Month: June 2013

Revisiting the banana republic and other familiar destinations

Griffith Asia Institute
Published AuthorNatasha Vary
There can be no denying that Australia has been lucky to be in a position to take advantage of China’s industrialisation and recent Asian economic exceptionalism in the face of a slow American recovery and continuing European crisis. Similarly, however, any downturn in China and other Asian economies will now negatively affect Australia, according to […]

CFA incentive for commerce students

Colourful image of many numbers on stocks and shares trading board
Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics
Published AuthorStephen O'Grady
Griffith University is the first in Australia to be approved to take part in the prestigious CFA Institute University Recognition Program. Griffith’s Bachelor of Commerce degree (majoring in Finance) has been acknowledged as incorporating at least 70 percent of the CFA Program Candidate Body of Knowledge (CBOK) and placing emphasis on the CFA Institute Code […]

US Extended Nuclear Assurance: Hiding in plain sight

Griffith Asia Institute
Published AuthorContributed
“There’s been a resurgence of interest in recent years among Australian academics in the issue of US extended nuclear assurance to its Asian allies in general and to Australia in particular. I’ve written on this issue, but so too have Andrew O’Neill, Stephan Fruehling, Ron Huisken, and Richard Tanter, to name just some of the […]