While we still do not know the fate of the Malaysian Airlines 777 that vanished between Kuala Lumpur and Beijing, we do know […]

As the foreign minister, Julie Bishop considers whether to scrap the Australia Network, ABC International CEO Lynley Marshall […]

The crisis in Ukraine has escalated dramatically over the weekend, with Crimea having been successfully invaded by 6,000 airborne and ground troops in what could be the start […]

Expert 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 […]

Australia is entering an era of powerful neighbours with competing interests. We need to understand how those countries view us and for what […]

The Australian Institute of International Affairs National President, John McCarthy, outlines the challenges Australia is likely to face […]

Ukraine’s Maidan revolution this week culminated in the overthrow of President Yanukovich. Even so, clamours of a ‘democratic triumph’ would be premature. The […]

Richard Haass describes himself as a “card-carrying member of the foreign policy establishment”. It would be hard to disagree. He is president of […]

KAISER Wilhem II of Germany was a “scatterbrained buffoon’’ fond of sabre rattling and scribbling rage-filled rants on the margins of official correspondence. […]

Australia’s decision to litigate against Japan’s whaling program is a consequence of variable factors within Australia’s domestic political climate. Summer in Australia has […]