41. Asian Century Hype
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... has improved the lives of many Asians, and also improved the lives of people throughout the whole world.  If good policies are maintained, this should continue because it is a process of economic catchup.  ...

42. America and China: Asia's great powers
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... wars.  They are messy and never ending, and requiring nation-building and humanitarian intervention.  Terrorism is now being better tackled by good intelligence, good police work, drones and targeted killings. ...

43. Whither China's economy?
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... roads, bridge and airports, a good part of which is under-utilized.  Such infrastructure spending also fuels corruption as officials pocket a slice of the price.  The stimulus also provoked a real estate ...

44. An Indo-Pacific Strategy for Australia
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... may seem more effective than India's, but being non-democratic it may also be more brittle. Australia now has a good defense dialogue with China, and undertakes joint training and exercises for disaster ...

45. China, India and Indonesia -- safety first, please
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... too many eggs in the China basket, and needs to diversify. Good recommendation, yes!  But ... it is also relevant that Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) considers both Indonesia ...

46. Youth and development in Asia
(Panorama/Society)

... in the technical and trade fields.  When they enter the labor market, young people are usually the last hired in economic good times, and the first fired in times of crisis. In fact, the region's unemployed ...

47. Gender equality and development
(Panorama/Society)

... can change policy choices and make institutions more representative of a range of voices.  In India, giving power to women at the local level led to increases in the provision of public goods, such as ...

48. Japan's triple crisis -- one year on?
(Panorama/Change and innovation)

A crisis presents a good opportunity to do all those many things that you should have done a long time ago.  Indeed, following Japan's triple crisis of 11 March 2011, Japanese government and society could ...

49. Emerging Asia's precarious middle class
(Panorama/Society)

... prospects are good for the progressive movement of emerging Asia's population up the middle class ladder. Who are the middle class?  Predictably, the middle classes tend to be better educated, concentrated ...

50. Asia’s Development and the Leadership Issue
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... rates and the crucial role played by the USA as regional security provider and huge market for exporting goods. Nonetheless, what really distinguished Asian economic path from the rest of developing countries ...

51. Culture
(Category)

A good friend of mine recently said: "As we get older, we all become anthropologists.  We realize that those foreigners have had a different culture from us for thousands of years, and nothing we do or ...

52. Governing globalization
(Category)

... need government, although big companies try to push government aside in good times.  Economists have always recognized that markets are not perfect.  These market failures can be tackled at the local, ...