Australian Outlook Blog Posts

03 Nov 2014
With the re-election of Dilma Rousseff as Brazil’s President, the important feature of the election is stability rather than change.
03 Nov 2014
This book is a study of the life of Professor William Macmahon Ball (known as ‘Mac’), focusing particularly on his
03 Nov 2014
If G20 cannot add a few digits to its name, then future Summits must ensure that non-member economic powers aren’t
31 Oct 2014
Just a few years ago a number of books were released which celebrated an ‘Australia moment’, where the nation was
31 Oct 2014
Great powers rise and fall on the tide of history. The transition is not always peaceful and linear, but often
30 Oct 2014
The composition of Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s new cabinet suggests that political patronage had a role in the selection of government ministers.
30 Oct 2014
Myanmar is one of the most important cases of potential democratisation in the world today. Ruled for decades by an
29 Oct 2014
Australia will rotate off the UN Security Council on 31 December 2014. As previously outlined here, there have been several high-profile
29 Oct 2014
At the Saint Petersburg 2013 Summit, G20 countries made a number of concrete commitments and turning them into results will
28 Oct 2014
The Australian Institute of International Affairs ran a high-quality conference in Canberra yesterday around the theme of ‘Foreign Policy for
28 Oct 2014
A request for UN mediation, and the discord evident at the Committee of Noumea Accord Signatories on 4 October, show
27 Oct 2014
The Government announced last Monday that it plans to seek UN Security Council support for a series of measures to