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Griffith Asia-Pacific Strategic Outlook 2024

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Panel Discussion Advocates for Renewed Climate Leadership in Oceania

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Asia insights

Our GAI blog features expert commentary and informed analysis on the latest Asia–Pacific news and affairs.

Pacific Outlook Bulletin | 1 May

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China Green Trade Report 2023

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Engaging China for sustainability in Asia: Collaboration, competition, or choppy waters

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Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Development Finance Review: Implications for the Pacific

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Calculation of livestock biomass and value in Indonesia: Supporting informed policymaking

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Commentary collections

State of the neighbourhood

APT10 All A Part

Pacific outlook commentary

Asia-Pacific women

Policy Briefs

Engaging China for sustainability in Asia: Collaboration, competition, or choppy waters

Christoph Nedopil, Chen Gang and Lili Mi

Chasing the Asia-Pacific green ‘Just Transition’ opportunity

Christoph Nedopil, Rob Hales, Lawrence Ang and Fabby Tumiwa

Managed transition vehicle: Financing mechanism for early phase-down of Chinese-sponsored coal plant

Pilot application in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

Christoph Nedopil, Lawrence Ang, and Mustafa Hyde

Building capacity: Climate-resilient development and gender-inclusive entrepreneurship in Mongolia

Jargalmaa Ganzorig, Dagiisuren Uuganbaatar, Batkhuu Bud, Bolor Bold, Rob Hales, Dhara Shah and Tapan Sarker

Development outlook: Exploring the opportunities of Southeast Asia

Andrea Haefner and Sovinda Po

Confronting labour market challenges in South Asia: An SDG perspective

Mohammad Nazmul Avi Hossain and Iyanatul Islam

Leaving nothing to chance: Sustaining Pacific development beyond 2024

Anna Naupa and Tess Newton Cain

Learning from international experience: Improving institutions for climate-resilient MSMEs

Lhagvanorov Dashzeveg, Elberel Tumenjargal, Khaliunbat Batdorj, Purevdorj Tseden, Tapan Sarker, Dhara Shah and Rob Hales

Climate-resilient micro- small- and medium-sized enterprises in Mongolia: Understanding challenges

Bayarmaa Khurelchuluun, Odontuya Sukhbaatar, Dhara Shah, Tapan Sarker and Rob Hales

COP28 Brief: unpacking China's stance and unravelling implications

Jing Zhang and Christoph Nedopil Wang

An agenda for Australia-ROK climate cooperation with Southeast Asia

Alice Nason

Gender equality in the Mekong region: Role of leadership

Andrea Haefner and Dhara Shah

Older policy briefs

Research Reports

China green trade report 2023

Jing Zhang and Christoph Nedopil

China green finance status and trends 2023-2024

Jing Zhang, Ziying Song and Christoph Nedopil

China coal exit: Phase down of coal-fired power in Pakistan and Vietnam

Christoph Nedopil, Lawrence Ang, Matt Carpio and Mengdi Yue

China's investment in the Asia Pacific 2023 report

Christoph Nedopil, Jing Zhang and Lili Mi

China Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) investment report 2023

Christoph Nedopil

Intelligence and intelligence agencies in Myanmar since the 2021 coup

Andrew Selth

Coercion and control in colonial Burma: The birth of an intelligence state

Andrew Selth

Assessing Australia’s strategic personality

Caitlin Byrne, Ian Hall, Renée Jeffery and Peter Layton

The rise of mobile payments in the Asia Pacific: Opportunities, risks and challenges

Hui Feng, Luke Houghton, Ernest Foo, Dian Tjondronegoro and Khondker M. Zobair

Strategic responses to COVID-19: An investigation of Australian firms

Lili Mi, Heather Stewart and Harsha Sarvaiya

South China Sea issue: Enhancing the rule of law under the US-China competition

Chihiro Shikata

Trilateral cooperation between Australia, Japan and South Korea: Potential and possibilities

Lauren Richardson

How Australia can work with Japan in the Indo-Pacific

HDP Envall

Grey zone challenges and Australia-Japan defence cooperation

Peter Layton

Countering China’s grey zone incursions through better management of illegal fishing in the SCS

