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Cybersecurity as Part of National Security and Foreign Policy: Insights from Estonia
19
Aug
Cybersecurity as Part of National Security and Foreign Policy: Insights from Estonia

Kersti Eesmaa, Vertical Scope Group

Aug 19, 2025 18:00 - Aug 19, 2025 19:00
Stephen House, Canberra; Hybrid
AIIA QLD Annual Dinner with the Hon. Malcolm Turnbull AC
20
Aug
AIIA QLD Annual Dinner with the Hon. Malcolm Turnbull AC

Hon. Malcolm Turnbull AC, 29th Prime Minister of Australia

Aug 20, 2025 18:00 - Aug 20, 2025 21:00
Tattersalls Club, Grand Ballroom, Brisbane; In person
International Law Practice
21
Aug
International Law Practice

Andrea Furger, Eugenie Chung, Peter Reading, Dr Daye Gang

Aug 21, 2025 17:30 - Aug 21, 2025 19:00
356 Collins Street Melbourne
Myanmar’s Digital Coup and the International Response
21
Aug
Myanmar’s Digital Coup and the International Response

Nicholas Coppel, Australia-Myanmar Institute; Lennon Chang, Deakin University; Nick Cheesman, Australian National University

Aug 21, 2025 17:30 - Aug 21, 2025 19:00
32 Thesiger Ct Canberra
AIIA Intern Forum: Pop, Pandas, and Power
21
Aug
AIIA Intern Forum: Pop, Pandas, and Power

National Office Interns: Ethan Chan, Emalisa Edwards, Malika Knapp, Benjamin Parry

Aug 21, 2025 18:00 - Aug 21, 2025 20:00
ANU Campus
Three Kims: Narratives, Nukes, and Negotiations
26
Aug
Three Kims: Narratives, Nukes, and Negotiations

Jane Hardy, Non-Resident Senior Fellow at United States Studies Centre

Aug 26, 2025 18:00 - Aug 26, 2025 19:00
Stephen House, 32 Thesiger Court, Canberra; hybrid
International Careers Conference
10
Sep
International Careers Conference

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Sep 10, 2025 09:00 - Sep 10, 2025 17:00
La Trobe University, City Campus, 360 Collins Street, Level 2, Melbourne; In person
AIIA National Conference
17
Nov
AIIA National Conference

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Nov 17, 2025 09:00 - Nov 17, 2025 21:00
Canberra
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Video and Audio

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Ep. 164: Tariffs, tariffs, tariffs
Podcast
23 May 2025
Ep. 164: Tariffs, tariffs, tariffs
59:11
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Indo Pacific Briefing – Understanding Australia’s Strategic Crisis with Prof Hugh White
General, Youtube
07 Aug 2025
Indo Pacific Briefing – Understanding Australia’s Strategic Crisis with Prof Hugh White
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Is the Age of Empathy Over? | Dr Claire Yorke
Youtube
08 Jul 2025
Is the Age of Empathy Over? | Dr Claire Yorke
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Adventures in Representation in Japan and External Affairs’ first fatality | Emeritus Professor James Cotton
Youtube
03 Jul 2025
Adventures in Representation in Japan and External Affairs’ first fatality | Emeritus Professor James Cotton
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Towards the AIIA Centenary

100 Years of International Affairs

The AIIA was founded in 1933 by member organisations that date back to the 1920s. The AIIA as a whole celebrates those founding branches as they reach 100 years of advancing knowledge and exchange on international affairs.

Australian Outlook

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Between the Tricolour and the Ballot Box: Is India’s Democracy Losing Its Core?
Analysis
19 Aug 2025
Between the Tricolour and the Ballot Box: Is India’s Democracy Losing Its Core?
By Arman Ahmed
India’s democratic rituals remain lively, but the institutions supporting them are under growing pressure from centralised power, opaque funding, and weakened checks and balances. While the Independence Day spectacle continues, the deeper concern is whether
Red Carpets for War Crimes: What Trump’s Alaska Summit with Putin Really Means
Analysis
19 Aug 2025
Red Carpets for War Crimes: What Trump’s Alaska Summit with Putin Really Means
By Akshit Tyagi
On Friday, the world watched something extraordinary unfold on a windswept Alaskan tarmac. President Donald Trump clapped and smiled as Vladimir Putin stepped off his plane, the Russian leader returning to US soil for the first time in nearly two decades. A
BRICS as a Strategic Challenge to the Liberal International Order
Analysis
19 Aug 2025
BRICS as a Strategic Challenge to the Liberal International Order
By Dr Marida Nach
BRICS’ expansion and evolving financial initiatives highlight its dual role as both a symbol of Global South solidarity and a platform marked by internal divisions. While it challenges Western-led institutions through parallel structures and alternative
Deterring Russia: Is Super-Taurus the Answer?
Analysis
19 Aug 2025
Deterring Russia: Is Super-Taurus the Answer?
By Mobeen Jafar Mir
The latest news about the likely German and British joint military project to develop the "Super-Taurus" missile system indicates the future of the European plan to strengthen and advance its conventional capabilities to maintain a credible deterrence against
Book Review: China’s Law of the Sea: The New Rules of Maritime Order
Reading room
18 Aug 2025
Book Review: China’s Law of the Sea: The New Rules of Maritime Order
By Dongkeun Lee
Isaac B. Kardon’s China’s Law of the Sea offers a comprehensive analysis of how China is reshaping maritime norms through its selective interpretation of international law. By examining Beijing’s approaches to geographic claims, resource rights,
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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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AIIA News

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 National President Visits Chatham House
AIIA Board, AIIA National President, International Interaction
04 Aug 2025
AIIA National President Visits Chatham House

