Exit Left and Exit Right: the travails of the European Union 05 August 2015On Tuesday 4 August, immediate past president of AIIA NSW, Colin Chapman, addressed about fifty members and guests at Glover Cottages on current […] Read More
Getting Free Trade Right Can Be Good for Workers and Exporters Tim Harcourt 30 July 2015This week has been “crunch time” for the conclusion of the Trans Pacific Partnership, amid concerns from the […] Read More
Restructuring Australia’s Defence Empire John O’Callaghan 30 July 2015The defence industry is still digesting the fallout from the wide-ranging First Principles Review, which resulted in the closure of two agencies – […] Read More
Australia Will Spend $1 Billion This Year On A Losing War in Iraq Anthony Ricketts 29 July 2015Unflinching Australian support for the American-led war effort in Iraq has come at a high price. Australia’s staunch […] Read More
The Spectre of Iraq Haunts Republicans 24 July 2015The race for the White House is a lop-sided affair, with 16 Republican candidates facing Hilary Clinton and four other Democrats. Tom Switzer […] Read More
The Urgent Need for Improving Asian Literacy in Australia – the Case of Indonesia 22 July 2015Dr David Reeve, a former diplomat, now a Sydney-based academic, has for many years been energetically encouraging the […] Read More
The MH17 Anniversary Marks Steady Progress Kevin Kelly 22 July 2015The one year anniversary of the downing of MH17 shows steady progress has been made in the fight for justice. However many questions remain […] Read More
A New Silk Road for a New China By Stjepan Bosnjak 21 July 2015With an conservatively estimated cost of $US40 billion, Chinese President Xi Jinping has unveiled the PRC’s plans for a New Silk Road, the One […] Read More
Australia and India: Mapping the Journey 1944-2014 By Professor Ian Hall 20 July 2015Historian of Australian foreign policy and India expert, Meg Gurry provides an engaging account of the ebb and flow of Canberra’s engagement of […] Read More
Out of the Mountains – The Coming Age of the Urban Guerrilla reviewer Major General James Molan AO DSC (Ret.) 15 July 2015David Kilcullen’s third book, ‘Out of the Mountains – The Coming Age of the Urban Guerrilla’ adds significantly to the literature on conflict […] Read More
China: Engage and Hedge Are Different Universes 15 July 2015As China faces a shock on their stock market, Graeme Dobell argues that China is not a house of cards about to collapse but that […] Read More