Briefing MONTHLY

News and original analysis on Asia and Australia-Asia relations

Briefing MONTHLY is a public update with news and original analysis on Asia and Australia-Asia relations. As Australia debates its future in Asia, and the Australian media footprint in Asia continues to shrink, it is an opportune time to offer Australians at the forefront of Australia’s engagement with Asia a professionally edited, succinct and authoritative curation of the most relevant content on Asia and Australia-Asia relations. Focused on business, geopolitics, education and culture, Briefing MONTHLY is distinctly Australian and internationalist, highlighting trends, deals, visits, stories and events in our region that matter.

Latest Issues

Feb 27, 2026

Briefing MONTHLY #93 | February 2026

World’s most powerful woman | Are you Chinamaxxing? | Board of Peace’s weird mob | Port deal comes unstuck

Jan 30, 2026

Briefing MONTHLY #92 | January 2026

The mother of all deals | New contests and old crimes | Don’t Thai to me | What about Jho Low? | China’s baby problem

Dec 30, 2025

Briefing MONTHLY #91 | December 2025

Turbulent Thailand | BM quiz | Student power moves markets | Tariffs take a toll | Shipbuilding boom | Holiday reading picks

Nov 28, 2025

Briefing MONTHLY #90 | November 2025

A new chapter | Scammers’ paradise | Singapore’s first family feud | Suharto’s ghost | Wong the builder | Beefcake diplomacy | Posco’s play

Oct 30, 2025

Briefing MONTHLY #89 | October 2025

Take the quiz! | Japan’s LDP in uncharted waters | Trump in Asia | ASEAN’s magical thinking | Aussie journos back in

Sep 30, 2025

Briefing MONTHLY #88 | September 2025

Game on in the Indo Pacific | Sri Mulyani’s last day | EFA update | Thailand’s new govt | The kids are not alright | Take the BM quiz

Sep 3, 2025

Briefing MONTHLY #87 | August 2025

Vietnam’s big gamble: Inside Doi Moi 2.0 | Lembong pardon | China projects | Coffee futures | Our changing tourist trade

Jul 31, 2025

Briefing MONTHLY #86 | July 2025

Party in Beijing | Japan’s electoral earthquake I Hun Sen fights on | Tariff watch | Labor’s way in Asia | Need-to-know for August

Jun 30, 2025

Briefing MONTHLY #85 | June 2025

Dating games | Military build ups | To Russia (again) | K-Pop shout out | Phd pot luck | Our China trade | Certain uncertainty

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You can explore the latest editions of Briefing MONTHLY here (from May 2025 onwards). For the full archive of past issues (November 2017 - August 2025), please visit the Briefing MONTHLY archive on the Asia Society Australia website.