LONDON — Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) National President Dr Heather Smith PSM FAIIA met with Ben Bland, Director of the Asia-Pacific Programme at Chatham House. Their conversation ranged across […]

French and German Embassies Launch Climate Talks with AIIA in Sydney
AIIA National Office, Events, New South Wales, Projects
31 Jul 2025
French and German Embassies Launch Climate Talks with AIIA in Sydney

SYDNEY – The German Embassy Canberra and the Embassy of France in Canberra, in collaboration with the Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA), have launched the first event in a […]

AIIA Champions Regional Voices in Submission to Senate Inquiry on Australia’s Climate Army
AIIA National Office, Indo-Pacific Cooperation Network
21 Jul 2025
AIIA Champions Regional Voices in Submission to Senate Inquiry on Australia’s Climate Army

CANBERRA – The Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) has lodged a powerful submission to the Senate Inquiry into the proposed National Volunteer Incentive Scheme—popularly known as the “Climate Army”—highlighting […]

AIIA QLD Set to Host Premier Annual Dinner with Former PM Malcolm Turnbull
Events, Queensland
13 Jul 2025
AIIA QLD Set to Host Premier Annual Dinner with Former PM Malcolm Turnbull

BRISBANE – The Queensland branch of the Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA QLD) has officially announced its highly anticipated 2025 Annual Dinner, scheduled for Wednesday, 20 August, at the prestigious […]

Call for Applications for a Funded Internship in The Hague
Get Involved, Internships, Scholarships
11 Jul 2025
Call for Applications for a Funded Internship in The Hague

The Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) and the Australian Branch of the International Law Association (ILA (AB)) are pleased to present the Peter Nygh Hague Conference Internship. The award will support […]

Changing of the Guard as AIIA Welcomes New National Vice President
AIIA Board
01 Jul 2025
Changing of the Guard as AIIA Welcomes New National Vice President

CANBERRA – The Australian Institute of International Affairs is pleased to announce the appointment of the Honourable Paul Lucas, current president of AIIA Queensland and former deputy premier of Queensland, […]

AIIA in the Media

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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12 July 2025
BBC: Trade trumps geopolitics as Australia PM visits China
AIIA CEO Dr Bryce Wakefield quoted by the BBC: "This is part of a broader, understated and mature diplomacy from the current government and it does not fall into the recriminations of previous years."
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24 June 2025
The Nightly: Indo-Pacific leaders skip NATO, leaving New Zealand’s Christopher Luxon in the cold
AIIA CEO Bryce Wakefield quoted in the Nightly: “The US strategy on pressuring allies with a one-size-fits-all approach may work with NATO, where there is a hot war near the eastern flank and a history of European nations coordinating on policy, but it’s less effective against the individual countries of the Indo-Pacific, which have different and specific political contexts within which they must operate.”
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18 June 2025
Radio New Zealand: Why NZ's involvement in possible US-Iran war may hang on Europe
AIIA Programs and Publications Manager Emily Mosley cited by Radio New Zealand: "The choice before us is clear: Engage with the whole breadth of American institutions and demand accountability and stability, or panic and risk eroding one of the most effective checks."
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3 June 2025
Frankfurter Rundschau: "Putins Technologie-Problem: Russland liegt „zehn Jahre hinterher"
Jack Jarmon's Australian Outlook article "In Russia, the Chips are Down" cited in the Frankfurter Rundschau: A problematic legacy of outdated equipment and a lack of personnel hampered Russia's efforts to build its own world-class industry. According to the Australian Institute of International Affairs, this continues to have repercussions for the Russian chip industry.
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27 May 2025
Frankfurter Rundschau: Putin-Kampfjets über Ostsee: Nach „gefährlichem“ Manöver gestoppt
Former AIIA National Office Intern Jasper Hufschmidt Morse's Australian Outlook article covered extensively in Frankfurter Rundschau: "What would happen if Russian aircraft were intercepted in German or another NATO member state's airspace, Jasper Hufschmidt Morse asked in his analysis for the Australian Institute of International Affairs."
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14 May 2025
The Australian: Australia must counter Russian influence, says Anthony Albanese
AIIA CEO Dr Bryce Wakefield quoted in The Australian: "Australian Institute of International Affairs chief executive Bryce Wakefield said the Indonesia relationship was crucial and required a sustained effort by Australia to deliver meaningful benefits."
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4 May 2025
The Australian: Albanese plans foreign trips as world leaders laud his election win
AIIA CEO Dr Bryce Wakefield quoted in The Australian's first article since the 2025 Federal election to cover the Albanese government's foreign policy approach. "Wakefield said as the US slapped tariffs on the rest of the world, Australia needed to work even more closely with Southeast Asia to create new economic opportunities."
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29 April 2025
The Australian: Coalition promises extra $2bn for Pacific, Timor infrastructure fund
AIIA Tasmania Vice President Professor James Chin's Australian Outlook article on Chinese interests in the South Pacific cited in the Australian.
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6 April 2025
The Guardian: What does Australian sovereignty look like? It’s a question we now must answer thanks to Donald Trump
AIIA National President Dr Heather Smith PSM FAIIA: "The biggest challenge to overcome is the inability of our political class to position Australia for this new world.”
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4 April 2025
SBS: 'Pipe dream': Can Donald Trump's tariffs bring back America's 'golden age'?
AIIA CEO Dr Bryce Wakefield: "The 'golden age' in nationalist rhetoric is simply an imagined time in the past where things were always better, and in every nationalist's mind, the actual period of that golden age might be different. It's left vague for a reason."
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