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
Brazil's Political Nightmare By Dr Fabricio Chagas Bastos and Dr Sean Burges — Analysis 31 August 2017No real reform process, no end in sight and no hope for the future in the midst of Brazil's continued political despair. Read More
Australia’s Overzealous Response to the North Korea Crisis By John McCarthy AO FAIIA — Analysis 31 August 2017Instead of blind loyalty, Australia would be better served by focusing on what it can do as a second tier partner to the main players in the North Korea crisis. Read More
How Philosophy Can Help Break the International Whaling Deadlock By Dr David Coady, Dr Brendan Gogarty and Dr Jeffrey McGee — Analysis 30 August 2017While Sea Shepherd has announced it will no longer shadow Japan's whaling fleet, philosophy and law still offer a path to a possible resolution of the international dispute. Read More
US Grand Strategy and National Security: The Dilemmas of Primacy, Decline and Denial By Dr Michael Clarke and Anthony Ricketts — Analysis 30 August 2017US grand strategy is caught between the decline management of the Obama administration and the decline denial of today's White House. Read More
Divisions and Deadlines in New Caledonia By Denise Fisher — Analysis 30 August 2017New Caledonia will soon conduct an independence referendum that may transform the role of France in the Pacific. Read More
Back to the Offensive: Trump’s New Direction in Afghanistan By Ian Dudgeon — Analysis 23 August 2017Trump's new strategy for "killing terrorists" in Afghanistan is a workable accommodation between the president's frustration about progress and the military needs of his generals. Read More
What's Behind the US South Asia Strategy By Daniel Steedman — Analysis 23 August 2017President Trump's new strategy recalibrates the US approach in South Asia and has ramifications for Australian policymakers. Read More
Australia-New Zealand: 'Til Barnaby Do Us Part? By The Hon Dr Wayne Mapp — Analysis 23 August 2017Regardless of Barnaby Joyce's citizenship status and the New Zealand election result, the recent fleeting trans-Tasman tension is a sign of the close links between neighbours. Read More
What are the Ethical Limits of National Security? By Dr Adam Henschke and Dr Tim Legrand — Analysis 23 August 2017Are there moral limits to state responses to violent extremism? And, if so, how do we find these limits? Read More