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Our GAI blog features expert commentary and informed analysis on the latest Asia–Pacific news and affairs.

Green independent power producers (IPPs) in Asia: A practical guide for negotiations and agreements between Chinese and international partners

Listening, learning, leading: Pacific pathways to prevent violence against women and girls

When the flood comes from below: Groundwater, sea-level rise and a hidden coastal threat

From concept to impact: Shifting debt-for-nature swaps from exploratory ideas to empirical insight

Safeguarding agribusiness: How governments in developing Asia can strengthen export resilience amid natural disasters

Perspectives:Asia | The Asia Pacific Triennial: Looking back, looking forward

Policy Briefs

Time to develop an Asia-Pacific Green Development Agenda

Christoph Nedopil, Dhruba Purkayastha, Hemant Mallya, Kavita Vij, Nitin Bassi and Shuva Raha

Reimagining disability: Is inclusion a macroforce that will shape Asia and the Pacific for the next

Dian Tjondronegoro, Elizabeth Kendall, Shawn Hunter and Elena Mayer-Besting

Living with uncertainty in Pacific island countries

Peter Dirou, Luke Forau and Parmendra Sharma

Geopolitics, non-traditional security and political dynasties in Southeast Asia

Andrea Haefner and Sovinda Po

Rethinking fiscal policy to finance SDGs in South Asia

Mohd Avi Hossain and Yan Islam

China in Asia in 2025 – a reliable rock in a stormy sea?

Christoph Nedopil and Jean Dong

Developing the agriculture sector through youth entrepreneurship: The case of Vanuatu

Rebecca Bogiri

Future made in ɫ��վ? Evaluating ɫ��վ’s 2024 green energy related policies

Christoph Nedopil and Jing Zhang

Engaging China for sustainability in Asia: Collaboration, competition, or choppy waters

Christoph Nedopil, Chen Gang and Lili Mi

Chasing the Asia-Pacific green ‘Just Transition’ opportunity

Christoph Nedopil, Rob Hales, Lawrence Ang and Fabby Tumiwa

Managed transition vehicle: Financing mechanism for early phase-down of Chinese-sponsored coal plant

Christoph Nedopil, Lawrence Ang, and Mustafa Hyde

Building capacity: Climate-resilient development and gender-inclusive entrepreneurship in Mongolia

Jargalmaa Ganzorig, Dagiisuren Uuganbaatar, Batkhuu Bud, Bolor Bold, Rob Hales, Dhara Shah and Tapan Sarker

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Green independent power producers (IPPs) in Asia

Christoph Nedopil, Fabby Tumiwa, Mustafa Sayed, Muhammad Aulia Anis, Rika Isnarti and Umar Farooq

China green finance status and trends 2024-2025

Mengdi Yue and Christoph Nedopil

China Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) investment report 2024

Christoph Nedopil

Driving economic resilience: Pacific Trade Invest’s decade of progress

Luke Houghton

Enhancing the ecosystem for entrepreneurship and innovation in the Pacific

Shawn Hunter, Sameer Deshpande, Ron Bevacqua, Jeff Liew and Peter Morgan

Unity and Discord in the Pacific: Negotiating PACER Plus

Larry Crump

Griffith Asia-Pacific Strategic Outlook (GAPSO) 2024

Christoph Nedopil and Gloria Ge (eds)

China green trade report 2023

Jing Zhang and Christoph Nedopil

China green finance status and trends 2023-2024

Jing Zhang, Ziying Song and Christoph Nedopil

China coal exit: Phase down of coal-fired power in Pakistan and Vietnam

Christoph Nedopil, Lawrence Ang, Matt Carpio and Mengdi Yue

China's investment in the Asia Pacific 2023 report

Christoph Nedopil, Jing Zhang and Lili Mi

China Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) investment report 2023

Christoph Nedopil

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Recent books

2025

Book title	Author/s
(3rd Edition) \| Routledge	Moazzem Hossain, Eliyathamby A. Selvanathan, Maneka Jaysinghe, Saroja Selvanathan and Rajat Kathuria

