Australia's Misstep on Nuclear Weapons Treaty By Associate Professor Maria Rost Rublee, Associate Professor Marianne Hanson and Anthony Burke — Analysis 20 February 2017Australia will not attend next month’s United Nations summit to negotiate a global treaty to ban nuclear weapons. This is a missed opportunity and […] Read More
Too Soon to Call Brexit Victory? By Colin Chapman FAIIA — Analysis 16 February 2017Theresa May’s recent success in the sympathetic UK House of Commons was hardly ever in doubt but Brexiteers may be congratulating themselves too early. […] Read More
Bishop to Debate Global Goals at G20 By Michael Sheldrick — Analysis 09 February 2017Next week Julie Bishop will join Rex Tillerson, Boris Johnson and other top diplomats in Bonn for the G20 meeting of foreign ministers. […] Read More
Five Eyes as an Economic Alliance? By The Hon Dr Wayne Mapp — Analysis 01 February 2017It is very easy to focus on the challenges that will be posed by the Trump Administration; there is no doubt they will […] Read More
Realising Australia's Foreign Policy Potential By Professor Mark Beeson — Analysis 26 January 2017The Australian government is in the process of developing its first foreign policy white paper since 2003, intended to guide Australian policymakers over […] Read More
The Perils of Replacing Mugabe By Tinashe Jakwa — Fresh perspective 23 January 2017While President Robert Mugabe is on annual leave in China, Zimbabwe’s acting president has changed twice. In a one-party state that has seen […] Read More
Nuclear Weapons and the Future of Humanity By Natalya Wells — Analysis 11 January 2017Global discussion on nuclear weapons has evolved from debating their role in military and security strategy to understanding the humanitarian consequences of their […] Read More
Preparing for a Biological Weapons Attack By Andrea Lunt — Analysis 04 January 2017The recent outbreaks of disease across the developing world have provided a valuable lesson in the harm that could be caused by a biological weapons […] Read More
Trudeau's First Year in Power By Catherine Tsalikis — Analysis 27 December 20162016 saw the spectacular fall of British Prime Minister David Cameron and the stunning rise of American President-elect Donald Trump. Next year, President […] Read More
Rethinking Australia's Foreign Policy By Allan Gyngell AO FAIIA — Analysis 14 December 2016This week saw the launch of public consultation on Australia’s new foreign policy white paper. It comes at an opportune time, when the legs […] Read More