Provides Australia's first comprehensive view of how the most difficult year of recent times - in economic terms at least - has impacted on Australia-Asia engagement. The PwC Melbourne Institute Asialink Index is the first multi-indicator measure of engagement between Asia and Australia. The Index measures engagement between Australia and Asia over the period 1990-2009...

Drawing upon the lessons of region-building efforts elsewhere, this paper calls for a greater emphasis in Australian foreign policy on community building in Asia. It explores the challenges of building a stronger ‘community’ in the Asia-Pacific, using a ‘comparative regionalism’ approach. The report outlines five strategies for policymakers.

A more comprehensive strategic relationship between South Korea and Australia may be of increasing value given the tectonic shifts in our region, argues this report. Authored by Carl Ungerer and Simon Smith, this report provides a clear-eyed assessment of the small but productive role that an expanded bilateral agenda could play in maintaining regional peace...

The pivotal events of the 21st century Asia-Pacific will depend on factors that are only dimly perceived today. This paper outlines two possible strategic futures for the region. Today’s Asia-Pacific is, by consensus, in a state of flux. At the start of the second decade of the 'Asian century', it’s instructive to look back at...

The creative industries concept was born in the UK, nurtured in Australia (among other countries), but is now being implemented most vigorously in China. The UK and Australia seem to be pulling back from the concept: Critical response to CI policy in the UK; and post-GFC cutbacks limit scope for government action. Australia relies on...