2024

Book title	Author/s
\| Manchester University Press	Helen Berents, Catherine Bolten and Siobhan McEvoy-Levy
\| Routledge	Zannie Langford
\| De Gruyter	Sara E Davies, Jacqui True, Yolanda Riveros Morales, Phyu Phyu Oo, Joana Osei-Tutu and Rachel Banfield
\| ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute	Andrew Selth
\| Springer	Shashika Rathnayaka, Saroja Selvanathan and Selva Selvanathan
\| Routledge	Kanchana Kariyawasam, Ragika Palliyaarachchi and Glenn Campbell
\| Oxford University Press	Sara E Davies and Jacqui True
\| Melbourne University Press	Susan Harris Rimmer, Caitlin Byrne and Wesley Morgan (Eds)
\| Lynne Reinner Publishers	Ash Rossiter and Peter Layton

2023

Book title	Author/s
\| Routledge	Selva Selvanathan, Saroja Selvanathan and Maneka Jayasinghe
\| Berghahn	Zannie Langford
\| Routledge	Christoph Nedopil and Mathias Lund Larson
\| University of Michigan Press	Max Grömping and Jessica Teets
\| Bristol University Press	Marshall Beier and Helen Berrents (eds)
\| Springer	Kirstie Petrou and John Connell
\| University of Michigan Press	Max Grömping and Jessica Teets (Eds)
\| Emerald Publishing Limited	Naomi Birdthistle and Rob Hales (Eds)
\| Emerald Publishing Limited	Naomi Birdthistle and Rob Hales (Eds)
\| Emerald Publishing Limited	Naomi Birdthistle and Rob Hales (Eds)
\| Emerald Publishing Limited	Naomi Birdthistle and Rob Hales (Eds)

2022

Book title	Author/s
\| Springer	Althaf Marsoof, Kanchana Kariyawasam and Chamila Talagala
\| Emerald Publishing Limited	Naomi Birdthistle and Rob Hales (Eds)
\| Cornell University Press	Stephen Bell and Hui Feng
\| Emerald Publishing Limited	Naomi Birdthistle and Rob Hales (Eds)
\| ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute	Andrew Selth
\| Emerald Publishing Limited	Naomi Birdthistle and Rob Hales (Eds)
\| Sussex Academic Press	Adele Webb
\| Emerald Publishing Limited	Naomi Birdthistle and Rob Hales (Eds)

2021

Book title	Author/s
\| Routledge	Emma Palmer, Edwin Bikundo, Susan Harris Rimmer and Martin Clark (eds)
\| Cambridge Core	Renée Jeffery
\| Manchester University Press	Frühling, Stephan and O'Neil, Andrew

2020

Book title	Author/s
\| Cambridge University Press	Emma Palmer
\| Springer	Akimov, Alexandr and Kazakevitch, Grenadi (Eds)
\| Oxford University Press	Cabrera, Luis
\| Hart	Sarah Williams, Hannah Woolaver and Emma Palmer
\| University of Michigan Press	Feng, Huiyun and He, Kai
\| Cambridge University Press	Morgenbesser, Lee
\| Routledge	Murashkin, Nikolay

2019

Book title	Author/s
\| Springer	Chai, Andreas and Baum, Chad (Eds)
\| Johns Hopkins University Press	Davies, Sara E
\| Palgrave	Feng, Huiyun, He, Kai and Li, Xiaojun
\| Routledge	Feng, Huiyun, He, Kai and Yan, Xuetong
\| Bristol University Press	Hall, Ian
\| ɫ��վn National University Press	Halvorson, Dan
\| Edward Elgar Publishing	Harris Rimmer, Susan
\| Royal ɫ��վn Air Force Air Power Development Centre	Layton, Peter
\| ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute	Selth, Andrew
\| Cambridge University Press	Verbeke, Alain, Roberts, Robin, Delaney, Deborah and Zámborský, Peter, Lay-Yee, M and Nguyen, Duy Duc
\| Routledge	Wirth, Christian

