Getting the Basics Right: A G20 Agenda Sri Mulyani Indrawati and Bertrand Badré — Analysis 10 November 2014According to the World Bank’s Sri Mulyani Indrawati and Bertrand Badré, the G20 of the future can play a powerful role in changing the […] Read More
Costing the impact of Ebola Jodie McVernon — Analysis 07 November 2014The Ebola epidemic in West Africa continues unabated, with a death toll to date exceeding all previous outbreaks combined. The epidemic is not, […] Read More
Foreign Policy for a Top 20 Nation Senator the Hon Brett Mason — Analysis 06 November 2014Senator the Hon Brett Mason opened the Australian Institute of International Affairs’ National Conference on 27 October with the following remarks. It gives […] Read More
Australia as US Satrap By Graeme Dobell FAIIA — Analysis05 November 2014Graeme Dobell reports on AIIA National President John McCarthy’s remarks at the AIIA National Conference. The former diplomatic mandarins of Oz think Australia is so committed […] Read More
Somebody has to Step Up: and if not the G20, then who? John Kirton — Analysis 04 November 2014With a growing demand for a champion across a multitude of crucial issues, the G20 will eventually evolve into the major forum for exacting […] Read More
The G20 and the Small States Simon Tay and Loke Hoe Yeong — Analysis 03 November 2014If G20 cannot add a few digits to its name, then future Summits must ensure that non-member economic powers aren’t marginalised from important […] Read More
Learning to Act like a Major Power: Australia as a top 20 nation By Dr Andrew Carr — Analysis31 October 2014Just a few years ago a number of books were released which celebrated an ‘Australia moment’, where the […] Read More
The Return of Geopolitics By Emeritus Professor Ramesh Thakur FAIIA — Analysis 31 October 2014Great powers rise and fall on the tide of history. The transition is not always peaceful and linear, but often jagged with points […] Read More
Australia and UNSC Sanctions: another tool to disrupt foreign terrorist fighters By Lisa Sharland — Analysis29 October 2014Australia will rotate off the UN Security Council on 31 December 2014. As previously outlined here, there have been […] Read More
G20: Coming Full Circle Ludmila Khudyakova — Analysis 29 October 2014At the Saint Petersburg 2013 Summit, G20 countries made a number of concrete commitments and turning them into results will be beneficial for […] Read More