While the precarious relationship with the People’s Republic of China often dominates the Taiwan elections, another issue of equal importance has demanded further attention: the future of LGBTQIA+ rights in Taiwan.

ASEAN seeks to be the central political body in all Southeast Asian affairs. When it comes to the Rohingya refugee crisis, however, its silence on the resettlement of refugees and its inability to address the Myanmar issue highlights that it is still playing the role of a periphery player. 

A more independent foreign policy would help to reconcile Australia's political and economic configurations with emerging international changes. How such a policy and identity shift may come about is yet to be determined, but it is clear that America's decline and Chinese regional impact are likely to influence what comes next.

In the weeks before the European Union accepted Ukraine into membership talks, AIIA National Executive Director Dr Bryce Wakefield travelled to Hungary and asked about Budapest's beef with Kyiv.

This week in Australian foreign affairs: joint statement with Canada and New Zealand supporting ceasefire in Israel-Hamas conflict, Russian cyber targeting of democratic processes, Head of Mission announcements, and more.

For almost two decades, Canberra hedged its economic and security bets between China rather successfully, with Australian policymakers announcing that the country would not have to choose between the two great powers. That era is over.

China draws lessons from the past mistakes, cooling down tensions with the United States just one month before the Taiwan presidential elections in January 2024. For Taiwan, however, China’s military exercises inch closer.

As operating Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles (UCAVs) become easier, and their costs decrease over time, some expect the trend in the number of actors using UCAVs to increase. Currently, these UCAVs are flawed and imprecise, casualising the gravity of lethal combat that is tethered to engaging in a just war.

The 2023 European Commission report on Bosnia and Herzegovina highlights persistent challenges in meeting EU membership criteria, with ongoing issues in the judiciary, corruption, and governance. Recent events, including demands for a judge’s resignation and the Republika Srpska’s refusal to recognise Constitutional Court decisions, raise concerns about the country’s constitutional and legal order.

Professors John Mearsheimer and Sebastian Rosato contest the view that states frequently act irrationally, as they propose their own concept of rationality and survey a number of cases in support of their argument.