Forecast for Ukraine: Stormy with Rays of Sunshine Tymofiy Mylovanov — Analysis 19 February 2015A year after the Maidan revolution of 2014, Ukraine is at a critical juncture. The conflict with Russia has been escalating. Estimates of casualties […] Read More
Surveillance is Control By Dr Alison Broinowski FAIIA — Analysis 18 February 2015Citizenfour, a recently released documentary on Edward Snowden, raises important questions about privacy, security, liberty and control. In 1517 Martin Luther nailed his principles […] Read More
Korea Reaches Out Caitlin Clifford and Dr Hyun-seok Yu 18 February 2015Caitlin Clifford, a former AIIA National Office intern, interviews Dr Hyun-seok Yu, President of the Korea Foundation, on Korea’s public diplomacy and relations […] Read More
The Unremarked Revolution in China By Professor Peter Drysdale AO FAIIA — Analysis 18 February 2015The Chinese economy is more productive, innovative and efficient than is commonly believed. The Chinese economy, one might think if one took most of the […] Read More
Foreign Purchases of Australian Land: Tighter Rules Won’t Necessarily Deter Foreign Investment Sinéad Lehane — Analysis 18 February 2015The Federal Government has announced that foreign purchases of agricultural land will undergo greater scrutiny and reporting from […] Read More
Iran and the Future of the Nuclear Order Rod Lyon — Analysis 17 February 2015As the deadline for nuclear negotiations with Iran approaches, many questions remain unresolved. We’re rapidly getting down to the endgame in the nuclear negotiations […] Read More
Jokowi’s Failure at Appeasing Indonesia Andrew Catton — Fresh perspective 16 February 2015Indonesia’s President Jokowi faces a challenging balancing act in his effort to appease rival factions. Despite Australian politics being rather interesting of late, […] Read More
Can Science Fix Climate Change? Reviewer Siobhan Neyland — Reading room 16 February 2015The anniversary of the Kyoto Protocol, which entered into force ten years ago today, gives us pause to reflect on the progress made […] Read More
Peace Ambassadors: Women in the Conflict Resolution Process Ashleigh Peplow Ball — Fresh perspective 15 February 2015Despite women being active promoters of peace in their communities during times of war, they are alarmingly underrepresented in the formal conflict resolution […] Read More
The Ratings Industry: How Does Australia Compare? By Dr Alison Broinowski FAIIA — Analysis 13 February 2015Despite assertions that Australia is the ‘best country in the world’, it continues to lag in many areas, including educational and environmental indices. […] Read More