Where Chinese Influence Matters By Professor Bates Gill and Linda Jakobson31 August 2017As tensions continue to escalate on the Korean Peninsula, what weight can China bring to bear on Pyongyang? Read More Play
BRICS Built on Shaky Foundations: Tensions, Corruption and Inequality By Professor Mark Beeson — Analysis 31 August 2017Ahead of the BRICS Summit in China, it's time to assess whether the organisation of emerging powers has lived up to the hype. Read More
For the Central African Republic There Will be no Peace Without Justice By Kathryn Kraft — Analysis 21 August 2017The government of the Central African Republic has signed a peace deal to end the violence that has plagued the country since 2013. Will it succeed? Read More
Reading Room: A World in Disarray Reviewed by Colin Chapman FAIIA — Reading room 26 July 2017At the concluding news conference of the annual AUSMIN talks between American and Australian senior ministers, familiar words rolled off the tongue of […] Read More
Beware Cold Warriors By Dr Dorothy Horsfield — Analysis 24 July 2017Thirty years since the end of the Cold War, tensions between Russia and the West are running high against the background of Syria, Ukraine and cyber attack allegations. But caution needs to be taken against new militant Cold Warriors. Read More
A Global Nuclear Weapons Ban? Ready or Not, Here it Comes By Professor Richard Tanter — Analysis 19 June 2017Despite the apparent best efforts of Australia, the US and others, the second round of United Nations talks to negotiate a global nuclear weapons […] Read More
Youth Participation in the UN Human Rights Council By Dr Lesley Pruitt — Analysis 19 June 2017Young people are often categorised as politically disengaged and apathetic. A program backed by Australia and the UN is seeking to shake this […] Read More
The 1917 Revolution Still Resonates in Modern Russia By Dr Kirill Nourzhanov — Analysis 19 June 2017One hundred years after the Russian revolution, the Bolsheviks’ historical legacy remains highly politicised. Some backers of Putin argue that, without his guiding […] Read More
#GuptaLeaks: South Africa Opens New Investigation Into State Graft By Elizabeth Sidiropoulos — Analysis 15 June 2017This week South Africa’s public protector announced there would be a new investigation into the #GuptaLeaks allegations of […] Read More
Stories of EU-Australia Relations By Louise Hand PSM — Analysis 05 June 2017To outside observers, the idea of EU-Australia relations can appear abstract. But from winemaking to rocket science, Australians and Europeans are cooperating to […] Read More