[Lowy Institute] Obama’s Alliances (August 2011)
On the 60th anniversary of the signing of ANZUS, the Lowy Institute has released a report on Barack Obama’s approach to alliances and what this means for the Australia-US alliance. The report has been...
View Article[OFR] Urbanisation in China: Challenges and the Way Ahead (August 2011)
Urbanisation in China is taking place at an unprecedented level and is set to continue over the next decade. This is likely to present many challenges not just for policy makers but for the economy and...
View Article[Lowy Institute] Subprime nation? America’s economic policy challenges...
The August 2011 sovereign downgrade of the United States by Standard & Poor’s was seen by many international observers as a symbol of a US economy in relative decline. In a new Lowy Institute...
View Article[KINU] US-China Relations and Korean Unification (November 22, 2011)
The Korea Institute for National Unification (KINU) is working on a four-year project (2010-2013) on the subject of Korean unification. The objective of this project is to propose a grand plan for...
View Article[KINU] The Rise of China to the G2 and Strategy for Peaceful Unification...
China´s overall national power has reached a level that threatens that of the U.S. In 2010 China´s economy became the second largest in the world after the U.S., while its real GDP has sustained...
View Article[KINU] The Rise of China to the G2 and Strategy for Peaceful Unification...
In the post-Cold War era, the U.S.´ prime objective in East Asia is to maintain the security and economic interests that it secured in the region during the Cold War, alongside its role as a proactive...
View Article[KINU] The Rise of China to the G2 and Strategy for Peaceful Unification...
When the Kim Dae-jung administration decided to pursue peaceful coexistence first rather than rushing to early unification, it set the goal of improving inter-Korean relations through "reconciliation,...
View Article[RSIS] The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) Negotiations: Overview...
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a trade agreement currently under negotiation between nine countries in three continents, including Australia, Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru,...
View Article[Lowy Institute] Revolution at State: the spread of ediplomacy (March 27, 2012)
This report is the first time the rapidly growing ediplomacy effort at the US State Department has been mapped. It reveals State now employs over 150 full-time ediplomacy personnel working in 25...
View Article[RSIS] Getting from Here to There: Stitching Together Goods Agreements in the...
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks are a good test case for examining what happens when sweeping, grand rhetoric meets political and economic realities. In these ongoing negotiations, officials...
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