Organisation
Future Directions International
Acronym:
FDI
Future Directions International (FDI) was an independent, not-for-profit research institute. It was established in 2000, by Major General (Retd.) the Honourable Michael Jeffery (former Governor General of Australia), together with a small group of leading Australians, to conduct comprehensive research of important medium to long-term issues facing Australia.
FDI ceased operations in November 2021.
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Kashmir and the abrogation of Article 370: an Indian perspective
Prime Minister Modi’s recent decision to scrap Articles 370 and 35A of the Indian Constitution has stirred controversy across the political spectrum. This article makes the case that Pakistan, which has underplayed the changes effected by India, will, over time, reactivate the proxy war and upset India’s calculation that its move will end the problem...
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China’s dire straits: no brothers in arms – part one
This paper argues that China’s economic and trade 'free ride' is well and truly over, and that it is also encountering pushback from regional countries, and especially so by the United States.
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Fiji: poor nutrition and agricultural decline has caused food security slump
Food availability in Fiji is generally good, especially when compared to other Pacific islands. While this has led to lower food security concerns, Fiji suffers from a double burden of over- and under-nutrition.
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Papua New Guinean agriculture: significant opportunity and much peril
PNG Prime Minister, James Marape, has a vision of turning PNG into the “food basket of Asia.” While PNG has developed palm oil, coffee, cocoa and copra export industries, this report argues that expanding into the production of other export commodities is likely to be difficult.
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Tonga: between an irresistible force and an immovable object
The military and economic rise of China has seen tensions between Beijing, Washington and Canberra play out in the South-West Pacific region.