Economics

Reading Time: 4 minutes Authors: Ross Buckley and Mia Trzecinski, UNSW Since the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the United States, European Union and their allies have imposed extraordinary financial sanctions on Russia….

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Matt Withers, ANU Sri Lanka is in the grips of its worst economic crisis since independence. Behind recent headlines, the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed structural problems that were decades…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Diana Schnelle, Ruhr-University Bochum Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 shook the world to its core. Unsurprisingly, the vast majority of states didn’t hesitate to publicly condemn…

Reading Time: 5 minutes Author: Editorial Board, ANU Policymakers have spent decades trying to stop financial crises. After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, those in the United States, Europe and their partners have been trying…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Barry Eichengreen, UC Berkeley What will be the demonstration effect of Western sanctions on Russia? And what will be the reaction of China and of other countries worried about…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Author: Ramonette B Serafica, PIDS Six years ago, in his first State of the Nation Address, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte underscored the need to relax economic restrictions to attract more…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Author: Willem Thorbecke, RIETI In March 2022, the Japanese real effective exchange rate reached its weakest level since January 1994. Matters could get worse, with analysts predicting a further 20…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: M Chatib Basri, University of Indonesia At a time when the world desperately needs global cooperation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, increased geopolitical tension, economic nationalism, and fear of…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Author: Akash Sahu, Manohar Parrikar-Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses India and Japan seem to be checking all the right boxes to develop a deeper partnership. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio…

Reading Time: 5 minutes Author: Simon Tay, Singapore Institute of International Affairs Anyone seeking to manage China’s regional economic integration must proceed with caution, but not without hope. Influencing Asia’s largest economy and political…