Australian Outlook Blog Posts

10 Sep 2015
Last week, an image of a drowned refugee child became an icon before our eyes. Of all the photographs of
10 Sep 2015
Australia's submarine technology cooperation with Japan is a commitment to burden-sharing with the US in the Asia-Pacific. In anticipation of
09 Sep 2015
Geoffrey Miller was posted to the Jakarta Embassy on 1 October 1965, when six army generals were murdered by the “30th
09 Sep 2015
As Singapore goes to the polls in a general election on 11 September 2015, the contending parties appear to be
09 Sep 2015
Even a former ACTU researcher and Austrade chief economist can support ChAFTA. Opening up to trade is positive for business, workers and consumers so
08 Sep 2015
At the Festival of Dangerous Ideas on Saturday 5 September 2015, Naomi Klein spoke to a full concert hall at
07 Sep 2015
Over the last week, massive movement of people in Europe has placed the Schengen Agreement, which eliminates border controls among EU member
07 Sep 2015
The misguided focus on Boko Haram as a jihadist terrorist group could prevent Nigeria from addressing the broader socio-economic environment within which it
05 Sep 2015
Seventy years ago, on September 5, 1945, Wilfred Burchett’s report on the aftermath of the Hiroshima atomic bombing was published
04 Sep 2015
How the "adults in the room" avoided a crisis spiralling out of control. In the days following the latest intra-Korean
03 Sep 2015
With Hungary in the news this week for its treatment of refugees, Professor Bill Maley looks at the relevance of refugee
03 Sep 2015
When it comes to adversarial states, diplomatic aims are better served by engagement, not isolation. The current heated, even toxic,