Registration for “New Frontiers in Foreign Policy,” the AIIA National Conference, is open now. Make sure you get in quick for discounts, entry to the special gala dinner, and more.
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In a new special report AIIA China Matters Fellow Yun Jiang argues that popular Australian concerns around the Antarctic ambitions of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), including possible territorial claims, militarisation, and mining, are overstated.
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August 3rd AIIA TAS: Trust, Ambiguity & the New Security Outlook – Indian, Southeast Asian & Australian Reflections on AUKUS & the Quad
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August 8th AIIA VIC: Young Professionals Networking Event
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August 9th AIIA NSW: Sea Power in Australia’s Strategic Environment
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August 23rd AIIA VIC: Book launch: The Consul by Ian Kemish
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August 26th AIIA VIC: International Careers Conference 2022
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Australian Outlook

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

12 August 2022: The Week in Australian Foreign Affairs

12 August 2022

This week in Australian foreign affairs: Wong addresses ASEAN-Australia Ministerial Meeting; Wong meets with Blinken and Yoshimasa in Phnom Penh; statement on Chinese missiles launched around Taiwan’s coastline; Farrell visits the US; Marles hosts ROK counterpart in Canberra; Conroy visits Solomon Islands; and more.

Activists from Extinction Rebellion burnt an Australian flag on the steps of the Victorian Parliament, Melbourne, in protest against the federal government for its inaction on the climate emergency.
The action coincided with the first day of the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow.
Source: Matt Hrkac, Flickr, https://bit.ly/3CeuWXh.

Climate Change Policy Offers New Hope in the Pacific

By Drew Beacom

11 August 2022

Though Australia’s regional strategy increasingly focuses on the Pacific, regional leaders have grown distrustful of Canberra. Proactive climate policy may win some back.

General View of the room where European Union Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini speaks to the security council at U.N. Head Quarters on March 09, 2015 in New York. Source: European External Action Service, Flickr, https://bit.ly/3zGKKyM.

It’s Time to Reform the United Nations Security Council

By Anil Anand

11 August 2022

The P5’s veto power has disempowered general consensus and subjugated member states, creating unequal nations in an institution of equals. It is time for change.

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