Australian Outlook Blog Posts

14 May 2015
Sixty years after the signing of the Warsaw Pact on 14 May 1955, relations between Russia and Western Europe remain fraught
14 May 2015
The UK’s General Election was characterised by many unexpected results, including the Conservatives winning their first majority government in 23
14 May 2015
In recent days, some 2000 refugees and migrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar have come ashore in Aceh, Indonesia, and Langkawi, across the
13 May 2015
The release of the federal budget on 12 May 2015 saw the largest foreign aid cut in Australian history. As
13 May 2015
As Zimbabwe’s economic crisis remains unresolved, the power struggle over who will succeed President Robert Mugabe is intensifying. After 35
13 May 2015
The Asia Pacific is going through a vivid and significant rule-making tussle. It’s unusual because rule-making and norm formation usually
12 May 2015
With federal budgets cuts expected tonight (12 May 2015), it is worth considering how foreign aid cuts may undermine gender
12 May 2015
Any attempt to bridge the divide between scholars and policy-makers in international affairs is so welcome that I couldn't help but
11 May 2015
AIIA National Office Operations Manager Chris Farnham interviews Mr Dong Manyuan from the China Institute of International Studies on President
08 May 2015
In September 2014, US President Obama cited US policy towards Yemen as one of the successes of his Middle East
07 May 2015
The Vietnam War left a generation of Australians and Americans with an indelible memory of jungles, helicopters, Agent Orange and
07 May 2015
The European Union and India might not seem like the most obvious of natural partners. Yet, as Professor Pascaline Winand writes, the