2018

Book title	Author/s
\| McFarland and Co Inc	Abrahamian, Andray
\| Oxford University Press	Cabrera, Luis
\| Nova Science Publishers Inc	Chowdhury, Anis and Islam, Iyanatul
\| Oxford University Press	Davies, Sara E. and True , Jacqui (eds)
\| Routledge	Feng, Huiyun and He, Kai (eds)
\| Edward Elgar	Heazle, Michael and O'Neil, Andrew (eds)
\| Amazon	Layton, Peter
\| International Society for Horticultural Science	Roberts, Robin, Lay-Yee, M and Nguyen, Duy Duc
\| Hong Kong University Press	Schak, David
Burma (Myanmar) since the 1988 uprising: A select bibliography (third edition) \| Griffith Asia Institute	Selth, Andrew
\| Cambridge University Press	Witt, Ulrich and Chai, Andreas (Eds)

2017

Book title	Author/s
\| Routledge	Brincat, Shannon (ed)
\| Routledge	Haeffner, Andrea
\| Palgrave Macmillan	Jeffery, Renee (ed)
\| London: Routledge	McGaughey, Sara & Amberg, J
\| Springer	Sarker, Tapan, Hossain, Moazzem, and Hales, Robert (eds)
\| New York: Routledge	Selth, Andrew

Regional Outlook Working Papers

2024

Book title	Author/s	Publication
	Hui Feng and Cheng Tang	Volume 78, 2024
	Sean Jacobs	Volume 77, 2024

2023

Book title	Author/s	Publication
Ten years of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI): Evolution and the road ahead \| Joint GAI-GFDC working paper	Christoph Nedopil Wang	Volume 76, 2023
I Nogat Inap Polis Man na Meri: A police shortage in Papua New Guinea	Sean Jacobs	Volume 75, 2023
Environmental politics under authoritarian regimes: Experiences from Southeast Asia	Sreang Chheat and Melissa Curley	Volume 74, 2023
Co-opted authoritarianism and BRI greenwashing: How mutual interests shape climate priorities in Southeast Asia	Hui Feng and Stephen McCarthy	Volume 73, 2023

2022

Book title	Author/s	Publication
Deep sea mining—can it sink the visions in Pacific regionalism?	Patrick Kaiku	Volume 72, 2022
COP27: Pacific people, perspectives and pronouncements	Rachel Smith	Volume 71, 2022
The state of open data implementation in Indonesia	Dian Tjondronegoro, Alan Wee-Chung Liew, Tom Verhelst, Damian Green, Ausma Bernot and Md Rakibul Hasan	Volume 70, 2022
Climate conversations and disconnected discourses: An examination of how Chinese engagement on climate change aligns with Pacific priorities \| Climate Action series	Tess Newton Cain, Romitesh Kant, Melodie Ruwet and Caitlin Byrne	Volume 69, 2022

2021

Book title	Author/s	Publication
The implications of climate change for ɫ��վn strategic and defence policy in relation to the alliance and the Pacific island states \| Climate Action series	Brendan Sargeant	Volume 68, 2021
ɫ��վ’s strategic culture and climate change \| Climate Action series	Mark Beeson	Volume 67, 2021
Climate change and maritime boundaries: Pacific responses and implications for ɫ��վ \| Climate Action series	Associate Professor Rebecca Strating and Professor Joanne Wallis	Volume 66, 2021
Reconciling regional security narratives in the Pacific \| Climate Action series	Associate Professor Sandra Tarte	Volume 65, 2021

2020

Book title	Author/s	Publication
Oceanic hydro-politics: Exploring contemporary geopolitics of the Blue Pacific \| Climate Action series	Dr Wesley Morgan	Volume 64, 2020

2019

Book title	Author/s	Publication
The next AI super power: The next AI super power: Why ɫ��վ's regional positioning and global outlook are important to the future of industry	Professor Dian Tjondronegoro	Volume 63, 2019
Making sense of democracy and governance in the Asia Pacific	Dr Stephen McCarthy and Professor Mark R Thompson	Volume 62, 2019
Talking Wuhan but walking Doklam: India-China interactions since 2017	Dr Atul Kumar	Volume 61, 2019

2018

Book title	Author/s	Publication
Transnational Filipinos in the UAE: A Compromise of Interests	Dr Kristin Kamøy	Volume 60, 2018
The Politics Behind the Story: Sixty Years on from the 1957 ɫ��վ-Japan Commerce Agreement	Associate Professor Michael Heazle	Volume 59, 2018
Myanmar-Watching: Problems and Perspectives	Dr Andrew Selth	Volume 58, 2018

