

    Bonnie Bley
    <p>Herve Lemahieu speaks on global&nbsp;power distribution in a world more&nbsp;defined by zero-sum politics.</p>
  • 17 Jan 2019
    • Asia
    • Global Economy

    Economic diplomacy: A new year of trade rows & development strife

    Greg Earl
    <p>It’s back ... more debate over TPP membership, plus a hint why Kim quit, and the AIIB goes green.</p>
  • 5 Dec 2018
    • Asia
    • United States
    • China

    How the US can prevent a China-dominated Asia

    Brendan Taylor
    America should stop spreading itself far and wide in the pursuit of improbable power balances.
  • 29 Nov 2018
    • Asia
    • War Crimes
    • Cambodia

    International justice: tackling impunity in Asia

    Priya Pillai
    Trials in Cambodia, while fraught, may help deliver accountability for crimes against humanity across the region.
  • 22 Nov 2018
    • Asia
    • Global Economy

    Economic diplomacy: Indonesian trade, RCEP and PNG aid

    Greg Earl
    Party games over the value of FTAs, finding the cash for commitments, and better investments than luxury cars at APEC.
  • 8 Nov 2018
    • Asia
    • Global Economy

    Economic diplomacy: doing business with China, Donald’s soulmate

    Greg Earl
    The careful form of words to prevent the takeover of energy infrastructure at home without appearing anti-Chinese.
  • 6 Nov 2018
    • Asia

    Four reasons to manage China’s rise

    Dhruva Jaishankar
    China shapes almost every global issue, yet the reasons for anxiety about Beijing’s ambitions guide how to respond.
  • 25 Oct 2018
    • Asia
    • Global Economy

    Economic diplomacy: Japan + China, BRI push back

    Greg Earl
    Watching Shinzo Abe try a high wire act with China’s Xi Jinping, and what tourism tells us about Asia’s economic ties.
  • 24 Oct 2018
    • Asia
    • Vietnam

    Vietnam: why blogger Mother Mushroom went free

    Hunter Marston
    Hanoi has released a prominent blogger, who'd been jailed on propaganda charges, on the condition she leave for the US.
  • 28 Sep 2018
    • Asia
    • Japan

    A bittersweet victory for Prime Minister Abe

    Purnendra Jain
    <p>Shinzo Abe was re-elected leader of the LDP but faces serious political and policy challenges in his final term.</p>
  • 27 Sep 2018
    • Asia
    • Vietnam

    Death of a president: no power vacuum in Vietnam

    Vu Lam
    Tran Dai Quang’s tenure highlighted the weakness of the presidency among Hanoi's top political leaders.
  • 24 Sep 2018
    • Asia
    • China

    The Chinese box office dilemma

    Nicole Talmacs
    Chinese film audiences are growing, but box office data is being manipulated to promote underperforming domestic films.
  • 19 Sep 2018
    • Asia
    • Singapore

    The fight to repeal anti-gay laws in Singapore

    Kirsten Han
    The movement to repeal a colonial era ban is gaining momentum, despite the skewed social and political playing field.
  • 3 Sep 2018
    • Asia

    Asia’s order beyond the great powers

    Nick Bisley , Bec Strating
    What might be called second tier players, when acting together, can have a profound influence to shape the region.
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