The Insurrection Hearings Implicate Trump, But is it Enough? By Colin Chapman FAIIA — Analysis 16 June 2022This week the U.S. House select committee heard testimony on the January 6 insurrection attempt. Though the evidence was damning, Biden remains in a difficult position. Read More
Amid Successive Mass Shootings, America Is No Closer To Passing Gun Control Laws By Alexandra Filindra — Analysis 15 June 2022The American news cycle is once more dominated by mass shootings. But despite a Democrat president and control of Congress, gun reform remains a pipe dream. Read More
Water And Sanitation In A Heating World By Allara Blinco and Louy Bonnay — Fresh perspective 15 June 2022The human right to water and sanitation is one both crucial and contentious. As climate change accelerates, the increasing scarcity of water is predicted to detrimentally impact entire populations, ecosystems, and economies. Read More
Book Review: On the Idea of Humanitarian Intervention: A New Compartmentalization of IR Theories Reviewed by Kirril Shields — Reading room 15 June 2022On the Idea of Humanitarian Intervention. A New Compartmentalization of IR Theories delves into the minefield of international relations theory with its various subsectors and branches, a task that requires scholarly fortitude and contains far-reaching opinions, with some sensible and other polemic. Read More
Government, We Need to Talk About AI By Dr Ramona Vijeyarasa and José-Miguel Bello y Villarino — Analysis 11 June 2022The Federal Government is already arriving late to the international table. Regulation of AI needs to be prioritised and inaction is not an option. Read More
10 June: The Week in Australian Foreign Affairs By Isabella Keith — The Week in Australian Foreign Affairs 10 June 2022This week in Australian foreign affairs: Albanese travels to Jakarta for the Annual Leaders’ Meeting with Widodo; Ardern to visit Sydney and meet with Albanese; Wong visits Samoa and Tonga; and Wong issues a statement on North Korean ballistic missile testing. Read More
When Autocrats Get it Wrong, What is the Moral Response? By Dr Matt Killingsworth and Professor Nicholas Farrelly — Analysis 09 June 2022Russia and Myanmar are both run by strongmen who have judged that overwhelming violence can beat their opponents into submission. Responding to their aggression, and supporting democratic voices to prevail, requires careful attention to the values we hold. Read More
A Perfect Storm? How Disasters Impacted Democracy in the Philippines By Dakila Kim P. Yee — Analysis 09 June 2022President Duterte capitalised on Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda). As disasters become more frequent, there will be further opportunity for political change in the Philippines. Read More
Australia’s Role in Global Infant Food Security: Implications of the US Milk Formula Shortage By Libby Salmon, Dr Julie Smith and Dr Phil Baker — Analysis 08 June 2022Ongoing debate about women’s “choice” to breastfeed masks the ugly reality that trade trumps infant health. Food security and climate change resilience for infants requires political courage to govern industry and commit to breastfeeding, to ensure a safe and nutritious food supply. Read More
Book Review: Narratives of Statelessness and Political Otherness - Kurdish and Palestinian Experiences Reviewed by Dr Rachel Stevens — Reading room 08 June 2022Narratives of Statelessness and Political Otherness examines what it means in everyday life for those who are stateless and marginalised from the political centres of power. Read More