http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/ en celeste.ecuyer@anu.edu.au Copyright 2009 2009-11-05T03:40:10+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/does_china_play_by_our_rules_and_how_much_does_it_matter/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/does_china_play_by_our_rules_and_how_much_does_it_matter/#When:02:42:30Z The arrest of Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu, and more recently China's cancellation of a ministerial visit over Canberra's decision to grant a visa to Uighur figurehead Rebiya Kadeer has put Australia-China relations sharply in focus. Relations between these key trading partners appears rocky at a time many would have envisioned ties to be getting warmer. China's behaviour has prompted many to look at China's internal politics and rule of law, as well as the price paid for dealing with China and the implications of China's seemingly inevitable rise. Is Stern Hu a pawn in an as yet unclear larger political game? What rules are a giant like China playing by? How will these affect an inextricably linked Australia? Public Lecture, International Business, International Law, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU College of Law, Asia and the Pacific 2009-11-05T02:42:30+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/koreas_middle_power_foreign_policy_in_the_21st_century/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/koreas_middle_power_foreign_policy_in_the_21st_century/#When:01:01:57Z This lecture starts by briefly defining the middle power and its role in the regional system. The security environment that the Korean peninsula is facing is later introduced including the North Korean nuclear weapons problem, the rise of China, and human security issues. Korea's foreign policy postures both at bilateral and multilateral levels is also provided. The lecture concludes with a brief introduction of Korea's alliance strategy, policy toward North Korea, policy toward neighbouring countries, and it's leadership role in the Asia-Pacific multilateralism. Public Lecture, International Business, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific, Business and Economics 2008-10-07T01:01:57+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_australia_us_relationship_its_place_in_our_histories_in_the_context_of_/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_australia_us_relationship_its_place_in_our_histories_in_the_context_of_/#When:01:39:14Z One hundred years ago this year the Great White fleet sailed into Sydney harbor to a rapturous reception from Australian's hoping that America would protect us from the threats we feared from rising economic giants in Asia. In 1941 that hope come true. Today Australians still regards American primacy in Asia as the foundation of their security, and they have become perhaps Americas most consistent and supportive ally as a result. But our relationships with Asia has changed a lot since then, and the choices that Australians will face in the Asian Century may be more complex than those we make back in 1908, or in 1941. How do Australian see their relationship with the US today, and how might it evolve over the decades to come?     Seminar, History & Archeology, International Business, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific, Business and Economics 2008-08-20T01:39:14+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/proliferating_preferences/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/proliferating_preferences/#When:05:30:00Z Preferential trading arrangements are becoming increasingly popular among the nations of the world. But are they a positive development? In the Fourth H W Arndt Memorial Lecture – presented by the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific and the ANU College of Business and Economics – Professor Jagdish Bhagwati argues that bilateral, sub-regional and regional free trade agreements, and the granting of one-way preferences to developing countries of choice, are creating a massive erosion of the non-discrimination that the architects of GATT endorsed as a central principle of the world-trading regime. Professor Bhagwati documents this erosion and addresses ways in which we must respond to it. Public Lecture, Commerce, Economics, International Business, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU College of Business and Economics, Asia and the Pacific, Business and Economics 2006-08-17T05:30:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/such_a_long_journey/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/such_a_long_journey/#When:06:16:00Z Chaired by Professor Robin Jeffrey, Convener of the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific Presented by the Australia South Asia Research Centre, Research School of Pacific & Asian Studies, ANU College of Asia & the Pacific. In this lecture, Suman K. Bery looked at the steps India needs to take before it can fulfill its potential and become one of the world's great economic powers. He focused on India’s management of its exchange rate and monetary policy, including the opening of its capital account and the management of its fiscal rate and reserves. Mr Bery argued that this is the right time for India to adopt convertibility of the rupee on the capital account and enhance economic growth prospects, because of its current large foreign exchange reserves. A paper by Lal, Bery & Pant, The Real Exchange Rate, Fiscal Deficits and Capital Flows, is available on request from asarc@anu.edu.au Public Lecture, Commerce, Economics, International Business, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific, Business and Economics 2006-02-27T06:16:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/india_emerging_economic_power/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/india_emerging_economic_power/#When:06:24:00Z The first lecture in the ANU-Toyota Public Lecture Series 2006 was presented by the ANU College of Business & Economics. In this lecture, influential Indian economist Professor B.B. Bhattacharya outlined the reasons for India’s success and considered the challenges ahead. He discussed how long-term prosperity in India will depend on increased growth in the agricultural sector, which employs the majority of workers, but has been lagging behind areas like information technology and telecommunications. Public Lecture, Economics, International Business, ANU College of Business and Economics, Business and Economics 2006-01-30T06:24:00+10:00