2017

Book title	Author/s	Publication
A rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific: Aligning the building blocks	Abhijit Singh	Volume 57, 2017
Be careful what you wish for: The National League for Democracy and Government in Myanmar	Dr Andrew Selth	Volume 56, 2017
Aung San Suu Kyi and the politics of personality	Dr Andrew Selth	Volume 55, 2017
All going according to plan: The armed forces and government in Myanmar	Dr Andrew Selth	Volume 54, 2017
Understanding "Contested Multilateralism 2.0" in the Asia Pacific	Professor Kai He, Professor TJ Pempel and Professor Mark Beeson	Volume 53, 2017
2016 Asia Future Fellows Program for Undergraduates - student essays	Griffith and Peking University 2016 Asia Future Fellows	Volume 52, 2017
US leadership in the Asia-Pacific: Trends and policy implications for the ɫ��վ-Japan relationship	Associate Professor Michael Heazle and Professor Andrew O'Neil	Volume 51, 2017
The rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific: Opportunities and challenges for ɫ��վ, India and Japan	Professor Ian Hall and Associate Professor Michael Heazle	Volume 50, 2017

Older papers

Book title	Author/s	Publication
‘Strong, Fully Efficient and Modern': Myanmar’s new look armed forces	Dr Andrew Selth	Volume 49, 2016
2015 Asia Future Fellows Program for Undergraduates - Essays	Griffith and Peking University 2015 Asia Future Fellows	Volume 48, 2016
2014 Asia Future Fellows Program for Undergraduates - Essays	Griffith and Peking University 2014 Asia Future Fellows	Volume 47, 2014
The ɫ��վ-Japan Dialogue - Energy Security: Challenges and Opportunities 2013	ɫ��վ-Japan Dialogue - 2013	Volume 46, 2013
Burma's Security Forces: Performing, Reforming or Transforming	Dr Andrew Selth	Volume 45, 2013
Police Reform in Burma (Myanmar): Aims, Obstacles and Outcomes	Dr Andrew Selth	Volume 44, 2013
China's New Top Leaders: A Preview of the CCP's Eighteenth National Congress	Shanding Zhou	Volume 43, 2012
Looking Backwards, Looking Ahead: 40 Years of ɫ��վ-China Relations	ɫ��վ-China Futures Dialogues - 2012 Emerging Leaders Dialogue	Volume 42, 2012
Trends in China's Political Reform	Shanding Zhou	Volume 41, 2012
Asian-Western Films - Where the Exotic Meets the Familiar: Chinese Images in the World Cinema and Co-production	Dr Xiaolu Ma	Volume 40, 2012
Burma Watching: A Retrospective	Dr Andrew Selth	Volume 39, 2012
Exploring Household-Based Retail Travel Behaviours in Beijing: An Application of the Space-Time Decision Making Approach	Tiebei Li, Yanwei Chai and Wenjia Zhang	Volume 38, 2012
Civil Society in Burma: From Military Rule to 'Disciplined Democracy'	Dr Stephen McCarthy	Volume 37, 2012
United States Relations With Burma: From Hostility To Hope	Dr Andrew Selth	Volume 36, 2012
Managerial Cognition On Corporate Social Responsibility And Corporate Performance: Evidence From China	Adrian Cheung, Wanjun Jiang, Xiangjin Li, Dongning Yang	Volume 35, 2012
Burma and Weapons of Mass Destruction: not if, but why, how and what	Dr Andrew Selth	Volume 34, 2011
China’s Open Government Information Reform: Transparency vs Secrecy	Dr Shumei Hou	Volume 33, 2011
Burma’s Police Forces: Continuities and Contradictions	Dr Andrew Selth	Volume 32, 2011
Civil-Military Relations in Burma: Portents, Predictions and Possibilities	Dr Andrew Selth	Volume 25, 2010
Burma and North Korea: Conventional Allies or Nuclear Partners?	Dr Andrew Selth	Volume 22, 2009
Burma’s Armed Forces: Looking Down the Barrel	Dr Andrew Selth	Volume 21, 2009
Burma and the threat of invasion: Regime fantasy or strategic reality	Dr Andrew Selth	Volume 17, 2008
Burma and Nuclear Proliferation: Policies and perceptions	Dr Andrew Selth	Volume 12, 2007
Chinese Military Bases in Burma: The Explosion of a Myth	Dr Andrew Selth	Volume 10, 2007
The Black Sheep of the Family: How Burma Defines its Foreign Relations with ASEAN	Dr Stephen McCarthy	Volume 7, 2006

