Australian Outlook Blog Posts

09 Mar 2015
China wants to keep its good relationship with Myanmar. But, because the major powers are also taking interest, China must
09 Mar 2015
In analysing foreign policy, the great forces of national power and politics can dominate explanations and expectations. Personalities bob and
06 Mar 2015
Despite the efforts of governments, the future belongs to freedom. Behind human rights is the still revolutionary idea that every
05 Mar 2015
The shocking murder of Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov, literally in sight of the Kremlin, clearly marks the beginning of
05 Mar 2015
Nigeria is the most populous nation in Africa, with a GNP larger than South Africa, yet it is facing an
05 Mar 2015
Current national security debates miss the larger picture: we face many challenges and threats, of which terrorism is but one.
05 Mar 2015
As International Women’s Day on 8 March 2015 approaches, child marriage remains one of the greatest challenges facing female equality.
04 Mar 2015
Taru Leppanen, an AIIA National Office intern, interviews Prof Greg Austin on the diplomacy pursued by China to secure its information society
03 Mar 2015
Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s first official visit to New Zealand on 27 February 2015 involved economic and national security talks
03 Mar 2015
The tale of the recent February Delhi assembly elections shows how quickly political fortunes can decline. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s
02 Mar 2015
This book is an original and stimulating contribution to two literatures that generally subsist apart; the literature of the international
28 Feb 2015
Joko Widodo was elected on the policy platform of defending Indonesia’s political sovereignty and territorial integrity, with a good dose