ANU Editorial Board – Openforum https://www.openforum.com.au Open Forum offers an independent platform for Australian debate Thu, 28 Mar 2024 22:27:37 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.25 AI in Asia https://www.openforum.com.au/ai-in-asia/ Mon, 04 Dec 2023 22:46:30 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=45717 The scope for AI to reshape economies and drive growth is obvious, but effective, efficient and thoughtful regulation is desperately needed to ensure that the benefits are not monopolised or squandered.

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Asia’s demographic challenge https://www.openforum.com.au/asias-demographic-challenge/ Mon, 03 Jul 2023 23:48:50 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=43531 The ageing and shrinking of populations in many parts of East Asia will be a defining part of their economic and social development this century, just as the trade-fuelled economic boom was in the latter half of the previous one.

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We will not be assimilated https://www.openforum.com.au/we-will-not-be-assimilated/ Mon, 08 May 2023 20:37:55 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=42839 Fatalism is always intellectually fashionable. Plenty of intellectuals said the Cold War was unwinnable and Russia would crush Ukraine. Similarly, those who believe Asia – and Australia – will inevitably be dominated by China are similarly mistaken.

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Man is born free, but he lives in global supply chains https://www.openforum.com.au/man-is-born-free-but-he-lives-in-global-supply-chains/ Fri, 05 Aug 2022 22:57:37 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=38166 It's hard to imagine a more thorough stress test for globalisation than the double whammy of a once-in-a-century global pandemic followed by a land war between two of the world’s major commodity producers.

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Maintaining a global agenda https://www.openforum.com.au/maintaining-a-global-agenda/ Tue, 12 Jul 2022 23:33:47 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=38240 Global uncertainties have given birth to pronouncements that range from nonsense to seriously dangerous such as that the WTO is dead and that globalisation has run its full course, but the WTO is not dead, and neither is globalisation.

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Australia takes the scenic route back to normality https://www.openforum.com.au/australia-takes-the-scenic-route-back-to-normality/ Thu, 07 Oct 2021 00:03:51 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=34656 As Australia emerges from the COVID pandemic, it must now face new challenges in terms of climate change and economic renewal.

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Tokyo’s Olympic countdown https://www.openforum.com.au/tokyos-olympic-countdown/ Mon, 28 Jun 2021 23:12:22 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=33437 Postponed from last year, the Tokyo Olympic Games are set to kick off in less than a month, although the decision to proceed in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic remains steeped in controversy.

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The return of the G7 https://www.openforum.com.au/the-return-of-the-g7/ Mon, 14 Jun 2021 17:33:43 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=33304 The G7 is back. A post-Brexit ‘Global Britain’ has ambitions for an international leadership role and has coordinated a call from the Group of Seven advanced economies for reform of global rules.

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The uncharted road to recovery https://www.openforum.com.au/the-uncharted-road-to-recovery/ Tue, 18 May 2021 21:57:38 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=33004 The horrifying scale of the COVID-19 crisis in India should be warning enough that the path of the global health and economic recovery is still unknown.

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Bringing Burma back from the brink https://www.openforum.com.au/bringing-burma-back-from-the-brink/ Wed, 24 Mar 2021 21:08:49 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=32288 Myanmar’s military junta has ditched any effort to put a benign face on the coup it held at the start of February.

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Asia and the USA after Trump https://www.openforum.com.au/asia-and-the-usa-after-trump/ Wed, 17 Mar 2021 21:39:50 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=32156 Donald Trump's disastrous Presidency damaged the USA's relations with its Asian allies, and President Biden has many bridges to rebuilt to contain the rise of China.

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America’s choice and Asia’s future https://www.openforum.com.au/americas-choice-and-asias-future/ Mon, 02 Nov 2020 09:55:59 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=30419 Whoever claims victory in the US presidential contest this week, Washington’s grasp over Asia’s future is on the wane.

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