Australian Outlook Blog Posts

18 Dec 2015
In September 2009, an article from the Economist detailed a significant lack of counterinsurgency tactics in the original Star Wars sci-fi blockbusters. The
18 Dec 2015
The State Grid Corporation of China, the world's largest electric utility company, was one of the bidders for the $10
17 Dec 2015
Principled though Australia’s commitment to freedom of navigation may be, freedom of navigation operations are not a serious roadblock to
15 Dec 2015
A year has passed since the Sydney Martin Place Siege shocked Australia, an event which reminds us that successfully combatting
14 Dec 2015
The world is different following adoption of the Paris Agreement on 12 December. We now have a new orientation for
14 Dec 2015
The final plenary of the Paris Climate Conference was like Woodstock for climate negotiators and their devotees. Even before Laurent
14 Dec 2015
This month in South Africa’s commercial heartland of Johannesburg, co-hosts of the triennial head of state Forum on China-Africa Cooperation
14 Dec 2015
Speeches on foreign affairs often begin with the claim that we are living in a period of unprecedented change. Equally
13 Dec 2015
It is a historic and game changing moment for the global youth peacebuilding movement: on 9 December 2015, the United Nations Security Council
12 Dec 2015
While the South American giant had become an international non-entity, the election of Mauricio Macri prompts five factors that may
12 Dec 2015
Presidential candidate Donald Trump called on Monday for a ban on all Muslims entering the US. He has previously called
12 Dec 2015
The 21st century will be one of ageing populations in all Asian countries driven by the spectacular falls in fertility