The Commerce Ministry reports April's export growth at 24.7 percent while import grew 27.8 percent, registering the first trade deficit in three months. The ministry is...
Author: Peter Hayes, Nautilus Institute and RMIT In the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, Korea — a tiny nation festooned with reactors in...
Author: Patrick Chin-Dahler, ANU On 7 May 1999, during the US-led NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, two US B2 bombers launched five 2000-pound missiles. Three of these...
Author: Sandra Tarte, USP Recent claims in the media that Australia’s foreign minister has ‘ignored’, ‘neglected’ and ‘taken his eyes off’ the Pacific islands have underscored...
Author: Raghbendra Jha, ANU In 2010, India’s GDP in PPP terms was $3.92 trillion. By this reckoning, India was the fourth-largest economy in the world after...
Author: Andrei Lankov, Kookmin University and ANU Until some 10 years ago, defection from North Korea implied that the person’s connections with his or her homeland...
Author: John Delury and Chung-in Moon, Yonsei University Last year’s sinking of the Cheonan , the revelation of a new uranium enrichment program at Yongbyon, and...
Author: P K Ghosh, ORF The Indian Ocean is a very ‘active’ ocean, perceived by many as the emerging centre of gravity in the strategic world....
Author: Jagdish Bhagwati, Columbia University The Doha Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations (MTN) is the first negotiation to take place under the auspices of the World...