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One Year of Trump Two: Implications of an Epochal Shift for Australia
24
Nov
One Year of Trump Two: Implications of an Epochal Shift for Australia

Gordon Flake, Perth USAsia Centre

Nov 24, 2025 18:00 - Nov 24, 2025 19:30
Government House Tasmania, in person only
Political Earthquake in Paris, Shockwaves in the Pacific
25
Nov
Political Earthquake in Paris, Shockwaves in the Pacific

Nic Maclellan, Islands Business magazine (Fiji)

Nov 25, 2025 18:00 - Nov 25, 2025 19:00
356 Collins Street Melbourne; hybrid
2025 AIIA Queensland Annual General Meeting
25
Nov
2025 AIIA Queensland Annual General Meeting
Nov 25, 2025 17:00 - Nov 25, 2025 17:30
Level 6, 32 Turbot Street, Brisbane; in person only
An Evening with the Interns
25
Nov
An Evening with the Interns
Nov 25, 2025 18:00 - Nov 25, 2025 19:30
Glover Cottages, Sydney; in person only
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Ep. 170: Trump, Albo and (Saint?) Kevin
Podcast
24 Oct 2025
Ep. 170: Trump, Albo and (Saint?) Kevin
52:35
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Never Again! The Abomination of Genocide in Gaza
Video, Youtube
17 Oct 2025
Never Again! The Abomination of Genocide in Gaza
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Ambiguity, luck and listening: How do they shape international relations?
Video, Youtube
17 Oct 2025
Ambiguity, luck and listening: How do they shape international relations?
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Strategic Minilateralism and the Regional Security Architecture of the Indo-Pacific
Video, Youtube
14 Oct 2025
Strategic Minilateralism and the Regional Security Architecture of the Indo-Pacific
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Whitlam in Timor
Analysis
26 Nov 2025
Whitlam in Timor
By Dr Shannon Brincat, Fernando Ximenes and Dr Peter Job
As we remember 50 years of the infamous constitutional crisis and Whitlam’s dismissal and celebrate the positive aspects of his legacy like Medibank, we need to also remember the much
The Three Face Problem
AIIA National Conference 2025, Analysis
26 Nov 2025
The Three Face Problem
By Philipp Ivanov
Australia is simultaneously engaged in confrontation, competition and cooperation with China. This fragile disequilibrium will test the Albanese Government’s stabilisation policy. But the alternatives – whether capitulation or conflict –
“We Are Architects”
AIIA National Conference 2025, An Official View, Editor's Picks
20 Nov 2025
“We Are Architects”
By Senator the Hon Penny Wong
The Australian Foreign Minister’s speech to the 2025 AIIA National Conference Gala Dinner outlined how Australia has strengthened major regional relationships through new treaties, upgraded partnerships and deeper engagement, positioning
Australia and Economic Cold War – Drifting into the New Paradigm
AIIA National Conference 2025
20 Nov 2025
Australia and Economic Cold War – Drifting into the New Paradigm
By Dr Heather Smith PSM FAIIA
Australia faces a rapidly deteriorating strategic environment, but decades of complacency, underinvestment, and overreliance on great-power guarantees have left the nation dangerously unprepared. In her 2025 AIIA National Conference Address,
A World Disrupted
AIIA National Conference 2025
21 Nov 2025
A World Disrupted
By Dr Bryce Wakefield
On 17 November, the AIIA held its 2025 National Conference. AIIA CEO Dr Bryce Wakefield delivered the opening speech to the conference. Other keynotes, including by Foreign Minister Senator the
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Australia in World Affairs
15 Nov 2024
Australia in World Affairs 2016-2020: A return to great power rivalry
Baogang He, David Hundt, Danielle Chubb (eds)
Diplomatic History
22 Nov 2023
Let’s Dance: A History of LGBTIQ Staff in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Rhonda Piggott
Diplomatic History
04 Mar 2024
An Enduring Contribution? Australia’s Term on the United Nations Security Council (2013-2014)
Michael Bliss
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Australian Foreign Minister Delivers Landmark Speech at AIIA National Conference
AIIA Board, AIIA National Conference, AIIA National Office
17 Nov 2025
Australian Foreign Minister Delivers Landmark Speech at AIIA National Conference

CANBERRA — Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator the Hon Penny Wong delivered a focused and forward-looking keynote at the AIIA National Conference Gala Dinner on 17 November, outlining Australia’s […]

AIIA and Japan Foundation Program Informs Senate Hearing on Climate Army Proposal
AIIA National Office, Indo-Pacific Cooperation Network
29 Sep 2025
AIIA and Japan Foundation Program Informs Senate Hearing on Climate Army Proposal

SYDNEY — Dr Bryce Wakefield, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA), appeared before the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee to give evidence […]

AIIA CEO in Ukraine for Major Summit on Ending War
AIIA National Office, International Interaction
13 Sep 2025
AIIA CEO in Ukraine for Major Summit on Ending War

KYIV – The Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) is committed to connecting Australia to key global conversations on security and international relations. In this spirit, AIIA CEO Dr Bryce […]

AIIA Strengthens Ties with Munich Security Conference and German Partners
AIIA National Office, International Interaction
13 Sep 2025
AIIA Strengthens Ties with Munich Security Conference and German Partners

MUNICH, BERLIN, AND KYIV — Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) CEO Dr Bryce Wakefield travelled to Germany in early September for a series of meetings aimed at deepening cooperation […]

