International Relations in India & Beyond
Vogel offers a holistic and historical perspective on the relationship between China and Japan. This perspective forms a useful basis to examine the state of modern Sino-Japanese relations. “If the relationship between China and...
The tale of the former Nissan chief exposes the contradictions of the man – and of corporate culture in Japan. Carlos Ghosn’s fall from grace is one of the most amazing recent episodes in...
“If the relationship between China and the United States, the world’s two largest economies, is the most important relationship in the world, then arguably the second most important relationship is that between China …...
Peter Hartcher’s Quarterly Essay provides an excellent, informative and insightful analysis of the challenges Australia faces in managing its deepening relationship with China writes John West. “Australia and China have got rich together. For...
The annual release of the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report is always a moment of great shame for Asia’s leading economies. The relative gaps between Asian women and men on measures of health, education,...
Modi’s initiative is undermining the very idea of India as a secular and multicultural liberal society John West Violent protests and rallies are engulfing India, from Delhi to Mumbai, Hyderabad and Kolkata, with many...
As Britain struggles with Brexit and evokes “imperial nostalgia”, Shashi Tharoor’s book, “An Era of Darkness: the British Empire in India”, demolishes at least three common myths. First, the myth of the beneficence of...
After seven long years of talks, leaders of 15 Asia-Pacific nations finally reached an agreement on the world’s largest trade deal, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), in Bangkok in November (the RCEP will likely...
China led the education rankings, but an ageing population and gap with Southeast Asia might mark down the whole region, wrote John West. Many countries see it as an Olympic Games for education. Every...
India is leading the way on inclusive innovation, according to a recent study by the Bertelsmann Stiftung, writes John West Conventional wisdom would have it that emerging economies start their climb up the development...
