This publication provides a comprehensive analysis of the growth, direction and composition of Australia's goods and services trade relations with each of the countries of East Asia. Overview of trade with East Asia Australia’s balance of trade in goods and services with East Asia recorded a surplus of $55.0 billion in 2012, a decrease of...

This report presents a feasibility study into an East Asia Summit (EAS) Regional Facility for Education Quality Assessment (RFEQA). The project was developed partly in response to major findings of the 2008 study Harnessing Educational Cooperation in the EAS for Regional Competitiveness and Community Building (‘the Harnessing Report’) which noted that 'One potential issue for...

This paper explores the effects of a successful third North Korean nuclear test on the Northeast Asian security dynamic. A successful test, of around fifteen kilotons, could bring to the fore a slew of serious strategic issues in Northeast Asia, creating problems for North Korea's neighbours and further afield. The paper considers the implications for...

Unacceptable physical abuse is causing long-term damage to the lives and futures of far too many children in East Asia and the Pacific, according to this report. The report, titled Child Maltreatment: Prevalence, Incidence and Consequences in East Asia and Pacific, (109)is the first-ever comprehensive analysis of existing studies undertaken by experts and academics about...

Using several recent international reports as evidence, this policy brief argues that the extensive use of private tutors in East Asia has a detrimental affect on family budgets, children's time and national education systems.