Michael Heazle

Older research reports

Recent books

2024

Book title	Author/s
Hidden wars: Gendered political violence in Asia's civil conflicts \| Oxford University Press	Sara E Davies and Jacqui True
Climate Politics in Oceania: Renewing Australia-Pacific Relations in a Warming World \| Melbourne University Press	Susan Harris Rimmer, Caitlin Byrne and Wesley Morgan (Eds)
Warfare in the Robotics age \| Lynne Reinner Publishers	Ash Rossiter and Peter Layton

2023

Book title	Author/s
Pacific islands guestworkers in Australi: The new Blackbirds? \| Springer	Kirstie Petrou and John Connell
Lobbying the Autocrat The Dynamics of Policy Advocacy in Nondemocracies \| University of Michigan Press	Max Grömping and Jessica Teets (Eds)
Attaining the 2030 Sustainable Development Goal of Responsible Consumption and Production \| Emerald Publishing Limited	Naomi Birdthistle and Rob Hales (Eds)

2022

Book title	Author/s
Reframing Intellectual Property Law in Sri Lanka: Lessons from the developing world and beyond \| Springer	Althaf Marsoof, Kanchana Kariyawasam and Chamila Talagala
Attaining the 2030 Sustainable Development Goal of Climate Action \| Emerald Publishing Limited	Naomi Birdthistle and Rob Hales (Eds)
Banking on growth models: China's troubled pursuit of financial reform and economic rebalancing \| Cornell University Press	Stephen Bell and Hui Feng
Attaining the 2030 Sustainable Development Goal of Quality Education \| Emerald Publishing Limited	Naomi Birdthistle and Rob Hales (Eds)
Myanmar (Burma) since the 1988 Uprising: A select bibliography 4th edition \| ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute	Andrew Selth
Attaining the 2030 Sustainable Development Goal of Decent Work and Economic Growth \| Emerald Publishing Limited	Naomi Birdthistle and Rob Hales (Eds)
Chasing freedom: The Philippines long journey to democratic ambivalence \| Sussex Academic Press	Adele Webb
Attaining the 2030 Sustainable Development Goal of Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure \| Emerald Publishing Limited	Naomi Birdthistle and Rob Hales (Eds)

2021

Book title	Author/s
Negotiating peace \| Cambridge Core	Renée Jeffery
Partners in deterrence: US nuclear weapons and alliances in Europe and Asia \| Manchester University Press	Frühling, Stephan and O'Neil, Andrew

2020

Book title	Author/s
30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall: Turns and twists in economies, politics, and societies in the post-communist countries \| Springer	Akimov, Alexandr and Kazakevitch, Grenadi (Eds)
The humble cosmopolitan: Rights, diversity, and trans-state democracy \| Oxford University Press	Cabrera, Luis
China’s challenges and international order transition \| University of Michigan Press	Feng, Huiyun and He, Kai
The Rise of Sophisticated Authoritarianism in Southeast Asia \| Cambridge University Press	Morgenbesser, Lee
Japan and the new silk road: Diplomacy, development and connectivity \| Routledge	Murashkin, Nikolay

2019

Book title	Author/s
Demand, complexity, and long-run economic evolution \| Springer	Chai, Andreas and Baum, Chad (Eds)
Containing contagion - The politics of disease outbreaks in Southeast Asia \| Johns Hopkins University Press	Davies, Sara E
How China sees the world: Insights from China's international relations scholars \| Palgrave	Feng, Huiyun, He, Kai and Li, Xiaojun
Chinese scholars and foreign policy: Debating international relations \| Routledge	Feng, Huiyun, He, Kai and Yan, Xuetong
Modi and the reinvention of Indian foreign policy \| Bristol University Press	Hall, Ian
Commonwealth responsibility and cold war solidarity: Australia in Asia, 1944–74 \| Australian National University Press	Halvorson, Dan
Research handbook on feminist engagement with international law \| Edward Elgar Publishing	Harris Rimmer, Susan
Prototype warfare and the Fourth Industrial Age \| Royal Australian Air Force Air Power Development Centre	Layton, Peter
Secrets and power in Myanmar: Intelligence and the fall of General Khin Nyunt \| ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute	Selth, Andrew
Contemporary international business in the Asia-Pacific region \| Cambridge University Press	Verbeke, Alain, Roberts, Robin, Delaney, Deborah and Zámborský, Peter, Lay-Yee, M and Nguyen, Duy Duc
Danger, development and legitimacy in East Asian maritime politics: Securing the seas, securing the state \| Routledge	Wirth, Christian

