Read the new AIIA Publication: Regional Reflections on the War in Ukraine: Diplomacy Conflict, and the Future of Southeast Asia
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Read AIIA China Matters Fellow Yun Jiang’s new report: “Winning hearts and minds: the PRC’s efforts to attract scientific talent.”
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On 29 November, AIIA National President Designate Dr Heather Smith PSM FAIIA gave the Sir James Plimsoll Lecture to AIIA Tasmania at the University of Tasmania and was awarded her AIIA Fellowship. You can now read the speech online.
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Warwick Smith AO FAIIA, an eminent member of the Australian business community, was awarded an AIIA Fellowship this year. Read his 21 November acceptance speech, given as the AIIA Tasmania Government House Lecture: “Foreign Policy within a Trading Nation, the Pacific, Asia and the World – the danger of mediocrity” here.
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Thanks to all who made the #AIIA2022 national conference a success! We’ll be publishing speeches, photos and videos on the conference website as they become available.
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Australian Outlook

Vladimir Putin and President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping made statements for the media following the Russian-Chinese talks. Photo: Vladimir Astapkovich, RIA Novosti http://www.en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/70750/photos/70670

Great Xi-pectations: Obsessing Over Other State Relations

24 March 2023

Framing the Sino-Russia “axis” narrative in terms of which power wears the pants is not all that helpful, nor is lamenting the end of the international world order as we know it. Yet Australia’s Xi-Putin Summit coverage did just that.

Roe v Wade OVERTURNED: Protest to defend US Abortion Rights. Source: Matt Hrkac/http://bit.ly/3Z5dHze

Abortion and Foot Voting in a Post-Dobbs America

By Professor Ilya Somin

24 March 2023

Has the 2022 Supreme Court ruling overturning abortion rights led to abortion-driven foot voting away from “red” Republican states? The answer is complicated.

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

24 March 2023: The Week in Australian Foreign Affairs

By Isabella Keith

24 March 2023

This week in Australian foreign affairs: Samoa PM Fiamē Naomi Mata’afa visits Australia, Wong announces more sanctions against Iranian individuals and entities, ICAO MH17 decision on jurisdiction, and more.

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