Oceania
  1. Sub-Saharan roulette

    Barely a week goes by without Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) figuring prominently in the Australian business and financial news.

  2. Dreaming of an Asian EU

    Australia's new Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, is happy to consider a rough model along such lines. His target year for establishing it is 2020. On June 4, a keen Rudd sketched a few ideas for the Asia Society Australasia Centre in Sydney.

  3. Carrying the Load

    If we are entering an era in which natural resources will be worth seizing or monopolising, then the sea will [...]

  4. Remote Control

    Sovereign wealth fund money, which exceeds $7.8 trillion, are emerging as one of the most powerful clandestine forces shaping equity [...]

  5. Australian Interest

    It is one of the greatest accomplishments of modern history - the world population doubled in 50 years, but the food supply kept pace.

  6. Ready for Harvest

    All eyes are on wheat, a sector that is now said to be at the doorstep of the next wave of consolidation.

  7. Alas Smith & Rudd

    Kevin Rudd has come to power at a time when the balancing act Australia faces in maintaining good relationships with the major Asian powers has never been so fraught or complex.