Australian Outlook Blog Posts

10 Oct 2014
Arguments currently raging in Australia about the so-called China choice have not addressed the crucial issue about what specific concessions
09 Oct 2014
Canada’s Jennifer Jeffs proposes two novel ideas for G20 to avoid redundancy: learn from the Asian Financial Crisis example and
08 Oct 2014
With Beijing declaring a 6 October 'deadline', Hong Kong's Umbrella Revolution appears to have lost numbers. However, Chin Jin argues that, given
08 Oct 2014
Modernising taxation systems and global cooperation to prevent labyrinthine tax-minimisation, avoidance and evasion schemes should be at the heart of
08 Oct 2014
China and India have a history of conflict. The recent bi-lateral visit does not change the fact that both India
07 Oct 2014
In the aftermath of the first democratic power transition in the country's history, Ian Dudgeon analyses the upcoming challenges of
06 Oct 2014
During the UN Climate Summit on Tuesday, 23 September, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon called upon 120 delegates to get
04 Oct 2014
A strong steady hand is vital to manage the current global economy, but with so many balls in
the air, care
03 Oct 2014
In the aftermath of the 9 July Indonesian presidential election, Professor Tim Lindsey analyses the significance of the recent shift of
03 Oct 2014
Australia has a free trade agreement (FTA) with South Korea, right? Trade minister Andrew Robb is rightly proud of this
02 Oct 2014
Former external affairs minister Paul Hasluck argued that India, Japan and Australia could be considered the ‘legs of the tripod’
02 Oct 2014
Saudi Arabia is pursuing a range of political, economic and security strategies at the domestic, regional and international level in