Forgotten Conflicts 2021: On Resilience, After Seven Years of Conflict in Ukraine By Sanela Bajrambasic and Oleksandr Vlasenko — Analysis 22 February 2021For years now, life in the Donbas has remained split along a “contact line” of conflict since fighting broke out in 2014. The International Committee of the Red Cross is working with those hit hardest by the fighting. Read More
Book Review: Port Adelaide to Shanghai – Taking Australia’s Game to the World Reviewed by Melissa Conley Tyler FAIIA — Reading room 22 February 2021International relations are more than just government. With relations between Canberra and Beijing at a stalemate, the story of AFL team Port Adelaide’s audacious push into China reminds us of the choice between insularity and international engagement. Read More
The Year Ahead By Allan Gyngell AO FAIIA — Analysis 19 February 2021This has been such an extraordinary period. And what we are facing next in foreign policy is so difficult that we will need all the resources we can muster to shape it. Read More
19 February: The Week in Australian Foreign Affairs By Isabella Keith — Current Events in Australian Foreign Policy 19 February 2021This week in Australian foreign affairs: the Declaration Against the Use of Arbitrary Detention in State-to-State Relations, Payne’s statement on Sean Turnell, and more. Read More
RCEP is Concluded and the Middle Powers Carry the Torch By Saori N. Katada — Analysis 18 February 2021The conclusion of RCEP does not highlight the vital role Japan played as an interlocutor for the negotiating members. Japan’s geo-economic strategy will continue to shape the future of regional trade and investment architecture. Read More
Kashmir Suffers Under Indian-Imposed Internet Cuts By Lee Rhiannon — Analysis 18 February 2021In 2019, the Indian government imposed a lockdown on Kashmir with no phone connection and no internet service. The impact on the health, education, and economy of this once prosperous Indian state has been massive. Read More
How is Myanmar’s Military Coup Revealing the Youth’s Changing Political Culture? By Dr DB Subedi and Dr Johanna Garnett — Analysis 18 February 2021It’s now been more than two weeks since General Min Aung Hlaing instigated the military coup in Myanmar. At the vanguard of the evolving “social opposition” is Generation Z. Read More
The World Watches Australia’s News Media Code By Mary Griffiths and Peter Chen — Analysis 17 February 2021Australia’s proposed news media code highlights tensions between self-interest, the needs of democratic media, and new challenges to laissez-faire regulation of transnational firms. This action will highlight the market power, privacy failings, and democratic implications of digital giants. Read More
Tech Giants Threaten to Block Search Engines in Australia: A Case for State Responsibility? By Nicolas de Sadeleer and Ivana Damjanovic — Analysis 16 February 2021In response to the Australian government’s media bargaining legislation proposal, Google and Facebook have threatened to cut off Australia from their search engines. This has prompted questions regarding the scope for international law to protect Australia from these threats. Read More
The Lay of the Land: Looking at the Literature of the Chinese War on the Uighurs By Benjamin Fincham-de Groot — Fresh perspective 16 February 2021The Chinese government has produced statements alleging academic and journalistic misconduct for reporting on the Xianjing camps home to an estimated one million Uighur Muslims and other minorities. To determine the reliability of this discourse, this article will examine the previously uncontested body of literature and reports on Uighur treatment. Read More