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South Asia

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There is almost universal agreement that the centre of power is shifting from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans in what is rapidly becoming the ‘Asian Century.’ In just ten years from now, well over half the world’s population of almost 8 billion people will live in Asia. By 2020, if recent trends continue, three of the five largest economies in the world – China, India and Japan – will be Asian, and there will be more middle class consumers in Asia than there will be in America and Europe combined. CIS continues to monitor the implications for Australia, Europe and the USA?

Publications

  1. The Bipolar Pacific

    Helen Hughes AO | 21 Aug 2008 | Issue Analysis

    Guest-worker schemes, which have been proposed as a development solution for the Pacific, no doubt benefit the individuals... Read More...

  2. Papua New Guinea’s Choice: A Tale of Two Nations

    Helen Hughes AO | 31 May 2005 | Issue Analysis

    The recent withdrawal of the Australian police is disastrous for the people of Papua New Guinea. The police deployed under... Read More...

  3. Papua New Guinea On the Brink

    Susan Windybank | 12 Mar 2003 | Issue Analysis

    Papua New Guinea (PNG) shows every sign of following its Melanesian neighbour, the Solomon Islands, down the path to economic... Read More...

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Opinion & Commentary

  1. Why Rudd has overstayed his welcome in Asia

    John Lee | 16 Jan 2010

    John Howard had far more gravitas and influence in Australasia than Kevin Rudd, who is starting to look like he doesn’t ... Read More

  2. No relief for rural poor

    John Lee | 19 Dec 2009 | South China Morning Post

    Beijing will gradually relax the hukou, or household registration system, to give rural Chinese citizens an opportunity ... Read More

  3. We must dance with the devil

    Owen Harries | 29 Oct 2002 | The Australian

    IN the wake of the Bali bombing, it is imperative that we think clearly and, if necessary, coldly, about what the national ... Read More

  4. Be a realist, not a lap dog: A cooling off period will improve ties with indonesia

    Owen Harries | 04 Mar 2002 | The Australian

    Ours is an age that believes in action. Faced with a problem, virtually any problem, the demand is that someone—and these ... Read More

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Ideas@TheCentre

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