February 2024
- Opinion
- Indonesian election
Prabowo the continuity candidate will be far from a proxy president
Prabowo Subianto has finally breezed into power in his predecessor’s slipstream. But he will push through his own agenda with an unpredictable style as Indonesian president.
May 2022
- Opinion
- China relations
Australia’s China obsession undermines its role in the region
The increasingly shrill and ideological framing of the China threat, further exaggerated during the election campaign, puts Canberra in a very difficult position.
January 2022
- Opinion
- Foreign relations
More future than past in UK connection
The comfort blanket of shared history obscures the fact that Britain and Australia have many complementary assets to offer in their relations with the rest of the Indo-Pacific.
March 2021
- Opinion
- Asia-Pacific
All risk, few options in Myanmar
The coup in Myanmar will weaken ASEAN just when outsiders want it to look solid in an era of big-power competition.
July 2020
- Opinion
- Hong Kong protests
Beijing crackdown will squeeze business
Investors will make a grave mistake by ignoring how much China's new national security law will change Hong Kong.
May 2020
- Opinion
- Hong Kong protests
Investors will lose as Beijing squeezes Hong Kong
Foreign investors should try to warn their contacts in the Hong Kong government and Beijing about the risks to the city’s role as China’s financial valve.