Preparing for the Worst: EU Populism and Disintegration By Associate Professor Bruno Mascitelli 27 March 2017Sixty years since the Treaty of Rome and 25 years since the Maastricht Treaty, the European Union finds little to rejoice about in […] Read More
Annabel McGilvray 23 March 2017Annabel McGilvray is the AIIA’s National Director of Communications. She is also a former journalist and editor at The Australian, and has managed major communications […] Read More
Indigenous Treaty Recognition - an international perspective 22 March 2017On a warm and thundery night, AIIA NSW partnered NSW Young Lawyers in a discussion on Indigenous Treaty Recognition at Glover Cottages on […] Read More
End of the Populist Spring? By Dr Frank Mols 16 March 2017The Dutch conservative party, the VVD, is already negotiating to form a coalition government after this week’s solid defeat of Geert Wilders’ populist […] Read More
Reading Room: Surviving Peace By Joseph Power 12 March 2017One of the many over-valued witticisms of Winston Churchill concerns the slice of Europe known as the Balkans: ‘The Balkans generates more history […] Read More
Trump, Globalisation and Compromise By Professor Ross Garnaut AO 09 March 2017Donald Trump’s protectionist rhetoric is evocative of a global trend away from globalisation. To prevent democracy becoming a casualty in the process, states […] Read More
Trump, Chinese Assertiveness and Australia's Defence Strategy 08 March 2017Our guest speaker at Glover Cottages on Tuesday 7 March was Dr Adam Lockyer, senior lecturer in defence studies at Macquarie University and […] Read More
America’s New Alliance Management By Dr Peter Layton 08 March 2017The Trump administration has embraced a new, reductionist approach to managing its alliances. James Mattis, on his first visit to Europe as secretary […] Read More
From Red to Purple, Green and White: Politics and International Women’s Day By Emeritus Professor Marian Sawer 07 March 2017From the red of its socialist and communist origins to the inclusive, global focus of its contemporary tricolour, […] Read More
Laser Weapons: Surgical Precision or Cutting-Edge Liability? By Thom Dixon 07 March 2017Laser weapons are beginning to be seriously considered in US defence forces planning. After a slow start, they may soon begin appearing as […] Read More
Is the Clock Ticking Down to Nuclear Doomsday? By Dr Trevor Findlay 28 February 2017Citing the rise of strident nationalism globally and President Trump’s disturbing comments on nuclear proliferation, this year atomic scientists moved the Doomsday Clock […] Read More