The Dragon has Claws: 1996 and The Howard Government’s Hurdles with China By Stjepan Bosnjak — Fresh perspective 23 January 2019Recently released files reveal tension in the Howard Government's dealings with China. Read More
Humanitarianism and the “War on Terror” in Syria By Nicolas Johnston — Fresh perspective 14 January 2019The ramifications of Western military involvement in Syria reveal the complex nature of humanitarian intervention. Read More
President Bolsonaro’s Brave New World By Dr Flavia Bellieni Zimmermann — Fresh perspective 09 January 2019Bolsonaro’s populist policies are endangering civil rights and alienating Brazil from its neighbours. Read More
Athens Weighs its Options in the Eastern Mediterranean By Nicholas Conomos — Fresh perspective 09 January 2019Greece faces new challenges throughout the Eastern Mediterranean. Read More
Microfinance and Women: Assumptions and Reality of Empowerment Impact By Aimee Robinson — Fresh perspective 03 January 2019Although microfinance was hailed as an important step for women’s empowerment, research has yielded conflicting evidence. Read More
How the Paris Agreement Revitalised Climate Change Multilateralism By Rhys Thomas — Fresh perspective 18 December 2018The Paris Agreement provided new hope for state cooperation in addressing climate change. The agreement does not impose legally binding obligations on countries to reduce emissions, instead allowing each country to voluntarily set its own targets. Read More
Navigating Hydropower Along the Mekong River By Nicole King — Fresh perspective 08 December 2018Effective and equitable use of the Mekong River requires the interests of various stakeholders to be delicately balanced. Read More
The Sustainability of China’s High-Performance Computing Agenda By William Rooks — Fresh perspective 02 December 2018As world leaders gather to discuss climate change in Poland, the need to reduce emissions may hamper China’s development of big data and quantum processing. Read More
Seeing China Through a Washington Lens By Ciara Morris — Fresh perspective 25 November 2018 Balancing relations between China and the United States is arguably Australia's greatest foreign policy challenge in the 21st century. But is Australia getting it right? Read More
Great Power Bargaining: Syria for Ukraine? By Henry Storey — Fresh perspective 23 November 2018Ever since Trump’s election, a Syria for Ukraine swap has been touted as a way of limiting Iran’s footprint in Syria. Will we see moves towards this when Trump and Putin meet at the G20 Summit? Read More