Barbara Stallings

Jan 22, 2024 | asiatimes.com | Barbara Stallings

Countries in the Global South are becoming increasingly important actors on the global stage. While the term “Global South” is vague — and some have argued for abolishing it — it is used here to mean the larger and richer developing nations. The demands made by the Global South have created political and economic shifts that the West will need to adapt to. These countries have become more powerful due to their economic growth.

Jan 22, 2024 | eastasiaforum-dev.anu.edu.au | Jia Qingguo |Barbara Stallings |Ghulam Ali |Dushni Weerakoon

A glimmer of hope for the stabilisation of China–US relations sparked in 2023. Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden met in Bali on 14 November 2022. They agreed that the two countries should re-establish contact and dialogue to improve the management of this important but increasingly troubled relationship. Several developments contributed to the China–US agreement.

Jan 22, 2024 | eastasiaforum-dev.anu.edu.au | Barbara Stallings |Robin Jeffrey |Jia Qingguo |Michael Barr

Countries in the Global South are becoming increasingly important actors on the global stage. While the term ‘Global South’ is vague — and some have argued for abolishing it — it is used here to mean the larger and richer developing nations. The demands made by the Global South have created political and economic shifts that the West will need to adapt to. These countries have become more powerful due to their economic growth.

Jan 22, 2024 | eastasiaforum-dev.anu.edu.au | Jia Qingguo |Barbara Stallings |Michael Barr |Ghulam Ali

The idea that the Communist Party of China is an urgent threat to democracy is commonplace in the West. The reality, for those who pay attention, is more complex. The emergence of a non-democratic great power in Asia, and the economic and diplomatic patronage it provides, might make a difference at the margins to the evolution of political regimes in our region, especially at critical moments of political crisis or transition.

Jan 21, 2024 | eastasiaforum-dev.anu.edu.au | Ghulam Ali |Jia Qingguo |Barbara Stallings |Ryan Hass

China’s pursuit of internationalising the yuan, currency swaps, e-currency, cross-border deals anddigitalised currency have recently made international news. These efforts are mainly on the rise withGulf states. On 28 November 2023, the People’s Bank of China and the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates renewed their currency swap agreement worth US$4.89 billion for five years. Both banks also signed a memorandum of understanding to enhance collaboration in digital currency development.