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In an article published today for The Australian, Rowan Callick mused on theapparentsuccessoftalks held this month by Prime Minister Tony Abbott during his recent Asian tour. Returning with two signed Free Trade Agreements and another in discussion, the success of the tour is at odds with the common attitude that Australia’s Liberal governments are poor […]

Prime Minister Tony Abbott is due in Japan next week and Australian farmers are hoping a free trade agreement between the two countries will be sealed in their favour. Professor Andrew O’Neil, director of the Griffith Asia Institute, was yesterday interview by Cameron Wilson from ABC’s Bush Telegraph program about the talks. He said there […]

Griffith Asia Institute Featured Publication Purchase the book from Ashgate press For a country already uneasy about energy security, the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, which caused a nuclear catastrophe at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, turned pre-existing Japanese concern about the availability of energy into outright anxiety. The subsequent closure of many nuclear reactors meant […]

Griffith Asia Institute were pleased to host a roundtable meeting with Mr. Imamura, Deputy Chief of Mission from the Embassy of Japan in Australia on the 23 January 2014.  

Territorial disputes between an increasingly assertive China and its regional neighbours Japan, South Korea, The Philippines and Vietnam dominated coverage of the region in 2013. Analysts are warning that any of these disputes could potentially escalate into armed conflict in 2014. Professor Andrew O’Neil comments on this issue in an interview with ABC Radio National […]

The Japan Times publishes a story by Eric Johnston who recently attended the Australia-Japan Dialogue in Brisbane hosted by the Griffith Asia Institute. Mr Johnston comments on the discussions held at the Dialogue. Read the article here.