Australian Outlook Blog Posts

13 Mar 2014
Lasting security and stability in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are under threat due to resource exploitation. Long-term peace
10 Mar 2014
When the Grand Master states “human beings…are inherently vicious” and “power politics in Asia is as old as the first
09 Mar 2014
This book illuminates the persona of Émile Lahood as both a President and a man who shaped Lebanon’s struggle for
07 Mar 2014
The term ‘middle power’ has recently been in heavy use. But what exactly is meant by the term, and is
07 Mar 2014
Expert Panel-Fellows of the AIIA Hilary Charlesworth FAIIA-Professor, ANU; Director of Centre for International Governance and Justice Jocelyn Chey AM
06 Mar 2014
The challenge Australia faces as chair of the G20 this year is to reverse the widespread perception that the group
05 Mar 2014
As the foreign minister, Julie Bishop considers whether to scrap the Australia Network, ABC International CEO Lynley Marshall talks to
03 Mar 2014
The crisis in Ukraine has escalated dramatically over the weekend, with Crimea having been successfully invaded by 6,000 airborne and ground troops in what could
28 Feb 2014
Expert Panel-Fellows of the AIIA Hilary Charlesworth FAIIA-Professor, ANU; Director of Centre for International Governance and Justice Jocelyn Chey AM
17 Feb 2014
The Australian Institute of International Affairs National President, John McCarthy, outlines the challenges Australia is likely to face in 2014.
17 Feb 2014
Ukraine’s Maidan revolution this week culminated in the overthrow of President Yanukovich. Even so, clamours of a ‘democratic triumph’ would
13 Feb 2014
Richard Haass describes himself as a “card-carrying member of the foreign policy establishment”. It would be hard to disagree. He