Small Pacific nations run on diesel, and the Middle East crisis is driving some to the brink. What can be done in the short and medium term?
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Our research, spanning 13 countries in the Asia-Pacific region, found that for companies, better carbon management was linked to significantly lower financial risk.
Japan is splashing cash for Australian gas to keep fossil fuels flowing under its net zero plan for South East Asia . But this undercuts Australia’s green export vision
Following deteriorating relations with the West, Russia has shifted focus to Asia, and hold China to help expand its influence.
Before we work ourselves into a frenzy over Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to Solomon Islands, it is worth pausing for breath.
Judging by the campaign, and a bit of recent history, we can expect to see a Labor government pay more attention than their predecessors did to Indonesia – and Southeast Asia in general.
Indonesia needs to learn from China’s economic success, especially when Indonesia-China’s relations are mainly based on economics.
What does the future newsroom look like?
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We often hear about media companies shedding staff and revenues, but is there hope? We ask the man with a mission to launch 100 media start-ups in three years: what does the future newsroom look like?
With Russia’s military capacity and soft power influence steadily increasing in the Asia-Pacific region, it may be time to reevaluate Australia’s Russia strategy.
Eighty years ago, we were just as scared of the Japanese buying our assets as we are of the Chinese today. So what does this say about the future of Australia in the Asia-Pacific region?
Past shared history and/or cultural, ethnical or religious homogeneity can no longer be the only determinants of the level of co-operation among nations.
Australia’s challenge is to prove its utility to ASEAN, and vice versa.
It feels as if volcanoes in our region are going off at a high rate right now - but it’s reasonably normal activity for the “Ring of Fire” belt running around the Asia Pacific.
At APEC 2017, the region’s two biggest powers presented clearly different visions of the region’s economic future.
The agreement could be as good as dead, if, instead of pushing ahead without the US, its members decide to explore bilateral trade agreements with the country.
Prized species such as sea cucumbers are increasingly being poached from Australian waters. But if foreign aid can give fishing crews alternative livelihoods, the problem could ease.
Current land-use patterns could see the value of ‘ecosystem services’ – the natural processes that sustain life – plummet by mid-century. But with the right policies we can turn this trend around.
Nauruans used to be some of the richest people in the world, before their mining industry imploded. Now, as the island aims to develop sustainably, there are signs of the green shoots of recovery.
Much of the increased co-operation between Australia and Indonesia must begin by strengthening supply and value chains and investment ties between the two countries.
The stakes around Australia’s defence appear higher and the urgency greater than at any time since the height of the Cold War.
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Pro Vice-Chancellor Research and Professor of International Studies, La Trobe University
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Adjunct Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Hosei University
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Distinguished Fellow, Australia-India Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Principal Research Fellow, Burnet Institute
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, Urban & Regional Planning, Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney
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Senior Rearch Fellow in Fisheries Ecology, Southern Cross University
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Associate professor, University of Sydney
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Senior Curator of Geosciences, Museums Victoria Research Institute; Monash University
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Professor of Finance, Director of the Institute of Global Finance, UNSW
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Researcher, Research Centre for Politics, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)
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Visiting Fellow, Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University
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Professor of Political Communication; Director CAJ, The University of Melbourne
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Visiting Fellow on Burma, Dept of Political & Social Change, Australian National University
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Professor of Journalism, The University of Melbourne