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Sunday, October 13, 2013

New Readings on Globalisation, Asia and Australia (1003GIR, 2016GIR, 3012GIR, 6005GIR, 7007GIR)

Bad news for coal
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/14/business/energy-environment/us-coal-companies-scale-back-export-goals.html?emc=edit_tnt_20130914&tntemail0=y

Good news for coal
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/sep/17/australia-battle-power-coal

The top 0.1% in the US
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/12/good-times-at-the-top/?emc=edit_tnt_20130915&tntemail0=y

American companies back on top
http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21586558-american-private-enterprise-dominates-corporate-premier-league-again-thanks-waning?fsrc=nlw|hig|9-19-2013|6644475|36817576

Re-emphasising the national interest
http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2013/09/17/Balancing-the-national-interest%28s%29.aspx

The decline of America's middle class and rising inequality
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/19/business/americas-sinking-middle-class.html?emc=edit_tnt_20130922&tntemail0=y

The great coffee swindle
http://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/the-great-coffee-ripoff--is-no-myth-20130923-2u9bn.html

Courting ASEAN
http://thediplomat.com/asean-beat/2013/09/23/the-courtship-of-asean-2/

Electricity prices around the world
http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/graph-of-the-day-average-electricity-prices-around-the-world-24207

Factcheck on Greens claims about foreign investment in land
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-23/greens-foreign-ownership-claim-overstated/4965854

Attitudes to foreign investment
http://essentialvision.com.au/foreign-investment

The eradication of poverty
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/25/opinion/the-end-of-poverty-soon.html?nl=opinion&emc=edit_ty_20130925

Australian trade choices
http://theconversation.com/australias-free-trade-choice-is-between-regional-relations-or-the-bigger-picture-18594

The need for a greater diplomatic presence in Asia
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/timid-diplomacy-leaves-us-in-a-sea-of-disputes-20130924-2uc1r.html

Surge in mobile broadband in developing world
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/26/developing-countries-surge-in-mobile-broadband-u-n-finds/?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_ae_20130926&_r=0 

Graphic on Japan's growing public debt
http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2013/10/daily-chart-4

The short-lived US pivot to Asia?
http://thediplomat.com/2013/10/08/the-pivot-under-pressure/

China's new charm offensive
http://thediplomat.com/china-power/with-obama-mia-china-touts-multipolar-world/

Japan most powerful East Asian military? 
http://breakingdefense.com/2013/09/26/chinas-dangerous-weakness-part-1-beijings-aggressive-idea-of-self-defense/

World GDP forecasts Cool graphic
 http://www.economist.com/node/21587451?fsrc=scn/tw/dc/

Japan's clumsy perception management
http://thediplomat.com/2013/10/10/japans-clumsy-perception-management/?all=true 

Interactive guide to China's maritime disputes
http://www.cfr.org/asia-and-pacific/chinas-maritime-disputes/p31345#!/