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Author: Paul Dibb, ANU Arguments currently raging in Australia about the so-called China choice have not addressed the crucial issue about what specific concessions must be...
Author: Thitinan Pongsudhirak Thai politics has completed a dramatic turn from electoral authoritarianism under deposed premier Thaksin Shinawatra in 2001–2006 to a virtual military government under...
Author: Aurelia George Mulgan, UNSW Canberra Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s appointment of Koya Nishikawa as the new Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) is...
Author: Sajjad Ashraf, NUS The two separate sit-ins in front of Pakistan’s parliament house are into their second week. The first is led by cricketer-turned-politician Imran...
Author: Pallav Purohit, IIASA India needs economic growth for sustainable development, which in turn requires access to clean, convenient and reliable energy. An estimated 400 million...
Author: Yiping Huang, Peking University A couple of months ago, the Xinhua News Agency published three articles on ‘stimulus and reform’ to strongly support the government’s...
Authors: Abhirup Bhunia, Institute of Economic Growth and Geethanjali Nataraj, Observer Research Foundation Addressing a joint session of parliament, Indian president Pranab Mukherjee laid out the...
Author: Hagen Koo, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa Park Geun-hye, the current president of South Korea, pledged to rebuild the middle class and increase its size...
Author: Pravakar Sahoo, Delhi University In a bid to invite foreign investment, increase domestic production and modernise India’s defence industry, the new government has initiated cabinet...