Author: Andrew Elek, ANU China’s president, Xi Jinping, announced the creation of an Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) just before the October 2013 APEC meeting in...
Author: Ross Garnaut, University of Melbourne Australia is enjoying its 22nd year of economic growth without recession — an experience that is unprecedented in any other...
Author: Sheryn Lee, University of Pennsylvania In 2013, Taiwan’s political and economic developments again centred on its relationship with China, and the effect of cross-Strait rapprochement...
Author: Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Chulalongkorn University Never has Thai politics degenerated so quickly from uneasy accommodation to outright insurrection in just a month. It started with a...
Author: Joseph Cheng, City University of Hong Kong Around 120,000 people recently took to the streets to protest against the government’s decision not to grant a...
Author: Le Hong Hiep, UNSW ADFA and VNU On 12 November 2013, Russian President Vladimir Putin paid an official visit to Vietnam. This was his second...
Author: Daniel Clausen, Florida International University Japanese pacifism appears to be fading. As the generation that experienced the Second World War is replaced by a new...
Author: Peter Drysdale, Editor, East Asia Forum Despite the slowing growth in some economies, Asia is still the most dynamic part of the world economy. Output,...
Author: Dennis D. Trinidad, De La Salle University Abe’s recent trips to Southeast Asia show that Japan is turning once again to the region. Abe travelled...