John West
Biography
Publications
John West is an Adjunct Professor at Tokyo’s Sophia University and Executive Director of the Asian Century Institute. He is author of the recent book, “Asian Century ... on a knife-edge” (PalgraveMacmillan, 2018) John’s career has included major stints at the Australian Treasury, OECD and ADB Institute.
Saving democracy from Russian rage
The threat posed by Vladimir Putin has long been obvious to those prepared to look.
Japan’s low-tech world
A glacial move towards digitalisation has left much of the country’s workforce and public servces in the last century.
Why politics and pandemics don’t mix
Michael Lewis’ stranger-than-fiction take on how America’s public health mechanisms failed in the face of Covid-19.
Putting the pandemic in perspective
Fareed Zakaria’s new book tells of tiny moments that have led to massive change.
China’s innovation dilemma
Tech advances have been impressive, but constraints on business productivity and imagination are a major obstacle.
Book review: The China bubble that never pops
Against the odds, the Chinese economy has navigated multiple crises, but the future may be more problematic.
Indonesia – a country of disappointments
Ben Bland shows even pessimists can be gulled by Joko Widodo’s charms.
Book Review: The deadly legacy of the Cold War in the modern world
The anti-communist purge in Indonesia in the 1960s is retold in a compelling examination of US Cold War policy.
Book review: What’s holding China’s economy back?
The CCP’s discriminatory hukou system is a great obstacle to changing from world’s factory to a service-driven economy.