Foreign Minister Opens AIIA Victoria International Careers Conference
Events, Victoria, Young Professionals
10 Sep 2025
Foreign Minister Opens AIIA Victoria International Careers Conference

MELBOURNE – AIIA Victoria held its 19th International Careers Conference (ICC) today, one of its annual flagship events over 100 attendees, to provide students and recent graduates with insights and advice on building international […]

AIIA CEO Contributes to Roundtable on NATO in Italy
AIIA National Office, International Interaction
05 Sep 2025
AIIA CEO Contributes to Roundtable on NATO in Italy

CADENNABIA – Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) CEO Dr Bryce Wakefield was invited this week to speak at the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Roundtable on Rebalancing NATO, held at the former German […]

Insights on Foreign Policy and Education: Bill Shorten Headlines AIIA ACT Annual Dinner
Australian Capital Territory, Events
19 Aug 2025
Insights on Foreign Policy and Education: Bill Shorten Headlines AIIA ACT Annual Dinner

CANBERRA – The ACT Branch of the Australian Institute of International Affairs has announced its 2025 Annual Dinner, an evening set to combine distinguished company, thoughtful discussion, and fine dining […]

AIIA Victoria Welcomes Yulia Navalnaya for First Australian Visit
Events, Victoria
19 Aug 2025
AIIA Victoria Welcomes Yulia Navalnaya for First Australian Visit

MELBOURNE – The Australian Institute of International Affairs Victoria (AIIA VIC), in partnership with the Melbourne Press Club, is honoured to host Yulia Navalnaya on her first visit to Australia […]

AIIA in the Media

25 November 2025
ABC The World Today: Ukraine's Red Lines for Peace Plan
AIIA CEO Dr Bryce Wakefield interviewed by the ABC: "The Russians are just playing the West and their friend in the White House."
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24 November 2025
AFR: Jamie Dimon is right. Alarm bells are ringing about the next GFC
An excerpt of AIIA President Dr Heather Smith PSM FAIIA's National Conference address was published by the Australian Financial Review: "Australia, is now caught in dangerous crossfire as both giants look for disruptive ways to exert leverage over the other’s economy, as we have seen on rare earths and semiconductors and in competing demands for foreign firms to comply with Chinese or US law."
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18 November 2025
Sky News: Foreign Minister Penny Wong defends Australia-China diplomacy
Sky News posted video coverage of Foreign Minister Penny Wong's landmark speech to the AIIA National Conference Gala Dinner.
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17 November 2025
ABC: Foreign minister says Labor's 'landmark' agreements builds more stable Asia-Pacific
The ABC reported on Foreign Minister Penny Wong's "major speech" at the AIIA National Conference Gala Dinner. Coverage of the speech appeared in numerous outlets, including the Australian, the AFR, the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age, and News.com.au.
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14 October 2025
The Nightly: Australia not invited to US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace signing in Egypt
AIIA CEO Dr Bryce Wakefield quoted in the Nightly: “It’s hardly necessary for Australia, a country with stretched diplomatic resources that has signalled its priorities lie within its own region, to drop everything to attend an impromptu summit called by Trump.”
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19 September 2025
The Conversation: Bill Shorten ‘re-imagines universities’, with specialist institutions and bespoke degrees
Bill Shorten's remarks to the AIIA ACT Branch Annual Dinner cited: "In his address, delivered to the Australian Institute of International Affairs on Thursday, he linked the imperative for change in the university sector to Australia’s need to strengthen its economic resilience, which was a “pillar of national security”."
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18 September 2025
The Australian: Bill Shorten says Australia’s ‘holiday from history’ is over in a more dangerous world
Bill Shorten's remarks to the AIIA ACT Branch Annual Dinner cited: “For the better part of three decades, Australia has enjoyed a holiday from history,” he said in a speech to the Australian Institute of International Affairs in Canberra.
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18 September 2025
AFR: Shorten demands end to ‘tyranny’ of three-year degree
Bill Shorten's remarks to the AIIA ACT Branch Annual Dinner cited: “Reimagining our modern universities is not simply an architectural reform; it is a national security and foreign policy imperative,” he told the Australian Institute of International Affairs on Thursday evening.
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18 August 2025
The Hans India, and agencies: US needs to follow UK approach to forge trade deal with India
Various international outlets covered an Australian Outlook article on US tarriffs on India by Anna Mahjar-Barducci: India Is Not a Trade Adversary but a Partner: Lessons from the India-UK FTA
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12 August 2025
The Nightly: Who was in the room for the first Economic Reform Roundtable and where they sat
Several news outlets reported that AIIA National President Dr Heather Smith PSM FAIIA was chosen to contribute to the Australian Government's Economic Reform Roundtable this week, the sole representative of an international affairs research organisation to have been selected for this blue ribbon panel.
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5 August 2025
Article in AFR: Why Ted Cruz and Anthony Albanese are both wrong about social media bans
AIIA National Projects and Publications Manager Emily Mosley calls for better education around social media rather than an outright youth ban in her article for the Australian Financial Review.
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14 July 2025
The Nightly: Hungary says ‘novelty’ of Trump approach is gone as Russia-Ukraine war rages on
AIIA CEO Dr Bryce Wakefield quoted in the Nightly: “Orban, along with Slovakia’s Robert Fico, will continue to be the European leader most sympathetic to the MAGA cause,” Dr Wakefield said. “However, the longer Trump continues to engage Putin on Ukraine without deliverables, the more Budapest will be uncomfortable giving Washington a blank cheque.”
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