2018

Book title	Author/s
North Korea and Myanmar : Divergent Paths \| McFarland and Co Inc	Abrahamian, Andray
Institutional cosmopolitanism \| Oxford University Press	Cabrera, Luis
The Great Recession: Rethinking macroeconomics for employment and development \| Nova Science Publishers Inc	Chowdhury, Anis and Islam, Iyanatul
The Oxford handbook of women, peace and security \| Oxford University Press	Davies, Sara E. and True , Jacqui (eds)
US-China competition and the South China Sea disputes \| Routledge	Feng, Huiyun and He, Kai (eds)
China's rise and Australia–Japan–US Relations: Primacy and leadership in East Asia \| Edward Elgar	Heazle, Michael and O'Neil, Andrew (eds)
Grand strategy \| Amazon	Layton, Peter
III Asia Pacific symposium on postharvest research, education and extension: APS2014 \| International Society for Horticultural Science	Roberts, Robin, Lay-Yee, M and Nguyen, Duy Duc
Civility and its development: The experiences of China and Taiwan \| Hong Kong University Press	Schak, David
Burma (Myanmar) since the 1988 uprising: A select bibliography (third edition) \| Griffith Asia Institute	Selth, Andrew
Understanding economic change: Advances in evolutionary economics \| Cambridge University Press	Witt, Ulrich and Chai, Andreas (Eds)

2017

Book title	Author/s
From international relations to world civilizations \| Routledge	Brincat, Shannon (ed)
Negotiating for water resources: Bridging transboundary river basins \| Routledge	Haeffner, Andrea
Transitional justice in practice: Conflict, justice, and reconciliation in the Solomon Islands \| Palgrave Macmillan	Jeffery, Renee (ed)
Fostering local entrepreneurship in a multinational enterprise \| London: Routledge	McGaughey, Sara & Amberg, J
Pathways to a sustainable economy \| Springer	Sarker, Tapan, Hossain, Moazzem, and Hales, Robert (eds)
Burma, Kipling and western music: The riff from Mandalay \| New York: Routledge	Selth, Andrew

Regional Outlook Working Papers

2024

Book title	Author/s	Publication
Household consumption, domestic demand, and challenges to China’s grand economic rebalancing	Hui Feng and Cheng Tang	Volume 78, 2024
Enhancing the future of Australia-Papua New Guinea-US relations	Sean Jacobs	Volume 77, 2024

2023

Book title	Author/s	Publication
Ten years of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI): Evolution and the road ahead \| Joint GAI-GFDC working paper	Christoph Nedopil Wang	Volume 76, 2023
I Nogat Inap Polis Man na Meri: A police shortage in Papua New Guinea	Sean Jacobs	Volume 75, 2023
Environmental politics under authoritarian regimes: Experiences from Southeast Asia	Sreang Chheat and Melissa Curley	Volume 74, 2023
Co-opted authoritarianism and BRI greenwashing: How mutual interests shape climate priorities in Southeast Asia	Hui Feng and Stephen McCarthy	Volume 73, 2023

2022

Book title	Author/s	Publication
Deep sea mining—can it sink the visions in Pacific regionalism?	Patrick Kaiku	Volume 72, 2022
COP27: Pacific people, perspectives and pronouncements	Rachel Smith	Volume 71, 2022
The state of open data implementation in Indonesia	Dian Tjondronegoro, Alan Wee-Chung Liew, Tom Verhelst, Damian Green, Ausma Bernot and Md Rakibul Hasan	Volume 70, 2022
Climate conversations and disconnected discourses: An examination of how Chinese engagement on climate change aligns with Pacific priorities \| Climate Action series	Tess Newton Cain, Romitesh Kant, Melodie Ruwet and Caitlin Byrne	Volume 69, 2022

2021

Book title	Author/s	Publication
The implications of climate change for Australian strategic and defence policy in relation to the alliance and the Pacific island states \| Climate Action series	Brendan Sargeant	Volume 68, 2021
Australia’s strategic culture and climate change \| Climate Action series	Mark Beeson	Volume 67, 2021
Climate change and maritime boundaries: Pacific responses and implications for Australia \| Climate Action series	Associate Professor Rebecca Strating and Professor Joanne Wallis	Volume 66, 2021
Reconciling regional security narratives in the Pacific \| Climate Action series	Associate Professor Sandra Tarte	Volume 65, 2021

