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Welcome to the Gray War

Welcome to the Gray War

China’s cyber and info war is already here — and the U.S. is playing catch-up. Read more...
India and China strive to reset ties but with caution

India and China strive to reset ties but with caution

After years of border tensions, India and China appear to be gradually moving towards resetting ties - but larger challenges and suspicions remain, according to the BBC.
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How Apple made China a global tech power?

How Apple made China a global tech power?

Apple, the maker of your iPhone, has inadvertently contributed to the transformation of China into a tech superpower, writes John West, Executive Director, Asian Century Institute. Read more...
How China won over America, and then lost it

How China won over America, and then lost it

After winning over America with its openness, the US/China relationship has turned sour since the rise of Xi Jinping to Chinese leadership. Read more...
Designed in California but made … all over the world

Designed in California but made … all over the world

Many people in the United States feel they can’t live without an iPhone. But its global components have put it is at the heart of an international trade battle. Read more...
America, a new autocracy?

America, a new autocracy?

America is dangerously close to slipping into an autocracy, according to Barack Obama.
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Preserving the US technological republic

Preserving the US technological republic

The US needs to strengthen its standing in the tech world. Read more...
Trump’s U.S. Falls Prey to the Dutch Disease

Trump’s U.S. Falls Prey to the Dutch Disease

This would not be the first time in history that a world-leading nation suffers from a severe cultural and social backlash at home and abdicates its leadership role in global commerce. Read more...
Germany Goes Loopy

Germany Goes Loopy

A brief tale of a major economy having lost its way. Read more...
The Wires of War – Technology and the Global Struggle for Power

The Wires of War – Technology and the Global Struggle for Power

A cyberwar is at the heart of the great power struggle between the US and China, writes John West, Executive Director, Asian Century Institute.
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How China sees things

How China sees things

Here’s a book that looks not in at China but out from China. Read more...
America’s Forever War with Itself

America’s Forever War with Itself

The great American nation has always been at war with itself, compromising social and political stability at home, and undermining its ability to lead the free world, writes John West Read more...
"Age of Revolutions" – Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present

"Age of Revolutions" – Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present

A study of the cultural and social backlashes to the dramatic economic and technological transformations. Read more...
Australia-India Comprehensive Strategic Partnership

Australia-India Comprehensive Strategic Partnership

Economic and political factors are forging ever closer bonds between Australia and India, writes John West.
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India’s fragile democracy

India’s fragile democracy

The survival of Indian democracy is a miracle, writes, John West
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India’s fractured society

India’s fractured society

Indian society has multiple fractures which contribute to social instability and undermine economic potential, writes John West.
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India’s economy is a mixed bag

India’s economy is a mixed bag

India’s economy has everything from its world class tech sector to its subsistence agriculture, writes John West.
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Technology, globalisation and civilisational decline

Technology, globalisation and civilisational decline

We live in the midst of civilisation in flux, writes John West. Read more...
The Indonesia that America created

The Indonesia that America created

Donald Trump’s administration seems to be unaware that modern day Indonesia is in many ways an American creation. Read more...
The Taiwan Story: how a small island will dictate the global future

The Taiwan Story: how a small island will dictate the global future

Among the most complex foreign policy challenges facing President Donald Trump following his inauguration on 20 January will be relations with China and the US’s position relative to Taiwan.

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