Though geographic and technological challenges remain, Kazakhstan is on its way to becoming an even more central player in its region’s rail transportation, Shang-su Wu writes.

Printing money to replace excessive government borrowing is unlikely to improve fundamental problems but is likely to make things worse, Warwick McKibbin writes.

This week’s Policy Forum Pod delves deeper into the problems of punitive welfare systems, the caustic language we hear when talking about job seekers, and the role that labour policy plays in creating sustainable solutions.

In line with the state’s efforts to sustain economic growth, Beijing’s newly proposed foreign investment law has a chance of delivering promising results, Deborah Healey and Lu Wang write.

On Policy Forum Pod this week, we take a look at whether every billionaire is a policy failure, what the immense wealth of some tells us about income inequality, the role of philanthropy, and governments’ duty in ensuring fairness in society.

In this special post, experts from the ANU National Security College give us their thoughts on the national security issues set to shape this year.