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India’s Peripheral States Still Suffer Democracy and Development Deficits
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s election promises included setting up ‘an institute of big data and analytics’ to promote ‘predictive science’. However, no one is hearing very much on...
Is the View that Japanese People are Becoming More Nationalistic Correct?
Japan is coming under increasing scrutiny as the 70th anniversary of World War II approaches and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe moves to reform Japan’s defence policy. Recent concerns over...
China’s South China Sea Strategy is not Exactly Popular
We are witnessing another round of China-bashing — this time because of its reclamation activities on islands and submerged reefs in the South China Sea. The US Department of...
Indonesia’s Jokowi Winning Hearts and Minds in Papua
President Joko Widodo (popularly known as Jokowi) has affirmed giving special attention to the Papua region, comprising the two provinces of Papua and West Papua. The region has endured...
Potential Transformational Collaboration Between China and India through the AIIB
In June 2015, negotiators concluded discussions in Singapore on draft Articles of Agreement of the nascent Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). India is a founding member of the AIIB...
The Finer Points on the Future of Japan-South Korea Relations
Many expected Japan–Republic of Korea (ROK) relations to reset when the Shinzo Abe and Park Geun-hye administrations first came to power, but the past two years or so have...
China’s Foreign Policy Influenced by Nationals Living Abroad
The concept of ‘protecting nationals abroad’ (haiwai gongmin baohu) became part of the Chinese Communist Party’s priority list at the 18th Party Congress in 2012. But the idea caught...
There Will Likely be Tactical Limits to the Sino-Russian Relationship
Does the geopolitical relationship between China and Russia portend a major shift in global relations? Many observers focus on the similarities in these nations as the basis for expectations...
Australia’s Selective Foreign Investment Rules
Once you start picking away at something, it can be hard to stop. Australia’s foreign investment regime is a case in point: successive free trade negotiations have seen welcome...
Australia Tries to Capture a Portion of the World’s ‘Mobile Capital’
With the huge structural adjustment that the Australian economy has to effect as the commodities’ boom fades into the distant past, the ability of Australia to attract high levels...