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US as first among equals not good enough for China 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Author: Hugh White, ANU What is America’s ultimate aim in Asia today? Robert Manning’s and James Przystup’s insightful response to my comments about this question gets to the heart of the issue, in w...
India’s problem is with corruption, not poor growth models 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Author: Sukalpa Chakrabarti, Symbiosis School of Economics The verbal duel between the two iconic Indian economists, Dr Jagdish Bhagwati and Dr Amartya Sen, has of late whipped up unprecedented atten...
The gravity shift and its discontents 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Author: Sourabh Gupta, Samuels International Associates, Inc. At the stroke of midnight on 15 August 1947, when India officially became an independent state after two centuries of British rule, Prime...
Myanmar’s commitment to coming out 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Author: Peter Drysdale, Editor, East Asia Forum When Myanmar’s president U Thein Sein took office in March 2011, few anticipated the speed with which the commitment to move to civilian rule would ro...
No going back in Myanmar 25 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Author: John Blaxland, ANU Myanmar (Burma) has experienced whirlwind reforms in recent years. With that has come heightened anxiety over incendiary and xenophobic remarks enflaming ethnic and religio...
India’s economic, foreign policies unlikely to change under new government 24 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Author: Vikas Kumar, Azim Premji University Although the next general election in India is not due until 2014, the world’s largest democracy is already in poll mode because the ruling United Progress...
Why China charms Cambodia 24 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Author: Heidi Dahles, Griffith University Cambodia’s persistent infatuation with China was blatantly displayed on the world stage in 2012 when, as ASEAN Chair, it refused to address the territorial d...
‘Weathermakers’ can control South China Sea political storms 23 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Author: Tang Siew Mun, ISIS The South China Sea experiences two monsoon periods each year: from May to September and November to March. That means a storm is guaranteed at just about any time. But a...
Taiwan offers a model for advancing human rights 23 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Author: Daniel Severson, Harvard University Taiwan has come a long way since it emerged from martial law just a quarter century ago. Back then, the struggle for basic rights, including freedom of ass...
Indonesia should promote democracy globally, starting with Egypt 22 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Author: Mochammad Faisal Karim, Bina Nusantara University The recent crackdown on peaceful protesters by the Egyptian military, which killed more than six hundred people, has sparked international ou...
