The end of the Cold War period represented a critical juncture in the global expansion of capitalism, freeing up resources for the US to lead and support an accelerated neo-liberal push. Economic regimes that stood in the way of neo-liberalism came under increased scrutiny, and support for authoritarian political regimes became more difficult to rationalise...

Australia cannot be complacent and must constantly look for opportunities that will enable today's small to medium firms to engage within the region and grow into the larger firms that will provide the bulk of our exports in the future. Indeed, argue Lyndal Thorburn and John Langdale, much of our success now relates not to...

Globalisation represents a lot of different things to a lot of people: parliamentarians, journalists, academics, business leaders and bureaucrats among them. This paper identifies and analyses key questions about globalisation, giving special emphasis to its particular implications for the Asia-Pacific region and for Australia.

This report initiated Australia's first national strategy for developing an Asian languages and cultures program throughout the country.