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Intelligence and intelligence agencies in Myanmar since the 2021 coup	Andrew Selth	2023
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Assessing ɫ��վ’s strategic personality	Caitlin Byrne, Ian Hall, Renée Jeffery and Peter Layton	2022
The rise of mobile payments in the Asia Pacific: Opportunities, risks and challenges	Hui Feng, Luke Houghton, Ernest Foo, Dian Tjondronegoro and Khondker M Zobair	2022
South China Sea issue: Enhancing the rule of law under the US-China competition	Chihiro Shikata	2022
How ɫ��վ can work with Japan in the Indo-Pacific	HDP Envall	2022
Grey zone challenges and ɫ��վ-Japan defence cooperation	Peter Layton	2022
Countering China's grey zone incursions through better management and policing of illegal fishing in the South China Sea	Michael Heazle	2021
Myanmar's military mindset: An explorative survey	Andrew Selth	2021
Being prepared for unprecedented times	Peter Layton	2021
Myanmar (Burma): A reading guide	Andrew Selth	2021
Making Myanmar: Colonial Burma and popular Western culture	Andrew Selth	2020
Death of a hero: The U Thant disturbances in Burma, December 1974	Andrew Selth	2018
Rule of Law without Democratization: Cambodia and Singapore in Comparative Perspective	Stephen McCarthy	2018
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Databases

Griffith Asia-Pacific Strategic Outlook 2025

Research Reports

Policy Briefs

Regional commentary

Books

Regional Outlook Working Papers

Pacific Central Banks Joint Working Papers

Latest news

Databases

Defence Diplomacy in the Pacific Tracker

Inclusive digital economies: Case studies for policymakers

COVID-19 Pacific Aid Tracker

Regional Commentary

Asia insights

Green independent power producers (IPPs) in Asia: A practical guide for negotiations and agreements between Chinese and international partners

Listening, learning, leading: Pacific pathways to prevent violence against women and girls

When the flood comes from below: Groundwater, sea-level rise and a hidden coastal threat

From concept to impact: Shifting debt-for-nature swaps from exploratory ideas to empirical insight

Safeguarding agribusiness: How governments in developing Asia can strengthen export resilience amid natural disasters

Perspectives:Asia | The Asia Pacific Triennial: Looking back, looking forward

Policy Briefs

Time to develop an Asia-Pacific Green Development Agenda

Reimagining disability: Is inclusion a macroforce that will shape Asia and the Pacific for the next

Living with uncertainty in Pacific island countries

Geopolitics, non-traditional security and political dynasties in Southeast Asia

Rethinking fiscal policy to finance SDGs in South Asia

China in Asia in 2025 – a reliable rock in a stormy sea?

Developing the agriculture sector through youth entrepreneurship: The case of Vanuatu

Future made in ɫ����վ? Evaluating ɫ����վ’s 2024 green energy related policies

Engaging China for sustainability in Asia: Collaboration, competition, or choppy waters

Chasing the Asia-Pacific green ‘Just Transition’ opportunity

Managed transition vehicle: Financing mechanism for early phase-down of Chinese-sponsored coal plant

Building capacity: Climate-resilient development and gender-inclusive entrepreneurship in Mongolia

Research Reports

Green independent power producers (IPPs) in Asia

China green finance status and trends 2024-2025

China Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) investment report 2024

Driving economic resilience: Pacific Trade Invest’s decade of progress

Enhancing the ecosystem for entrepreneurship and innovation in the Pacific

Unity and Discord in the Pacific: Negotiating PACER Plus

Griffith Asia-Pacific Strategic Outlook (GAPSO) 2024

China green trade report 2023

China green finance status and trends 2023-2024

China coal exit: Phase down of coal-fired power in Pakistan and Vietnam

China's investment in the Asia Pacific 2023 report

China Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) investment report 2023

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