This paper seeks to clear up the uncertainty surrounding US hopes and wishes of allies in Asia, and to provide Australia with a fuller picture of the opportunities and challenges in our strategic alliance with the US. Overview Given China’s rise and Asia’s economic ascent, military growth and increasing trade flows, the US ‘pivot to...

Overview: This volume draws together essays by leading art experts observing the dramatic developments in Asian art and exhibitions in the last two decades. The authors explore new regional and global connections and new ways of understanding contemporary Asian art in the twenty-first century. The essays coalesce around four key themes: world-making; intra-Asian regional connections...

This paper analyses some of the financial issues that could contribute to the develoment of a more resilient global financial system and contribute to regional financial stability.

This paper presents statistical data describing Australia's trade and investment with APEC through 2013. Overview This publication is part of a geographic set of trade publications released annually by DFAT. It presents statistical data describing Australia's trade and investment with APEC through 2013. Included is a comparison of APEC's economic and trade highlights between 1992...

The UN refugee agency annual statistics show that more than 51 million people were forcibly displaced at the end of 2013, the largest number since the end of World War II. Half of the world's refugees in 2013 were children. UNHCR's annual Global Trends report, which is based on data compiled by governments and non¬-governmental...