Praise for the ASEAN Way By Colin Chapman FAIIA — Analysis 25 August 2016ASEAN has had a rough time of late. It has faced criticism over its approach to China in the South China Sea and […] Read More
China Moves Towards Ecological Civilisation By Dr Ben Parr and Professor Don Henry — Analysis 24 August 2016China’s old dominant discourse was one that prioritised the economy over the environment. Under President Xi Jinping this has shifted to a discourse […] Read More
Uruguay's Victory Over Big Tobacco By Marina Kofman — Analysis 24 August 2016Uruguay’s tough tobacco packaging-control measures were vindicated last month when a tribunal at the World Bank’s International Centre for the Settlement of Investment […] Read More
Reading Room: The Mandibles Reviewed by Melissa Conley Tyler FAIIA — Reading room 23 August 2016Fiction can provide a window into current anxieties and possible futures. This chronicle of the trials of a fictional US family achieves both. […] Read More
Nuclear Weapons Could and Should Disappear By Dr Phoebe Wynn-Pope — Analysis 23 August 2016Last week delegations from around the world met in Geneva to discuss the elimination of nuclear weapons once and for all. A majority of states […] Read More
When Nauru Almost Moved to Queensland By Professor Jane McAdam — Analysis 23 August 2016Nauru is best known to most Australians as the remote Pacific island where asylum seekers who arrive by boat are sent. What is […] Read More
Reflections on the Rio Olympics By Dr Flavia Bellieni Zimmermann — Fresh perspective 22 August 2016The Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games are finished and now the time to reflect upon the city’s performance. As well as great athletic achievements and controversy over the use […] Read More
World Humanitarian Day: Some Things to Consider By Matthew Kronborg — Analysis 19 August 2016As we celebrate World Humanitarian Day on 19 August let us reflect that while international respect for humanitarian principles have regressed in recent years, […] Read More
Manus To Close, But Where To For The Detainees? By Dr Amy Maguire — Analysis 18 August 2016The Manus Island Regional Processing Centre—one of the two key sites of Australia’s offshore immigration detention regime—will close. A date is not set, […] Read More
Terrorism: What do Attacks in Europe Mean for Australia? By Jacinta Carroll — Analysis 18 August 2016Australians have been horrified and mesmerised by the terrorist attacks in Istanbul, Brussels, Munich, Paris and Nice. Cities that are so familiar to […] Read More