Can a Nuclear Armed State Champion the Cause of Nuclear Disarmament? By Emeritus Professor Ramesh Thakur FAIIA — Analysis 16 April 2014The strategic rationale for nuclear weapons has disappeared since the end of the Cold War. The establishment of […] Read More
Australia's Free Trade Trophies? Mike Adams, Nic Brown and Ron Wickes — Analysis 16 April 2014Recent bilateral trade deals will lead to commercial benefits. The next steps are pursuing good multi-party agreements and using the momentum to move […] Read More
Japan and Australia ‘Beef Up’ Relations By Professor Aurelia George Mulgan — Analysis16 April 2014The Economic Partnership Agreement that Japan recently signed with Australia (JAEPA) has everything to do with Japanese trade strategy and little if anything […] Read More
Radical: My Journey from Islamist Extremism to a Democratic Awakening reviewer Joseph Power — Reading room 16 April 2014How does one go from being a transnational recruiter for the world’s largest Islamist organisation, Hizb ut-Tahrir, to […] Read More
Is Australia’s Economic Diplomacy Succeeding? AIIA Fellows responding to the burning question of the week. — Analysis 14 April 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
Issues Brief Colin Chapman11 April 2014This week saw a sudden death, not of an individual, but the computer operating system Windows XP, many of us have used and […] Read More
Australia's Submarine Choice Liz Placanica10 April 2014This week the Australian Strategic Policy Institute hosted a landmark conference The Submarine Choice bringing together academics, policymakers and government officials to discuss […] Read More
Dishonourable Disguise: Securitising Moral Issues Simon Asfour — Fresh perspective10 April 2014In a world order consumed by ever-changing security issues, the role of securitisation has taken a dangerous form. Political actors have the ability […] Read More
The Hidden History of Chinese International Relations Lu Peng — Fresh perspective 10 April 2014International relations has long been part of China’s higher education system. Hiding this part of history has proved detrimental to attempts to develop […] Read More
Australia and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 1945-1974 reviewer Professor Richard Broinowski — Reading room 10 April 2014On retirement in 1998, I was given almost unreserved access by Foreign Affairs and Trade to a rich archive of documents on Australian […] Read More
