Organisation
Future Directions International
Acronym:
FDI
Future Directions International (FDI) was an independent, not-for-profit research institute. It was established in 2000, by Major General (Retd.) the Honourable Michael Jeffery (former Governor General of Australia), together with a small group of leading Australians, to conduct comprehensive research of important medium to long-term issues facing Australia.
FDI ceased operations in November 2021.
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Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s continental shelf: Australia’s Timor Sea maritime boundary
This narrative focuses on the Timor Sea and the sovereignty issue over the part of the continental shelf that is adjacent to Australia’s northern coast and which has been coveted by both Indonesia and Timor-Leste.
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The South-West Pacific and Sino-US competition
This paper argues that China’s rise, coupled with the established influence of the U.S in the South-West Pacific, could see the region become yet another proxy battlefield in the two antagonists’ power-plays.
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The Mekong Delta: land subsidence threatens Vietnam’s “food basket”
Vietnam has ambitions to become a high-income country by 2035, but that goal will be difficult to achieve unless it becomes more resource efficient and adapts to the changes that are expected to occur in the Mekong River.
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What will Modi’s second term mean for the Indian water crisis?
India faces a major water crisis; it is already water scarce and will become even more so without major intervention. The crisis is largely due to years of mismanagement, fragmented governance frameworks and contradictory policy.
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India’s strategic orientation under the second Modi Government
It is expected that the Modi Government will focus on expanding its strategic presence in the Indo-Pacific, while simultaneously ensuring that it attains a credible strategic deterrence against both China and Pakistan.