1965, Jakarta: a Year of Living Dangerously 09 September 2015Geoffrey Miller was posted to the Jakarta Embassy on 1 October 1965, when six army generals were murdered by the “30th September Movement”. The […] Read More
Singapore’s Election May Hurt the PM, but the Government Is Safe 09 September 2015As Singapore goes to the polls in a general election on 11 September 2015, the contending parties appear […] Read More
Australia Can Get the Balance Right on Free Trade and Worker’s Rights 09 September 2015Even a former ACTU researcher and Austrade chief economist can support ChAFTA. Opening up to trade is positive for business, workers […] Read More
Northern Lights: the Positive Policy Example of Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway 08 September 2015At the Festival of Dangerous Ideas on Saturday 5 September 2015, Naomi Klein spoke to a full concert […] Read More
Europe Rethinks the Schengen Agreement 07 September 2015Over the last week, massive movement of people in Europe has placed the Schengen Agreement, which eliminates border controls among EU member states, in high […] Read More
Boko Haram-ism: Beyond Jihadism By Dr Muhammad Dan Suleiman — Fresh perspective 07 September 2015The misguided focus on Boko Haram as a jihadist terrorist group could prevent Nigeria from addressing the broader socio-economic environment within which it operates. Boko Haram […] Read More
Seventy Years After Hiroshima, Who Was Australian War Correspondent Wilfred Burchett? 05 September 2015Seventy years ago, on September 5, 1945, Wilfred Burchett’s report on the aftermath of the Hiroshima atomic bombing […] Read More
From Brinksmanship to Bargain: the Two Koreas Avoid War 04 September 2015How the “adults in the room” avoided a crisis spiralling out of control. In the days following the latest intra-Korean episode of brinksmanship […] Read More
Treatment of Refugees and International Image 03 September 2015With Hungary in the news this week for its treatment of refugees, Professor Bill Maley looks at the relevance of refugee policy for Australian […] Read More
Engaging Iran and Cuba By Professor Geoffrey Wiseman 03 September 2015When it comes to adversarial states, diplomatic aims are better served by engagement, not isolation. Read More