PM’s Lightning Trip Across “The Ditch” Alexia Jablonski 03 March 2015Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s first official visit to New Zealand on 27 February 2015 involved economic and national security talks with New Zealand […] Read More
Modi’s BJP No Longer Invincible Purnendra Jain and Peter Mayer — Analysis 03 March 2015The tale of the recent February Delhi assembly elections shows how quickly political fortunes can decline. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party […] Read More
France, Britain and the United States in the Twentieth Century 1900-1940: A Reappraisal Reviewed by Emeritus Professor James Cotton FAIIA — Reading room 02 March 2015This book is an original and stimulating contribution to two literatures that generally subsist apart; the literature of […] Read More
Indonesia and Australia: Appealing to Jakarta’s strengths Greta Nabbs-Keller — Analysis 28 February 2015Joko Widodo was elected on the policy platform of defending Indonesia’s political sovereignty and territorial integrity, with a good dose of economic nationalism […] Read More
Who Will Bell the Nuclear Cat? By Emeritus Professor Ramesh Thakur FAIIA — Analysis 27 February 2015The global nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation agenda has stalled. Yet disarmament is the only way to fully eliminate nuclear weapons risk. Five years […] Read More
Talking a Bird Down From a Tree: a Conversation with Chee Soon Juan John Keane 26 February 2015Singapore is facing political uncertainty with the dominating figure of Lee Kuan Yew in hospital on life support and his […] Read More
The Economic Reform Path Greece Must Now Follow Partha Gangopadhyay — Analysis 26 February 2015The world may have heaved a sigh of relief over Greece’s last minute debt deal, but in Greece the conditional four-month extension is […] Read More
Is PNG Heading for a Crisis? Stephen Howes — Analysis 25 February 2015Last year in Papua New Guinea was eventful, marked by a series of controversial government decisions. In March, the government decided to take […] Read More
Indian Aid – An Emerging Force Ashley Rogge 25 February 2015India has developed a multifaceted foreign aid programme despite domestic challenges. There have been questions over the last decade of India as an […] Read More
Addressing Food Insecurity in Africa: The Need for Greater Strategic Alignment and a More Robust Finance Tracking System for Aid Haweya Ismail 25 February 2015Although a vast amount of money is poured into investments in agriculture and food production in Africa, approximately […] Read More