Australian Outlook Blog Posts

19 Dec 2014
The Vietnam War has become a touchstone for abject failure in war, a reference point by which to navigate the
18 Dec 2014
A forgotten crisis lurks in the Central African Republic where minimal exposure and delayed action has allowed conflict to escalate. 
18 Dec 2014
The 2013 Australian Defence White Paper contains a range of limitations.  The 2013 Australian Defence White Paper makes the following
17 Dec 2014
With the recent momentum behind green growth initiatives after the COP20 in Lima, Director of the East-Asia and Pacific Global Green Growth Institute reflects
16 Dec 2014
Rouble falls, rates rise, and Russia’s economy is imploding. While we ponder treasurer Joe Hockey’s mid-year financial statement and the
16 Dec 2014
Despite the division and paralysis over Libya and Syria, R2P has strong prospects as a future foreign policy norm. There
16 Dec 2014
After two weeks of negotiations, the Lima 20th Conference of the Parties (COP20) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
15 Dec 2014
Don't know your AIIB from your ADB? Here's a primer. The Australian government first resisted joining this initiative by China,
13 Dec 2014
North Korea is operating from a different diplomatic playbook - but it has not reached out to China. Over the past
12 Dec 2014
The United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has released a report detailing the nature of the CIA's interrogation techniques
11 Dec 2014
Professor the Hon Gareth Evans tests the approach of good international citizenship in foreign policy decision-making in response to mass
11 Dec 2014
Charles Miller argues that political and economic constraints matter more in defence leadership than individual policymakers. When I heard the