A long-insular nation and society is expanding the definition of what constitutes foreign relations. Twenty years after it began to deregulate its economy, India is a more externally engaged country than ever. Much of this change is driven by three new sources of pressure on India’s diplomatic establishment: an ambitious business community, a vocal diaspora...

China's huge appetite for resources is reshaping the Australian economy. This Lowy Institute International Economy Comment argues that the China-led rise in the terms of trade is reshaping the Australian economy in a wide range of ways, contributing to an increase in national income (and hence Australian living standards) and a change in the structure...

In light of the continued diplomatic truce with Taiwan, this paper reassesses the drivers of China’s engagement in the Pacific, examines trends in China’s aid giving and associated concerns, as well as survey results of China’s follow-through on aid delivery since 2005. This is the fourth in a series of Lowy Institute reports on China’s...

China’s already large influence on the world economy continues to grow, and to change. China is the economy at the leading edge of the Great Convergence. According to Angus Maddison’s estimates, for example, its economy accounted for almost one third of global output (measured on a PPP basis) in 1820. The onset of the Great...

This paper explores what the outcomes of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (investigating the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri) will mean for both key domestic actors in Lebanese politics such as Hizbullah, and regional players like Syria, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United States. Popular uprisings have swept across the Arab world promising...