Leaders Weigh Up a Challenging Year of Transitions in the Australia-US Relationship By Professor Alan Tidwell — Analysis 21 January 2016Malcolm Turnbull has held talks with President Barack Obama at the White House on his first official visit […] Read More
New Directions for Taiwan? Cross-Strait Relations Under Tsai Ing-wen By Professor Kerry Brown — Analysis 19 January 2016On 16 January Tsai Ing-wen was elected as President of the Republic of China on Taiwan by a landslide. […] Read More
Women’s Participation in Peacebuilding: Lessons from the UN By Associate Professor Laura J Shepherd — Analysis 19 January 2016The UN Peacebuilding Commission was the first United Nations body to have the gender dimension explicitly built into its founding resolutions [A/RES/60/180 and S/RES/1645], affirming ‘the important role […] Read More
Space Oddity: Contested and Congested Commons By Adjunct Professor Brett Biddington AM — Analysis 18 January 2016Outer space is increasingly seen as contested, congested and competitive. All nations need to do what they can to protect and preserve the space […] Read More
The Jakarta Blasts and Indonesia–Australia CT Cooperation John Coyne — Analysis 15 January 2016Yesterday’s helter-skelter terrorist attack in Jakarta brings to an end 10 years of victories in the “war on terror” in the archipelago. As […] Read More
ISDS Arbitration Upholds Australia’s Plain Packaging Laws Kavaljit Singh — Analysis 15 January 2016Tobacco giant Philip Morris has lost a major international legal battle to reverse Australia’s plain packaging laws by using the Australia–Hong Kong Investment […] Read More
Will the Latest North Korean Nuclear Test Cause Beijing to Reassess Its Policy? Associate Professor Jingdong Yuan — Analysis 15 January 2016North Korea’s fourth nuclear test last week has drawn immediate international condemnations. The UN Security Council held an […] Read More
Turkish Government’s Internal and External Conflicts Collide By Dr M. Murat Yurtbilir — Analysis 15 January 2016On 12 January at 10:20am local time, a group of tourists walking in the historic Sultanahmet square were attacked by a suicide bomber […] Read More
What is China Doing in the South China Sea? Professor Leszek Buszynski — Analysis 14 January 2016China’s militarisation of its claims in the South China Sea are an attempt to force ASEAN claimants into negotiating a resolution on Chinese […] Read More
Modi Fails to Live Up to High Hopes Associate Professor Arun Swamy — Analysis 12 January 2016In his first calendar year as Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi focused on economics. Through high profile trips abroad and ambitious proposals […] Read More