East Asia Forum
Encyclopedia
East Asia Forum is a policy forum directed by Emeritus Professor Peter Drysdale
of the Crawford School of Economics and Government
, Australian National University
. Australia’s former Treasurer, the Hon. Peter Costello
, launched the EAF and the East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) at ANU on 17 October 2006. Indonesia’s Minister for Economic Coordination, Boediono, launched EABER in Bogor, Indonesia in 2005.
The Forum provides a place for dialogue on Asia
n economic
and public policy
affairs at www.eastasiaforum.org and is coordinated through the Crawford School of Economics and Government in College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University.
gave his first foreign policy speech at the official dinner.
Guest contributors include:
Peter Drysdale
Peter David Drysdale AM is Emeritus Professor of Economics and Visiting Fellow in the Crawford School of Economics and Government in the College of Asia and the Pacific at The Australian National University. Until 2002, he was Executive Director of the Australia-Japan Research Centre .Drysdale is...
of the Crawford School of Economics and Government
Crawford School of Economics and Government
The Crawford School of Economics and Government is a research intensive policy school within the at the Australian National University which focuses on Australia and the Asia-Pacific region...
, Australian National University
Australian National University
The Australian National University is a teaching and research university located in the Australian capital, Canberra.As of 2009, the ANU employs 3,945 administrative staff who teach approximately 10,000 undergraduates, and 7,500 postgraduate students...
. Australia’s former Treasurer, the Hon. Peter Costello
Peter Costello
Peter Howard Costello AC is an Australian politician and lawyer who served as the Treasurer in the Australian government from 1996 to 2007. He is the longest-serving Treasurer in Australian history. Costello was a Member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1990 to 2009, representing...
, launched the EAF and the East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) at ANU on 17 October 2006. Indonesia’s Minister for Economic Coordination, Boediono, launched EABER in Bogor, Indonesia in 2005.
The Forum provides a place for dialogue on Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
n economic
Economic policy
Economic policy refers to the actions that governments take in the economic field. It covers the systems for setting interest rates and government budget as well as the labor market, national ownership, and many other areas of government interventions into the economy.Such policies are often...
and public policy
Public policy
Public policy as government action is generally the principled guide to action taken by the administrative or executive branches of the state with regard to a class of issues in a manner consistent with law and institutional customs. In general, the foundation is the pertinent national and...
affairs at www.eastasiaforum.org and is coordinated through the Crawford School of Economics and Government in College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University.
Events
The East Asia Forum hosted a dialogue at the end of March 2008 with high level policy speakers from around the Asia Pacific region. The group included ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan, Professors Kim Beazley, Richard Cooper, Ross Garnaut, Justin Yifu Lin and many others. Australian Prime Minister Kevin RuddKevin Rudd
Kevin Michael Rudd is an Australian politician who was the 26th Prime Minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010. He has been Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2010...
gave his first foreign policy speech at the official dinner.
Blog
The EAF blog offers daily analysis of current events, trends and major themes around Asia and the region, with a focus on public policy issues, including trade, economic policy, governance, international relations, and political developments. Content includes Australian, East Asian and Asia Pacific region perspectives, with contributors from right around the region. It is run out of EABER, which is housed in the Crawford School of Economics and Government, ANU. It is edited by Shiro Armstrong and Peter Drysdale who are economists at the ANU.Contributors
Contributors to the blog include:- Peter DrysdalePeter DrysdalePeter David Drysdale AM is Emeritus Professor of Economics and Visiting Fellow in the Crawford School of Economics and Government in the College of Asia and the Pacific at The Australian National University. Until 2002, he was Executive Director of the Australia-Japan Research Centre .Drysdale is...
, Head of EABER and Emeritus Professor, ANU. - Andrew MacIntyre, Dean, College of Asia and Pacific, ANU.
- Suman Bery, Director-General of the National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi.
- Yoichi Funabashi, Editor-in-Chief, Asahi Shimbun.
- Ross GarnautRoss GarnautRoss Gregory Garnaut AO is a Distinguished Professor of Economics at the Australian National University and both a Vice-Chancellor's Fellow and Professorial Fellow of Economics at The University of Melbourne....
, Professor of Economics, ANU. - Gary Hawke, Professor, Victoria University of Wellington & NZIER
- Yiping Huang, Adjunct Professor, Crawford School and Asia Chief Economist, Citigroup.
- Rajiv Kumar, Director and Chief Executive, Indian Council of Research in International Economic Relations.
- Chung-In Moon, Professor, Yonsei University, and Ambassador for International Security Affairs, MOFAT, Republic of Korea.
- Amin SaikalAmin SaikalProfessor Amin Saikal is Director of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies and Professor of Political Science at the Australian National University. Professor Saikal has specialised in the politics, history, political economy and international relations of the Middle East and Central Asia...
, Director, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, and Professor of Political Science, ANU. - Hadi SoesastroHadi SoesastroHadi Soesastro was an Indonesian economist, academic and public intellectual. He was one of the founders of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies , a think tank founded in 1971, where he served as an executive director and economist...
, Executive Director and Senior Economist, Center for Strategic and International Studies, JakartaCenter for Strategic and International Studies (Indonesia)The Centre for Strategic and International Studies is a non-profit organization based in Indonesia which has served as a think tank for the government on social, international, political and economical issues. the CSIS was founded on Sept 1, 1971 by Hadi Soesastro...
. - Vo Thi Tranh, Director, International Economic Integration Studies, Central Institute of Economic Management, Vietnam.
- Hugh White, Head, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, ANU.
- Yongsheng Zhang, Senior Research Fellow, Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC), PRC and Professor, Renmin University of China.
Guest contributors include:
- Jagdish BhagwatiJagdish BhagwatiJagdish Natwarlal Bhagwati is an Indian-American economist and professor of economics and law at Columbia University. He is well known for his research in international trade and for his advocacy of free trade....
, Professor Columbia University and Senior Fellow in International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations. - Rod EddingtonRod EddingtonSir Roderick Ian Eddington is an Australian businessman. He is currently chair of the government body Infrastructure Australia, a director of News Corporation, continuing his long association with that company, and has served in other senior positions including as former CEO of British...
, CEO of J P Morgan, Australia, Chair Designate of the ANZ Bank Board, member of the Board of News Ltd, and Head of Infrastructure Australia. - Takatoshi ItoTakatoshi Itois a Japanese economist and professor of The University of Tokyo. He graduated from the Faculty of Economics, Hitotsubashi University in 1973 and from the Graduate School of Economics in the same institute in 1975. He earned a Ph.D from Harvard University in 1979...
, Professor, Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo. - Yu Yongding, Director of the Institute of World Economics and Politics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
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