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Author: Bridget Welsh, SMU Malaysia recently soared into the headlines after Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim was acquitted of sodomy charges — although the prosecution has already...
Author: Doan Hong Quang, World Bank Consensus-based policy making is a salient feature of Vietnam, where important decisions are collectively made. Consensus is needed not...
Author: Yiping Huang, Peking University China’s economic developments in 2011 closely resembled those of 2008: over-heating at the beginning of the year; moderating due to policy...
Author: Rajiv Kumar, FICCI The Luddites have won for the moment, with their recent protests following the Indian government’s decision to allow FDI in the retail...
Author: Alicia Mollaun, ANU This year will be remembered as annus horribilis for Pakistan–United States relations. CIA contractor Raymond Davis kicked off the downward slide when...
Author: Sandy Gordon, ANU Australia’s Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, would have been more politically comfortable had she left the issue of uranium sales to India rusting...
Author: Stephen Howes, ANU The founding institution within the World Bank Group is the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD). The only part of the...
Author: Kirill Muradov, HSE Although Russia has intensified its efforts to join the WTO by the end of 2011, membership remains elusive. This may have direct...
Author: Evan A Feigenbaum, CFR Can the United States and China cooperate to forestall threats to stability? A new CFR report, Managing Instability on China’s Periphery...