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.
Report
Economic, foreign policy and security challenges for Singapore
Singapore may be confronted by a more challenging future, with competition and security issues potentially threatening its success.
Report
The complex geopolitics of India’s growing energy needs
India’s vast energy demand and growing import dependence are creating complex regional and global geopolitical relationships.
Report
The ASEAN approach to food and water security
The main threats to food and water security in South-East Asia in the short- to medium-term, are demographic stresses, labour-force availability, crop and labour productivity and natural disasters. In the long-term, climate change threatens to exacerbate these issues and create a number of new problems.
Report
China in the Middle East: the US factor
Does China seek to nurture and develop its ties to the Middle East as a prerequisite towards supplanting the United States as the security guarantor and primary extra-regional power there?
Report
Indonesia needs greater appetite for future economic reforms
This paper argues that there has been some progress in introducing economic reforms, but the effect has been stifled by the implementation of protectionist measures. More reforms will be needed if Indonesia is to boost economic growth and attract much-needed investment, especially in infrastructure.