Could another country replace China as the world’s economic growth leader, or could China reset for a new phase of economic leadership? This is the key question Joe Ngai and Nick Leung address in their …
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When Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, all major parties got it wrong. Ukraine considered a full-scale invasion unlikely and was preparing for an escalation in the eastern Donbas region. Russia had …
After several decades of unprecedented development, Asia today stands at a hinge point, writes Nick Bisley in his new book, Asian Crucible: Globalization, Geopolitics and the Contest for the Future. Bisley presents three futures that …
U Thant’s rise to become UN secretary-general, the world’s top diplomat, was, to say the least, unlikely. Thant grew up in a small town in what was then rural Burma, at the time part of …
Dennis Voznesenski’s War and Wheat examines the complex relationship between grain markets and global conflict. Amid an increasingly precarious global security situation, the book – written by one of Australia’s most respected agricultural economists – …