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Out of the Box: Monash Indonesia
It’s been an exciting week for Monash University and anyone interested in higher education in Indonesia. During President Joko Widodo’s state visit to Australia, both the Prime Minister and the President announced that Monash University has been approved to establish Indonesia’s first foreign university branch campus: Monash Indonesia. Monash Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Margaret Gardner…
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Indonesia post-reformasi
Correspondence in Australian Foreign Affairs “Retreat from Democracy?” by Tim Lindsey Andrew MacIntyre Tim Lindsey’s excellent essay, “Retreat from Democracy?” (Australian Foreign Affairs 3, July 2018), lays out clearly just how much the political climate in Indonesia has changed over the past decade. The optimism about extending democratic reform is gone, as is the hope…
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India’s Middle Class?
The Economist caused a stir recently with a cover story highlighting the extent to which the Indian middle class has been over-hyped as a ‘successor’ to the Chinese middle class. It had point. But there’s more to be said. India has indeed made spectacular economic progress. But income distribution is more skewed than generally recognised…
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From Singapore to China
Last week I was visiting two of RMIT’s priority countries, Singapore and China. In Singapore, my focus was on building personal and institutional links. The personal links were with Australia’s new High Commissioner, Bruce Gosper, as well as significant alumni and philanthropic contacts. On the institutional front, it was about opening an important new institutional partnership…
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