In his book, former Russian Embassy staffer Tony Kevin offers a defence of Russian policy that is a counterpoint to the prevailing Western narrative.

The Japanese prime minister's credentials as a pragmatic realist are impressive. But he needs to confront the potential contradiction of advancing goals driven by emotional needs rather than rational, strategic objectives.

Allan and Darren kick off this week’s episode by covering a bad week for the United States’ Indo-Pacific strategy at the ASEAN and East Asia Summit meetings in Bangkok.

Politically, there are some noticeable differences between east and west. Unarguably, the less multicultural east has played host to an unnerving rise in increasingly brazen far-right extremist activity.

Listen to a recording of a AIIA for WA event.

The decision to impeach Trump is a decision made along party lines, though the advantages of following through with the impeachment are highly questionable.

The discovery of 39 Vietnamese in a lorry in Essex is part of a wider, global network of people-smuggling. This incident also demonstrates the changing motivations of refugees from Vietnam.

The recent killing of Islamic State leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is indeed cause for celebration, however, leadership decapitation does not guarantee total defeat of the organisation. Kiriloi M. Ingram explores the number of dynamics which impact the potential for Islamic State to survive its current predicament.

The Lebanese protests have made significant ground and are sophisticated in nature. However, they also risk opening some of Lebanon’s old historical wounds.

Australia is spending less on diplomacy than ever before – and its influence is suffering as a result