On 30 September the Central Bank of Myanmar (CBM) announced the names of the nine foreign banks that are to be awarded licences […]

The message is blunt – if we want a stronger, fairer and more functional global economy, then stamping out corruption and white-collar crime […]

Summary A violent end to the protests in Hong Kong has been avoided, with crowds of pro-democracy demonstrators dwindling from peak turnout over […]

Australia should re-focus its Antarctic efforts, clearly state its Antarctic strategic interests and match its Antarctic aspirations with […]

While it’s possible we could get an Ebola case in Australia, the chances are pretty low, with no direct flights between here and […]

Arguments currently raging in Australia about the so-called China choice have not addressed the crucial issue about what specific concessions must be made […]

Canada’s Jennifer Jeffs proposes two novel ideas for G20 to avoid redundancy: learn from the Asian Financial Crisis example and push for a […]

With Beijing declaring a 6 October ‘deadline’, Hong Kong’s Umbrella Revolution appears to have lost numbers. However, Chin Jin argues that, given the greater history […]

Modernising taxation systems and global cooperation to prevent labyrinthine tax-minimisation, avoidance and evasion schemes should be at the heart of the G20 agenda, […]

In the aftermath of the first democratic power transition in the country’s history, Ian Dudgeon analyses the upcoming […]