Analysis

This section provides commentary and perspectives on international issues. Articles are primarily sourced on a commission basis from a wide variety of contributors including academic, diplomatic, institutional, government and non-government organisations; however unsolicited pieces can be submitted.

Articles are around 800-1000 words covering any topic in international affairs.

12 May 2014
The enlargement of the European Union in 2004 marked the end of the artificial division of Europe by the Cold
09 May 2014
Expert Panel-Fellows of the AIIA Hilary Charlesworth FAIIA-Professor, ANU; Director of Centre for International Governance and Justice Jocelyn Chey AM
09 May 2014
Launched in December last year, the Government’s $100m New Colombo Plan (NCP) initiative is already making strong progress against its
06 May 2014
Asia is a place whose military tensions are built on economic success. From an intellectual point of view, it has
02 May 2014
The 2014 South African elections will deliver a win for the ruling African National Congress party. However, internal party divisions
30 Apr 2014
The April parliamentary elections in Indonesia have attracted surprisingly little Australian media coverage, having been over-shadowed by the up-coming presidential
29 Apr 2014
While foreign policy has not figured among the key issues in the Indian elections, a new government will have to
28 Apr 2014
Expert Panel-Fellows of the AIIA Hilary Charlesworth FAIIA-Professor, ANU; Director of Centre for International Governance and Justice Jocelyn Chey AM
24 Apr 2014
This week Australia participated in the second meeting of MIKTA, an informal grouping of Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea, Turkey and
24 Apr 2014
Rumours of the death of the nuclear disarmament cause from Ukraine is much exaggerated. Ukraine could still have been invaded
24 Apr 2014
Democracy was deemed unlikely for India as the country’s grinding poverty and the diversity of its ethnic, religious, caste and
17 Apr 2014
Bob Carr took on the job of Australian foreign minister believing, as he doesn’t hesitate to tell us in his