9 July Webinar: Bolsonaro – Trump of the Tropics? With Dr Deborah Barros Leal Farias, UNSW Sydney. Organised by AIIA Victoria.
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7 July Webinar: Australia’s National Resilience, with Air Vice-Marshall John Blackburn AO (retd). Organised by AIIA Queensland.
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Watch the Webinar: The Battle for the South China Sea in a Time of COVID-19. With Dr Lynn Kuok, International Institute for Strategic Studies. Organised by AIIA National Office. Make sure you subscribe to our YouTube channel AIIAVision for updates.
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Scholars and practitioners met in Tokyo for the second iteration of the AIIA’s Indo-Pacific Research Forum. Read the event description and see videos and photos taken during the day!
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AIIA National Conference 2019 highlights
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For the last three years, the AIIA National Office has supported the EU-Australia Leadership Forum. AIIA National Executive Director Dr Bryce Wakefield facilitated the final stakeholder event of the forum on 27 September. Participants at the event spoke on their experiences on the forum and celebrated deepening the relationship between the European Union and Australia
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Australian Outlook

A Silent Threat: The Mental Health Impact of Pandemic in Papua New Guinea

13 July 2020

Around the world, humanitarian workers struggle with the toll COVID-19 is taking on both physical and mental health. In Papua New Guinea, the International Committee of the Red Cross is working to equip communities with the tools to face these unprecedented challenges.

Australia in the World: Episode 51

By Allan Gyngell AO FAIIA and Dr Darren Lim

12 July 2020

Lowy Poll 2020; India-China; DFAT’s travel advice for China; Allan’s brush with tabloid fame.

Royal Australian Air Force security force members pose with the RAAF ensign (bottom) and Commonwealth of Australia flag at Multinational Base Tarin Kot, Afghanistan. Source: U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jessi Ann McCormick https://bit.ly/2ZM8CiK

Into the Dragon’s Mouth: The Dangers of Defence-led Foreign Policy

By Richard Moore

10 July 2020

The Australian prime minister's 2020 Defence Strategic Update has many strengths, but it does not address the critical factors of diplomacy and development. Australia's unbalanced strategic posture risks becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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