Griffith Review 18: In the neighbourhood

Grab your passport and roll up for an intimate tour of the Asia-Pacific region. A crack team of writers, experts, ex-pats and artists consider a fresh take on the confluence of cultures and 'Asianation' at home and upon our doorstep.

In the Neighbourhood provides a compelling look into the past, present and future of our engagement with regional neighbours, boardrooms to bedrooms.

Michael Wesley, Director of the Griffith Asia Institute, argues that Australia must forge a bold foreign policy to address the new realities of our developing economic and political ties with China.

Other leading writers and thinkers send reports from Japanese rice paddies, a Hanoi café, Susan Sontag's living room, a Manila slum, a Muay Thai boxing match, Kathmandu, Vanuatu, Dili and a Malaysian terror cell.

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