Enjoyed last year’s AIIA National Conference? You’ve still got a bit of time to register for the next one. Hyper early-bird tickets for those who joined us in 2022 are available until the end of June.

The AIIA was saddened to hear of the death of its immediate past president, Allan Gyngell AO FAIIA, on May 3. Our thoughts are with his family.

From April the AIIA has a new national president. Read the remarks made by Dr Heather Smith PSM FAIIA at her official welcome to the institute.

Read the new AIIA Publication: Regional Reflections on the War in Ukraine: Diplomacy Conflict, and the Future of Southeast Asia

Read AIIA China Matters Fellow Yun Jiang’s new report: “Winning hearts and minds: the PRC’s efforts to attract scientific talent.”

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.

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.