Why The Coronavirus Has Become A Major Test For The Leadership of Xi Jinping And The Communist Party By Adam Ni and Yun Jiang 02 February 2020How has the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) handling of the coronavirus outbreak affected its perception domestically? Will this have any long term consequences? Read More
New Year Message 31 January 2020Warmest wishes to all our members and subscribers for the year ahead. Many thanks to you all for your support during the past […] Read More
India's Amazon Apprehension By Grant Wyeth 30 January 2020While Jeff Bezos received a frosty reception on his India visit, this was not entirely due to his company's practices. Read More
Ep. 39: The 2020 Raisina Dialogue By Dr Darren Lim and Allan Gyngell AO FAIIA 30 January 2020Allan and Darren try something different this episode, with Allan taking the lead in asking Darren about his experience attending the Raisina Dialogue, India’s flagship international affairs conference, held in New Delhi from 14-16 January 2020, and organised the Observer Research Foundation. Read More
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70: Children’s Rights By Associate Professor Katrina Lee-Koo 30 January 2020While the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) remains the most widely ratified human rights treaty, it is not without its critics. For many, it remains a problematic document whose design promotes as the norm a static and idealised vision of western childhood. Read More
Can the International Community Really Count on the USA or China for International Trade? By Trevor Wilson 22 January 2020Donald Trump, and loyal members of his cabinet, seem satisfied with a transactional deal over the current US-China trade “‘dispute,” not minding outcomes that might harm other trading partners of Washington or Beijing like Australia. But this is precisely what Australia and the international community hoped to avoid when China signed on to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and its related disciplines in 1995, regarding China’s acceptance of this “international order” as significant. Read More
The Philippines: How Can States Engage Responsibly in Conflict-Related Support? By Boris Michel 22 January 2020With increasingly complex conflicts, how do states ensure the laws of war are complied with? In the Philippines, where armed conflicts have been the reality for more than half a century, different support relationship patterns exist with other countries – Australia among them. Read More
Should We Be Worried About The New Wuhan Coronavirus? By Ian M Mackay and Katherine Arden 20 January 2020The World Health Organisation has postponed its decision about whether to classify the new Wuhan coronavirus as a global health emergency. It wants to gather more information and will meet again at midday on Thursday in Geneva (late Thursday night, Australian time). Read More
The Fragile Foreign Policy of Donald Trump By Natasha Kosev 16 January 2020Just days into the Trump presidency’s fourth year, the United States (US) teetered on the brink of war with Iran, in no small part due to the fragile state of mind and foreign policy of Donald Trump. It’s been said that the president’s foreign policymaking is incoherent, or even irrational, but is this really the case? Read More
Human Rights, Domestic Politics, And Informal Agreements: Parliamentary Challenges to International Cooperation on Migration Management By Natasja Reslow 14 January 2020Given that there is no internationally binding system for migration regulation, parliaments hold the ultimate say in the matter. However, parliaments also constrain the room for maneouvre that governments have in conducting international negotiations. Read More
China, The International Criminal Court, And Global Governance By Dan Zhu 10 January 2020China's relationship with the International Criminal Court stands in contrast to its dealings with other international institutions. Reasons for this include a history of colonialism and the need to protect its sovereignty. Read More