Many of our webinars are available on our Youtube channel AIIAVision. Subscribe now to be notified when new recordings appear!
Read More
Congratulations to Marcus Mietzner, whose article “Rival populisms and the democratic crisis in Indonesia: chauvinists, Islamists and technocrats” won the Boyer Prize for the best article of 2020 in the Australian Journal of International Affairs. Read an excerpt of Mietzner’s article in Australian Outlook.
Read More
TICKETS NOW ON SALE! The AIIA National Conference will be held at the Hotel Realm in Canberra on 14 February 2022! Information for current ticketholders is also available.
Read More

Australian Outlook

Book Review: How China Loses: The Pushback Against Chinese Global Ambitions

18 October 2021

China seems to be on a path towards global leadership. However, according to Luke Patey, with middle powers and developing countries pushing back against China’s overreach, China is unlikely command influence over global affairs.

Parliament House At Dusk, Canberra ACT Source: Thennicke https://bit.ly/2ZsyTT3

15 October: The Week in Australian Foreign Affairs

By Isabella Keith

15 October 2021

This week in Australian foreign affairs: Australia is "heading to the Moon," G20 Extraordinary Leaders’ Meeting on Afghanistan, the annual South Pacific Defence Ministers’ Meeting, and more.

A helicopter attached to Chinese Navy ship multirole frigate Hengshui (572) participates in a maritime interdiction event with the Chinese Navy guided-missile destroyer Xi’an (153) during Rim of the Pacific. Twenty-six nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 30 to Aug. 4, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2016 is the 25th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (Chinese navy photo by Sun Hongjie)

“Permissible” Chinese Military Spending, AUKUS, and the Security Dilemma

By Professor James Laurenceson and Associate Professor Chengxin Pan

15 October 2021

The view that AUKUS is a justified response to China's actions ignores China’s achievements and future ambitions. It also ignores China’s legitimate security fears.

See all