Australian Outlook Blog Posts

28 Jul 2014
While Ethiopia has a reputation as one of East Africa’s most vulnerable nations in recent years its rapid economic growth
25 Jul 2014
Expert Panel-Fellows of the AIIA Hilary Charlesworth FAIIA-Professor, ANU; Director of Centre for International Governance and Justice Jocelyn Chey AM
25 Jul 2014
China sees the G20 as a major tool in global economic governance and as a means to strengthen the representation
24 Jul 2014
With the announcement that Joko Widodo has won the recent presidential election, Indonesiaʼs young democracy has taken a major step
23 Jul 2014
In recent years the performance of the Commonwealth, which brings together 53 nations and nearly a third of the world
23 Jul 2014
Britain’s prime minister, David Cameron, has been accused of double standards with his arguments that further sanctions should be imposed
23 Jul 2014
Professor Andrew Cooper highlights the changing perceptions, positive progressions and past successes that add to the G20’s growing sense of
23 Jul 2014
The recent repeal by Australia of the carbon tax has drawn strong international criticism. Late last week, Prime Minister Tony Abbott
21 Jul 2014
While the major deliverable from the sixth BRICS Summit was economic, its significance is primarily geopolitical. The Sixth BRICS (Brazil,
21 Jul 2014
Coming up to three years since the Australian Government committed to undertaking a pilot of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
21 Jul 2014
Australia reacted quickly following the surface-to-air missile attack that destroyed Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur last Thursday,
21 Jul 2014
This important book seeks to unravel a commercial puzzle. The reality is that the European Union (EU) and Australia have