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With Donald Trump in the White House, what now for the Asia-Pacific?
Will Trump slap tariffs on Chinese imports, sparking a trade war between the world’s two largest economies? Will he forge a new great power alignment with Moscow, leaving Beijing out in the...
Najib fights to retain control after 1MDB scandal
Najib quickly shut down Malaysian investigations into 1MDB in 2015. Yet external agencies and media sources have since tracked what they believe is an international chain of transactions enabling...
Duterte's year of living dangerously
Philippine politics in 2016 has been dominated by Rodrigo Duterte’s rise to power. With five contenders for the presidency, pre-election polls in early January 2016 indicated that the administration...
Fourty years of ASIO's unclassified history
Dr John Blaxland takes us through 40 years of Australian spy history, from KGB moles in ASIO to political activism in the 60s to the sophistication of espionage. His book ‘The Secret Cold War: The...
Trump's picks: Drain what Swamp?
Dr Bates Gill is interviewed on CNBC to discuss President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet decisions. Dr Gill says that Trump is unable to represent the common man. Watch the full interview Trump...
The King of Jordan visits Australia on RN Drive
Patricia Karvelas interviews Dr Vanessa Newby on ABC Radio’s RN Drive, Thursday 24 November 2016. To listen to the full show The King of Jordan visits Australia on RN Drive on ABC Radio.
Afraid new world
When he did mention Asia, it was to threaten tariffs on Chinese imports, and less military support to Japan and South Korea. Southeast Asia was not mentioned. Therefore whatever we can say about the...
OPINION: Jokowi leadership shift
McDonald’s pessimism comes from the research results generated by Eve Warburton, a political scientist at the Australian National University. Warburton’s research is interesting because...
What will President Trump do for Australia and ANZUS?
Since the Second World War Australia’s defence strategy has been based on its relationship with the US, and the implied promise that in the event of Australia being attacked, the US would come...
Businessman Trump or bureaucrat Hillary- Who does Asia prefer?
US foreign policy goals in the five years since the “pivot to Asia” was introduced have been mired by China’s irritation at the US’ assertive stancein the South China Sea, the stalled Trans...
