Australia Should Back Calls to End Coal and Save its Drowning Neighbours Professor Peter Doherty AC — Analysis 26 November 2015While all of us of will experience the effects of climate change most are not facing the inevitable […] Read More
Feeding ‘Godzilla’: As Indonesia Burns, its Government Moves to Increase Forest Destruction Professor Bill Laurence — Analysis 26 November 2015In the midst of its worst fire crisis in living memory, the Indonesian government is taking a leap […] Read More
Russia, Turkey and the US: Between the Terrible and the Catastrophic Professor Simon Reich — Analysis 26 November 2015The downing of Russia’s plane by Turkish military forces over the skies of the Syrian-Turkish border has added […] Read More
The Post-Cold War Order: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back Dr Laurens J. Visser — Analysis 26 November 2015The conflict in Syria has demonstrated that the internationalist victory promised at the end of the Cold War has yet to fully materialise […] Read More
Is it Time to Renegotiate the 1951 Refugee Convention? AIIA Fellows responding to the burning question of the week — Analysis 25 November 2015Expert Panel-Fellows of the AIIA Hilary Charlesworth FAIIA-Professor, ANU; Director of Centre for International Governance and Justice Jocelyn Chey AM FAIIA-Visiting Professor, University […] Read More
Explainer: What is Going On in Mali? Professor Paul Jackson 24 November 2015After a week in which Europe was rocked by terrorism on the streets of Paris, gunmen entered the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako, […] Read More
A History of Southeast Asia: Critical Crossroads reviewer Professor Craig J. Reynolds — Reading room 23 November 2015I first read this book in the warm humid climate of northern Queensland. As in Java, volcanic activity early in the earth’s history […] Read More
Morrison Blocks Chinese Acquisition of Historic Kidman Cattle Empire Adjunct Professor Michelle Grattan AO — Analysis 23 November 2015Treasurer Scott Morrison has blocked Chinese attempts to purchase the vast Kidman empire – which amounts to 1.3 […] Read More
How to Measure Success at the Paris Climate Conference Professor Will Steffen — Analysis 20 November 2015Paris is the focus of the world this week, not only because of the horrific terrorist attacks, but also because the City of […] Read More
The War on Islamic State After Paris: a Strategy Remaining and Expanding Dr Haroro Ingram — Analysis 19 November 2015To borrow from Islamic State’s slogan, the strategy of Western powers and their allies to defeat Islamic State […] Read More