An edited extract of remarks by the National President of the AIIA, Allan Gyngell AO FAIIA, at a farewell for Melissa Conley Tyler at the National Office, 21 March 2019.

Melissa Conley Tyler FAIIA is Program Lead at the Asia-Pacific Development, Diplomacy & Defence Dialogue (AP4D), a new platform for constructive dialogue, fresh ideas and […]

AIIA National Executive Director Melissa Conley Tyler was interviewed by Natalie Sambhi on Blogging Heads TV’s Foreign Entanglements . […]

Melissa Conley Tyler, National Executive Director of the Australian Institute of International Affairs, responds to delegate presentations during the […]

National Executive Director (2006 – 2019)   Melissa H. Conley Tyler served as National Executive Director of the Australian Institute of International Affairs […]

Australia today is ideally positioned – geographically and civilizationally – to work between Asian-region societies and Western states in “updating” the rules-based order (RBO). "Australia and the Rules-Based International Order" will help to inform Australian policy makers and the interested public on this critical issue.

The Albanese government’s shift on climate policy has been transformative in relations with Pacific island countries. But can this positive momentum be maintained?

Technological change is both an opportunity and risk for Pacific nations. Australia must take this into consideration when engaging in development programs.

Australian foreign policy has sometimes been framed as a choice between prioritising the Pacific or Southeast Asia. This needs to end.

Australia now appears to live in a new and less predictable world. If, as most agree, this is true, a book like No Enemies, No Friends: Restoring Australia’s Global Relevance helps us look beyond the status quo.

Australian Institute of International Affairs National President Allan Gyngell starts his history of Australian foreign policy with the observation that Australia’s myths are mostly military ones: “The story Australians know best of their country’s engagement with the world is one of wars and battles.”