The Australian Army from Whitlam to Howard 12 May 2014Dr John Blaxland discusses his new book The Australian Army from Whitlam to Howard with Kate Winkworth from the Australian Institute of International […] Read More
Issues Brief Colin Chapman12 May 2014This week saw a report detailing a plan by the West to disarm the ‘gas weapon’ used by Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, against […] Read More
Fortunate Voyager: The Worlds of Ninian Stephen reviewer Cameron Hawker — Reading room 12 May 2014In February 1983 the Prime Minister, Malcolm Fraser, fretted over speculation that Bob Hawke was about to topple Bill Hayden and assume the […] Read More
Is the US a Dangerous Ally for Australia? AIIA Fellows responding to the burning question of the week. — Analysis 09 May 2014Expert 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
New Colombo Plan: Students on the Move Mark Darby — Analysis 09 May 2014Launched in December last year, the Government’s $100m New Colombo Plan (NCP) initiative is already making strong progress against its main aim of […] Read More
Flight of the Drones Liz Placanica 08 May 2014The Australian government confirmed its commitment to improving maritime surveillance capabilities by announcing the planned acquisition of the Triton Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). […] Read More
Reforms Underway in Egypt as Interim Government Addresses Food and Energy Subsidies Sinéad Lehane 08 May 2014The Egyptian Interim Government has begun addressing Egypt’s costly subsidy programmes, with the introduction of a smartcard rationing […] Read More
Why East Asia Alienates Intellectuals Robert D. Kaplan — Analysis 06 May 2014Asia is a place whose military tensions are built on economic success. From an intellectual point of view, it has been a sterile […] Read More
Dead Reckoning: Memories of the 1971 Bangladesh War reviewer Kimberley Layton — Reading room 06 May 2014Dead Reckoning is Sarmila Bose’s attempt to find a middle, and more factual, ground at the intersection of conflicting accounts of the 1971 […] Read More
China’s Fifth Poison Katherine Gordon 02 May 2014A largely overlooked group in the past, the Uyghurs are starting to get themselves noticed. China is paying attention, and we should be […] Read More