Rahul Mishra
Australia-China Strategic Partnership
Timely as it was, the Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s five-day China visit may be considered a success on all fronts. Leading the ‘strongest Australian delegation ever’ to China, Gillard pledged to give the relationship a ‘concrete shape’, which in Chinese Premier Li Kequing’s words, is already ‘comprehensive, constructive and cooperative’. This issue brief analyses Julia Gillard’s China visit in the context of rising Australia-China bonhomie.
India–Australia Strategic Relations: Moving to the Next Level
This commentary attempts to put into perspective the recent developments in India–Australia bilateral ties.
Myanmar and the United States: On a Reconciliatory Path?
The current trajectory of developments is likely to lead to the point where the US and the Sein government find ways to resolve outstanding points of contention between them, leading to Myanmar moving further along the path of greater political freedom, better human rights and good governance.
The ‘Orchid Revolution’ in Singapore
The PAP needs to make itself more responsive to the common Singaporean’s demands in order to remain the single-most powerful representative of the people of Singapore.
CHALLENGES BEFORE THE YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA GOVERNMENT
Piecing together Thailand’s fractured polity and society will not be an easy task especially given that the Shinawatra government has to live up to the expectations of its supporters while allaying the opposition’s apprehensions.
India and Indonesia: Trade and Investment Complementarities
To maximise gains from their bilateral relations, India and Indonesia have to tread a middle path - a mix of furthering economic complementarities while competing to attract foreign investments.
Mosaics of Cultures: Investigating the Role of Cultural Linkages in India-Indonesia Relations
The cultural linkages between India and Indonesia have to be leveraged, as a foreign policy tool, to take India-Indonesia relations to the next level.
Indonesia- China relations: Challenges and Opportunities
During the course of their sixty year-old bilateral relationship, Indonesia and China have gone through many ups and downs. A great part of the formative years of this relationship was marred by mutual apathy, if not distrust.
Myanmar Elections: Domestic Apathy and International Concerns
The outcome of the elections in Myanmar is awaited anxiously by the international community but not much change is expected.
