This article examines the applicability of the Dutch Disease hypothesis by using a vector auto‐regression model, focusing on the resource‐rich and middle‐income economies in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The...
Trade and industry
How does China–Pakistan Economic Corridor show the limitations of China’s ‘One Belt One Road’ model
Under ‘One Belt One Road’ initiative, China has introduced a new model of economic development of cross‐continental connectivity. With all its promising prospects, the initiative raises a question how such grand...
Two‐level games and Australia’s defence procurement: the case of land‐based anti‐ship missiles
Economics and finance | Australia
As a country largely free of the corruption that bedevils the defence procurement of many of Australia’s Asian neighbours, it is generally assumed that Australia’s national security interests, together with value...
Labour mobility in the PACER Plus
Since the commencement of the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations Plus negotiations in 2009, the Pacific Forum Island Countries have maintained that their main gain from this Free Trade Agreement...
United States–China trade: President Trump’s misunderstandings
President Trump’s analysis of the persistent United States–China trade imbalance reveals fundamental misunderstandings of basic economics. During the 2016 campaign, candidate Trump made an important Big Promise with two facets: to...
Silk roads of the twenty-first century: the cultural dimension
Much has been written about China’s grand project of the twenty-first century, the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road—or the Belt and Road Initiative. It is...