Australian Outlook Blog Posts

11 Jul 2014
During Shinzo Abe’s three-day visit to Canberra, the first by a Japanese prime minister since 2002, much emphasis was placed
11 Jul 2014
Rather than making them go away, China’s crackdown on fringe religious groups like Eastern Lightning is making them more determined.
11 Jul 2014
The detention of a popular Kuwaiti opposition leader may give the opposition movement the impetus it needs to overcome disunity
10 Jul 2014
As we await official results of yesterday’s Indonesian election, it is worth reflecting on whether Australia is likely to share the
09 Jul 2014
As Indonesians go to the poll today some commentators have extensively criticised presidential candidate Prabowo Subianato, even comparing him to
09 Jul 2014
Chinaʼs new official map of the country can only increase Indiaʼs suspicions about its intentions. While strategists ponder whether India
08 Jul 2014
With the gap closing between Joko Widodo and Prabowo Subianto, the presidential election on 9 July will be fiercely contested. While
08 Jul 2014
China may be the world’s new economic and geopolitical centre of gravity, however the notion that other countries such as
07 Jul 2014
The five-month long platinum minersʼ strike, the longest and costliest in South African history, has ended. A new strike, however,
03 Jul 2014
The Australian Government’s announcement of a new aid policy has received a broadly positive response from aid groups. The Minister for
02 Jul 2014
As an expert on Korea the AIIA welcomed Dr Leonid Petrov to share his insights into the security implications of
02 Jul 2014
Despite the early June military successes by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the group will neither