Australia in the Indo-Pacific
- White Paper and Higher Education Roundtable
- Australia in the Asian Century
- Related IPGRC Policy Briefs
- Politics and the Two-Speed Economy: Transformation, Participation and Equality
- Related Seminar Videos
- Newspaper articles/op-ed
White Paper and Higher Education Roundtable
'Deep Internationalistion? Implications of the Asian Century White Paper for Australian Higher Education'.
Higher education and engagement with Asia is a key component of the White Paper on Higher education. The Reports suggests that the higher education sector should pursue deeper and more comprehensive international engagement with Asia through curricular reform, mobility and partnership. This Workshop will explore the assumptions and rationale behind this deeper engagement, possible strategies and the implications of the shift of knowledge production to Asia.
Roundtable Agenda
RoundtableReport
Summary of the report written by Thomas Carr.
Roundtable Contributions
Kanishka Jayasuriya, Roundtable Rationale.
Glenn Withers and Andrew Macintyre, Knowledge Nation Initiatives for the Asian century.
Kent Anderson and Clement Macintyre, Draft White Paper Commentary.
Carol Johnson, Comments/Notes for Roundtable.
Greg McCarthy The Asian White Paper
Fazal Rizvi, Comments/Notes for Roundtable.
Xianlin Song, White Paper Notes.
Amanda Nettelbeck, Roundtable Presentation.
Priya Chacko, "Three countries, one centre of gravity", The Hindu, December 12, 2021.
Kanishka Jayasuriya, "Reinventing the Public Mission of the Research University in the Asian Century: a gateway approach" No. 6 December, 2012.
Session Videos
Session 1 | Theme: 'Engaging Asia': history, politics and implications for Australian higher education
For the full first session, please click here.
Session 2 | Theme: Deepening Internationalization: issues, strategies and implications for Australian research universities
For the full second session, please click here.
Session 3 | Theme: Deepening mobility of staff and students: strategies and issues
For the full third session, please click here.
Australia in the Asian Century: Roundtable with Dr Ken Henry
On the 14th of February, the IPGRC hosted a roundtable discussion with Dr Ken Henry involving academics from Adelaide uni and Flinders and senior White Paper Task Force members.
Key themes and issues discussed included
- Political, Demographic, and Environmental Challenges of the Asian Century and Implications for Australia.
- Indo-Pacific Rising Powers and challenges to Regional/Global Governance and Security.
- Economic and Political Challenges of the Asian Century, and Trends and Prospects for Aid Governance.
The Roundtable made a contribution towards the 'White Paper' and also served to underline Adelaide University’s considerable research strengths on the region.
Roundtable Agenda
| INTRODUCTION | |
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| 10:00 am | BRIEF INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW |
| Prof. Kanishka Jayasuriya Dr Ken Henry |
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| KEY THEMES AND ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION | |
| 10:15 am | THEME 1 Political, Demographic, and Environmental Challenges of the Asian Century and Implications for Australia |
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What are some of the key demographic trends and challenges in the region? What are the implications for Australia?
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| 10:55 am | THEME 2 Indo-Pacific Rising Powers and challenges to Regional/Global Governance and Security. |
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What are the emerging structures of Indian Ocean/Indo-Pacific regionalism and its implications for Australian engagement with the region? What are the possible directions of East Asian regionalism and Japan’s role within a transforming regional environment? What are implications of the shift from multilateralism to minilateralism in regional economic governance? What are the future directions of Indian foreign policy and their implications for Australia? What are the future directions of Chinese foreign and strategic policy in the Indo Pacific and their implications for Australia?
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| 11:45 am | THEME 3 Economic and Political Challenges of the Asian Century, and Trends and Prospects for Aid Governance |
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The challenges and prospects of economic development in India.
