Australia's Focus on the Pacific - Minister of International Development and the Pacific Hon Alex Hawke MP's Keynote Speech to the AIIA National Conference By Hon Alex Hawke MP — Analysis 17 October 2019Principles of freedom, open markets and defence cooperation underpin the Morrison Government's approach to the Pacific. Read More
How to Engage Effectively With China - Senator the Hon Penny Wong's Keynote Speech at the AIIA National Conference By Senator the Hon Penny Wong — Analysis 17 October 2019The choice for Australia is whether we are to be spectators to the competition between the United States and China, or active players. Read More
What Can Australia Do? - AIIA National President Allan Gyngell's Keynote Speech At the 2019 AIIA National Conference By Allan Gyngell AO FAIIA — Analysis 17 October 2019In his keynote speech to the AIIA national conference, AIIA National President Allan Gyngell considers the consequences for Australia if the ties between Washington and Beijing finally snap. Read More
Syria: A Bumpy Ride Ahead By Ian Dudgeon — Analysis 17 October 2019The Turkish incursion in Syria has spurred the involvement and actions of the Turkish, Syrian, Russian and US governments and their armed forces. Prevention could require early intervention by UN peacekeeping forces. Read More
Terrorist Financing: Pakistan Is Sort Of Off The Hook For The Moment By Dr Claude Rakisits — Analysis 17 October 2019At this week’s meeting of the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which was established by the G-7 in 1989 to set measures for combating money laundering and terrorist financing, it was decided that Pakistan would remain on the "Grey List" and not be placed on the “Black List.” Read More
How the World Bank Facilitates Burning in the Amazon By Dr Susan Park — Analysis 17 October 2019The World Bank is again in the spotlight for financings of infrastructure projects in Brazil increasingly severe consequences for the environment. Read More
Modi Transforms India’s Approach to the Middle East By P R Kumaraswamy — Analysis 11 October 2019When it comes to India’s position on the Middle East, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi attempts to keep all parties happy. For a […] Read More
The Morrison Doctrine By John McCarthy AO FAIIA — Analysis 09 October 2019International relations would be good fun if we could cherry-pick the sort of globalism we liked and reject the sort which we did not. But we can’t. Read More
China’s Views on International Order By Melissa Conley Tyler FAIIA — Analysis 09 October 2019As the People’s Republic of China turns 70 this month, a key question that countries around the world are grappling with is how China views the international order. Read More
British People Hardly Ever Thought About The EU Before Brexit, Now It Dominates Their Lives By Professor Barry Richards — Analysis 09 October 2019The UK’s relationship with the rest of Europe is a real and important issue, but behind all that there is a toxicity at work on both sides of the “Brexit divide”. A small anti-EU minority laid the fuse, but the rest of the public proved highly combustible. Read More