The collapse of Israel’s main opposition party means Benjamin Netanyahu will remain Prime Minister for at least the next 18 months. A combination of deft political manoeuvring and the current pandemic paved Bibi’s way.

Narratives of isolation and self-sufficiency have arisen in attempt to curb the spread of disease. Like the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 and the migration crisis of 2015/2016, the Coronavirus pandemic is likely to feature as a catalyst in the shift towards deglobalisation.

Pacific populations have been at the forefront of natural disasters and the climate crisis for a long time. Crises are particularly detrimental to women and those of gender diversities.

It seems harder, every year, to predict with any certainty how Australia’s external environment will change. It is necessary to consider how regional trends are impacting Australia’s development partners as it works to implement meaningful development policies.

Southeast Asian nations have had varied responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Singapore shows great competence in handling the outbreak, while the majority of Southeast Asian nations struggle with the lack of technical capacity, unprepared healthcare systems, and low public awareness.

A pandemic is the kind of crisis that is at once typically national, yet also poses a challenge at the EU level.  The institutional nature of the EU leaves it better equipped to handle the financial challenges of the pandemic than the public health challenges.

Video interviews with speakers at the 2nd AIIA Indo-Pacific Research Forum, held in Tokyo in February 2020.

Politics in Kenya is dominated by rapacious elites consumed with looting state resources and using violence to avoid any possible accountability. Elections serve as key points of entry and consolidation in this system, and are manifestations of corruption, fraud, and repression.

The Australian Treasury’s initial purpose was to be a bookkeeper and budget manager for the new commonwealth government.  A couple of decades later, the inadequacy of Treasury in providing meaningful economic policy advice to the government during the Great Depression was a catalyst for the development of a more substantive policy role.

East Asia financial cooperation reaches a milestone on 24 March 2020, which marks the 10th anniversary of the Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralisation (CMIM).  This is an opportunity to consider how regional financial cooperation can be further strengthened.