Are China and the EU on a Collision Course? By Stephen Olson — Analysis 07 March 2016The future of the EU–China trade relationship — one of the largest in the world — will be substantially impacted by a debate […] Read More
Nuclear Weapons and Australia’s Defence White Paper By John Tilemann — Analysis 07 March 2016Australia’s recently released 2016 Defence White Paper is premised on a strategic outlook that overlooks the nuclear threat in our own backyard. The […] Read More
Defence White Paper 2016: A Throwback to a Harder Era By The Hon Kim Beazley AC FAIIA — Analysis 04 March 2016The 2016 Defence White Paper is a first class statement on Australia’s strategic situation. It proffers a balanced view of the significance of […] Read More
A Super Tuesday for Hillary and Donald Analysis 04 March 2016The Super Tuesday results suggest that the Democratic Party coronation of Hillary Clinton has resumed and that the insurrection that propelled Donald Trump […] Read More
It’s the Enrichment, Stupid: South Australia and the Nuclear Fuel Cycle By Associate Professor Maria Rost Rublee — Analysis 03 March 2016The South Australian Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission recently released a report outlining its tentative findings to little […] Read More
Australia-Japan Cooperation: Changing Japanese Security Norms Analysis 03 March 2016Prime Minister Shinzō Abe has overseen a historic transformation of post-war Japan’s security policy by overturning previous interpretations of the constitution’s pacifist clause, […] Read More
Appointing the New Secretary-General of the United Nations By Professor Russell Trood — Analysis 02 March 2016Ban Ki-moon will be retiring as the Secretary-General of the United Nations in December this year. He began his first term in January […] Read More
It's Time that China Seriously Engaged with India By Yizhe Daniel Xie — Analysis 02 March 2016The topic of China dominates almost every economic and foreign policy discussion in India. Yet the concept of a rising India is still […] Read More
The 'Rules-based Global Order', the UN and Peacekeeping By Lisa Sharland — Analysis 02 March 2016The new Defence White Paper sets out that ‘Australia’s security and prosperity depend on a stable Indo–Pacific region and rules-based global order’. This […] Read More
Australia and Brexit: What Might it Mean? By Dr Annmarie Elijah — Analysis 26 February 2016In mid-February British Prime Minister David Cameron arrived at a deal with his European counterparts over the future of the UK and the […] Read More