Authors: Arianto Patunru and Krisna Gupta, ANU By 16 June 2020, Indonesia had recorded 39,294 cases of COVID-19, second only to Singapore in Southeast Asia. Indonesia’s...
Author: Editorial Board, ANU The lockdowns that started in China’s Hubei province on 23 January were a major disruption to the international supply of manufactured goods....
Author: Nobuaki Hamaguchi, Kobe University The United States and Europe tend to associate South America with Amazon rainforest burning, pink-tide leftist ideology, drug trafficking, corruption and...
Author: Wei Li and Hans Hendrischke, Sydney University China’s economy is poised for a quick rebound. In March, factories reopened and in April, schools started reopening...
Author: Andrew Carr, ANU To be a middle power requires a modest disbelief in power. These states take their medium-sized resources and direct them towards big...
Author: Sithanonxay Suvannaphakdy, ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute The Special ASEAN Summit on 14 April emphasised the need for a collective response from ASEAN to COVID-19 that involves...
Authors: Alex Rouse and Adam Triggs, ANU The COVID-19 pandemic is a test for the multilateral system — one that could not have come at a...
Author: Oliver Turner, University of Edinburgh What implications does the COVID-19 pandemic signal for the United Kingdom’s role and presence in Asia? The Conservative UK government’s...
Author: Editorial Board, ANU The Wuhan lockdown has now been lifted and the Chinese government’s new challenge is to restart its economy while guarding against a...