2020

Book title	Author/s	Publication
Oceanic hydro-politics: Exploring contemporary geopolitics of the Blue Pacific \| Climate Action series	Dr Wesley Morgan	Volume 64, 2020

2019

Book title	Author/s	Publication
The next AI super power: The next AI super power: Why Australia's regional positioning and global outlook are important to the future of industry	Professor Dian Tjondronegoro	Volume 63, 2019
Making sense of democracy and governance in the Asia Pacific	Dr Stephen McCarthy and Professor Mark R Thompson	Volume 62, 2019
Talking Wuhan but walking Doklam: India-China interactions since 2017	Dr Atul Kumar	Volume 61, 2019

2018

Book title	Author/s	Publication
Transnational Filipinos in the UAE: A Compromise of Interests	Dr Kristin Kamøy	Volume 60, 2018
The Politics Behind the Story: Sixty Years on from the 1957 Australia-Japan Commerce Agreement	Associate Professor Michael Heazle	Volume 59, 2018
Myanmar-Watching: Problems and Perspectives	Dr Andrew Selth	Volume 58, 2018

2017

Book title	Author/s	Publication
A rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific: Aligning the building blocks	Abhijit Singh	Volume 57, 2017
Be careful what you wish for: The National League for Democracy and Government in Myanmar	Dr Andrew Selth	Volume 56, 2017
Aung San Suu Kyi and the politics of personality	Dr Andrew Selth	Volume 55, 2017
All going according to plan: The armed forces and government in Myanmar	Dr Andrew Selth	Volume 54, 2017
Understanding "Contested Multilateralism 2.0" in the Asia Pacific	Professor Kai He, Professor TJ Pempel and Professor Mark Beeson	Volume 53, 2017
2016 Asia Future Fellows Program for Undergraduates - student essays	Griffith and Peking University 2016 Asia Future Fellows	Volume 52, 2017
US leadership in the Asia-Pacific: Trends and policy implications for the Australia-Japan relationship	Associate Professor Michael Heazle and Professor Andrew O'Neil	Volume 51, 2017
The rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific: Opportunities and challenges for Australia, India and Japan	Professor Ian Hall and Associate Professor Michael Heazle	Volume 50, 2017

Older papers

Book title	Author/s	Publication
‘Strong, Fully Efficient and Modern': Myanmar’s new look armed forces	Dr Andrew Selth	Volume 49, 2016
2015 Asia Future Fellows Program for Undergraduates - Essays	Griffith and Peking University 2015 Asia Future Fellows	Volume 48, 2016
2014 Asia Future Fellows Program for Undergraduates - Essays	Griffith and Peking University 2014 Asia Future Fellows	Volume 47, 2014
The Australia-Japan Dialogue - Energy Security: Challenges and Opportunities 2013	Australia-Japan Dialogue - 2013	Volume 46, 2013
Burma's Security Forces: Performing, Reforming or Transforming	Dr Andrew Selth	Volume 45, 2013
Police Reform in Burma (Myanmar): Aims, Obstacles and Outcomes	Dr Andrew Selth	Volume 44, 2013
China's New Top Leaders: A Preview of the CCP's Eighteenth National Congress	Shanding Zhou	Volume 43, 2012
Looking Backwards, Looking Ahead: 40 Years of Australia-China Relations	Australia-China Futures Dialogues - 2012 Emerging Leaders Dialogue	Volume 42, 2012
Trends in China's Political Reform	Shanding Zhou	Volume 41, 2012
Asian-Western Films - Where the Exotic Meets the Familiar: Chinese Images in the World Cinema and Co-production	Dr Xiaolu Ma	Volume 40, 2012
Burma Watching: A Retrospective	Dr Andrew Selth	Volume 39, 2012
Exploring Household-Based Retail Travel Behaviours in Beijing: An Application of the Space-Time Decision Making Approach	Tiebei Li, Yanwei Chai and Wenjia Zhang	Volume 38, 2012
Civil Society in Burma: From Military Rule to 'Disciplined Democracy'	Dr Stephen McCarthy	Volume 37, 2012
United States Relations With Burma: From Hostility To Hope	Dr Andrew Selth	Volume 36, 2012
Managerial Cognition On Corporate Social Responsibility And Corporate Performance: Evidence From China	Adrian Cheung, Wanjun Jiang, Xiangjin Li, Dongning Yang	Volume 35, 2012
Burma and Weapons of Mass Destruction: not if, but why, how and what	Dr Andrew Selth	Volume 34, 2011
China’s Open Government Information Reform: Transparency vs Secrecy	Dr Shumei Hou	Volume 33, 2011
Burma’s Police Forces: Continuities and Contradictions	Dr Andrew Selth	Volume 32, 2011
Civil-Military Relations in Burma: Portents, Predictions and Possibilities	Dr Andrew Selth	Volume 25, 2010
Burma and North Korea: Conventional Allies or Nuclear Partners?	Dr Andrew Selth	Volume 22, 2009
Burma’s Armed Forces: Looking Down the Barrel	Dr Andrew Selth	Volume 21, 2009
Burma and the threat of invasion: Regime fantasy or strategic reality	Dr Andrew Selth	Volume 17, 2008
Burma and Nuclear Proliferation: Policies and perceptions	Dr Andrew Selth	Volume 12, 2007
Chinese Military Bases in Burma: The Explosion of a Myth	Dr Andrew Selth	Volume 10, 2007
The Black Sheep of the Family: How Burma Defines its Foreign Relations with ASEAN	Dr Stephen McCarthy	Volume 7, 2006

