Anthony Milner

Aug 21, 2024 | eastasiaforum.org | Toshiro Nishizawa |Muhammad Husaini Fikri |Muhammad Rafi Bakri |Anthony Milner

The Paris Club, an informal forum of 22 creditor nations that deals with debtor countries’ payment difficulties, reached a consensus in March 2024 on debt cancellation for Somalia under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative. This treatment reduced over US$2 billion, 99 per cent of Somalia’s total debt owed to Paris Club creditors. This debt cancellation may have implications for debt-distressed developing economies in Asia.

Aug 20, 2024 | eastasiaforum.org | Jayant Menon |Anthony Milner |Fangli Hu |Jun Wen

Southeast and South Asia are two of the most dynamic and fastest growing regions in the world. Yet despite their proximity and commercial relations that date back centuries, trade and investment growth between the two have remained mostly in the single digits in modern times. One reason for this is that while most Southeast Asian countries are active participants in global supply chains, most South Asian countries are not.

Mar 7, 2024 | openforum.com.au | Anthony Milner

The ASEAN-Australia leaders’ summit in Melbourne offers the opportunity for Australia to embrace ASEAN’s ‘inclusive regionalism’ and the organisation’s centrality in mediating the Indo-Pacific struggle between the great powers. With the Albanese government’s $2bn investment facility, Australia’s engagement with Southeast Asia is starting to look serious.

Mar 6, 2024 | johnmenadue.com | Anthony Milner

The ASEAN-Australia leaders’ summit in Melbourne offers the opportunity for Australia to embrace ASEAN’s ‘inclusive regionalism’ and the organisation’s centrality in mediating the Indo-Pacific struggle between the great powers. With the Albanese government’s $2bn investment facility, Australia’s engagement with Southeast Asia is starting to look serious.

Mar 5, 2024 | aspistrategist.org.au | Anthony Milner

The ASEAN-Australia leaders’ summit in Melbourne offers the opportunity for Australia to embrace ASEAN’s ‘inclusive regionalism’ and the organisation’s centrality in mediating the Indo-Pacific struggle between the great powers. With the Albanese government’s $2bn investment facility, Australia’s engagement with Southeast Asia is starting to look serious.