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| 12.30 pm CONCLUSION | |
Roundtable Participants and Contact
Dr Ken Henry | Head of the Australia in the Asian Century Task Force
Dominique Lowe | Australia in the Asian Century Task Force
John Quinn | Australia in the Asian Century Task Force
Dr Peter Burns | History and Politics | Uni of Adelaide | peter.burns@adelaide.edu.au
Dr Priya Chacko | History and Politics | Uni of Adelaide | priya.chacko@adelaide.edu.au
Prof. Mobo Chang Fan Gao | Centre for Asian Studies | Uni of Adelaide | mobo.gao@adelaide.edu.au
Prof. Malcolm Cook | Dean School of International Studies | Flinders University | malcolm.cook@flinders.edu.au
Prof. Tim Doyle | History and Politics | Uni of Adelaide | timothy.doyle@adelaide.edu.au
Prof. Chris Findlay | Executive Dean-Faculty of the Professions | execdean.professions@adelaide.edu.au
Dr. Gerry Groot | Centre for Asian Studies | Uni of Adelaide | gerry.groot@adelaide.edu.au
Prof. Graeme Hugo | Geography, Environment and Population | Uni of Adelaide | graeme.hugo@adelaide.edu.au
Prof. Purnendra Jain | Centre for Asian Studies | Uni of Adelaide | purnendra.jain@adelaide.edu.au
Prof. Kanishka Jayasuriya | History and Politics | Uni of Adelaide | kanishka.jayasuriya@adelaide.edu.au
Prof. Carol Johnson | History and Politics | Uni of Adelaide | carol.johnson@adelaide.edu.au
Simon Ladd | Research Development Manager | Uni of Adelaide | simon.ladd@adelaide.edu.au
Prof. Clem Macintyre | Head. School of History and Politics | Uni of Adelaide | clement.macintyre@adelaide.edu.au
A/Prof. Peter Mayer | School of History and Politics | Uni of Adelaide | peter.mayer@adelaide.edu.au
Prof. Greg McCarthy | Head of Social Sciences | Uni of Adelaide | gregory.mccarthy@adelaide.edu.au
Dr Melissa Nursey-Bray | Geography, Environment and Population | Uni of Adelaide | melissa.nursey-bray@adelaide.edu.au
A/Prof. Mandar Oak | School of Economics | Uni of Adelaide | mandar.oak@adelaide.edu.au
A/Prof. Andrew Rosser | Anthropology | Uni of Adelaide | andrew.rosser@adelaide.edu.au
Andrew Stoler | Executive Director Institute for International Trade | Uni of Adelaide | andrew.stoler@adelaide.edu.au
Dr. Yan Tan | Geography, Environment and Population | Uni of Adelaide | yan.tan@adelaide.edu.au
Dr. Czeslaw Tubilewicz | History and Politics | Uni of Adelaide | czeslaw.tubilewicz@adelaide.edu.au
Prof. Andrew Watson | Asian Studies | Uni of Adelaide | andrew.j.watson@adelaide.edu.au
Related Policy Briefs
Prof. Kanishka Jayasuriya, "Reinventing the Public Mission of the Research University in the Asian Century: a gateway approach" No. 6, December, 2012.
Dr Priya Chacko, "India and the Indo-Pacific: An Emerging Regional Vision" No. 5, November 2012.
A/Prof. Andrew Rosser, "The Asian Century White Paper and the Future of Australian Aid to Asia" No. 4, October 2012.
A/Prof. Andrew Rosser, "Australian Aid in the Asian Century: Poverty Reduction, Inclusive Development, and Asia's Rising Powers" No. 2, Feb 2012.
Prof. Kanishka Jayasuriya, "Building Australian Research Capacity on Asia: A New Problem-Oriented Strategy" No. 1, Jan 2012.
Carr, Thomas, "Temporary Migration: Beyond apple picking and tour guides, Navigating stakeholder demands for policy with real development impact" No. 8, Sept 2011.
Permani, Risti, "Moving Beyond the Blame Game: the Ban on Australian Live Cattle Exports to Indonesia; Lessons to be Learnt" No. 5, Jun 2011.
Cook, Malcolm, "ASEAN's Triumph" No. 4, Jun 2011.
Ting, Ming Hwa, "All that Glisters is not Gold: Australia and Rare Metals" No. 2, April 2011.
Newspaper articles/op-ed
Priya Chacko, "Three countries, one centre of gravity", The Hindu, December 12, 2021.
Kanishka Jayasuriya, "Asian Century White Paper is big on rhetoric, small on ideas", The Conversation, October 30, 2012.
Andrew Rosser, "The politics behind the ‘cuts’ to foreign aid", The Conversation, May 10, 2012.
Kanishka Jayasuriya, "Beyond Asian literacy: understanding what makes us the same", The Conversation, March 14, 2012.
Kanishka Jayasuriya, "Plugging into Asia must go far beyond trade", The Sydney Morning Herald, March 30, 2012.
Kanishka Jayasuriya, "Global markets are the new battlefields", The Drum, June 26, 2012.
Kanishka Jayasuriya, "A Teachable Moment: ‘Explaining’ Asia in The Asian Century", Global Asia, V7N2 Summer 2012.
Kanishka Jayasuriya, "Asian Century White Paper is big on rhetoric, small on ideas", The Conversation, October 30, 2012.
Purnendra Jain & Peter Mayer, "India gains its rightful place in the Asian century white paper", The Conversation, October 29, 2012.