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Resources

Databases

Griffith Asia-Pacific Strategic Outlook 2024

Research Reports

Policy Briefs

Regional commentary

Books

Regional Outlook Working Papers

Pacific Central Banks Joint Working Papers

Latest news

Panel Discussion Advocates for Renewed Climate Leadership in Oceania

Bold experiment hailed a success by GAI and AIIA Queensland

Databases

Defence Diplomacy in the Pacific Tracker

Inclusive digital economies: Case studies for policymakers

COVID-19 Pacific Aid Tracker

Regional Commentary

Asia insights

Pacific Outlook Bulletin | 1 May

China Green Trade Report 2023

Engaging China for sustainability in Asia: Collaboration, competition, or choppy waters

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Development Finance Review: Implications for the Pacific

Pacific Outlook Bulletin | 17 April

Calculation of livestock biomass and value in Indonesia: Supporting informed policymaking

Commentary collections

State of the neighbourhood

APT10 All A Part

Pacific outlook commentary

Asia-Pacific women

Policy Briefs

Engaging China for sustainability in Asia: Collaboration, competition, or choppy waters

Chasing the Asia-Pacific green ‘Just Transition’ opportunity

Managed transition vehicle: Financing mechanism for early phase-down of Chinese-sponsored coal plant

Pilot application in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

Building capacity: Climate-resilient development and gender-inclusive entrepreneurship in Mongolia

Development outlook: Exploring the opportunities of Southeast Asia

Confronting labour market challenges in South Asia: An SDG perspective

Leaving nothing to chance: Sustaining Pacific development beyond 2024

Learning from international experience: Improving institutions for climate-resilient MSMEs

Climate-resilient micro- small- and medium-sized enterprises in Mongolia: Understanding challenges

COP28 Brief: unpacking China's stance and unravelling implications

An agenda for Australia-ROK climate cooperation with Southeast Asia

Gender equality in the Mekong region: Role of leadership

Research Reports

China green trade report 2023

China green finance status and trends 2023-2024

China coal exit: Phase down of coal-fired power in Pakistan and Vietnam

China's investment in the Asia Pacific 2023 report

China Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) investment report 2023

Intelligence and intelligence agencies in Myanmar since the 2021 coup

Coercion and control in colonial Burma: The birth of an intelligence state

Assessing Australia’s strategic personality

The rise of mobile payments in the Asia Pacific: Opportunities, risks and challenges

Strategic responses to COVID-19: An investigation of Australian firms

South China Sea issue: Enhancing the rule of law under the US-China competition

Trilateral cooperation between Australia, Japan and South Korea: Potential and possibilities

How Australia can work with Japan in the Indo-Pacific

Grey zone challenges and Australia-Japan defence cooperation

Countering China’s grey zone incursions through better management of illegal fishing in the SCS

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Regional Outlook Working Papers

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