Helping out behind the scenes at the Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) Victoria will provide you with opportunities to open new doors […]

NSW Executive & Council 2023/2024 The NSW Executive and Council were elected at the AGM on October 31, 2023 and will be in […]

A decade ago, Abubakar Shekau, the former leader of Boko Haram, released a video boasting “I abducted your girls…I will sell them in the market, by Allah! I will marry off a woman at the age of twelve.” This caused outrage, disbelief, and calls to unite and #bringbackourgirls to their families.

How big a threat is Vladimir Putin to world peace? This is an important question, and one the West needs to address immediately.  

The Indo-Pacific Cooperation Network, a program centred on a group of 15 experts on disaster resilience selected from […]

The political, economic, and social dilemmas Germany faces in 2024 require unambiguous national leadership ‒ something neither Chancellor Olaf Scholz nor opposition leader Friedrich Merz has provided in public discourse throughout 2023. On the other hand, Left Party state premier Bodo Ramelow continues to put his finger on unreconciled national divisions, that require attention from national leaders. 

An interesting insight into insurgencies is that they rarely succeed. David H. Ucko’s Insurgent’s Dilemma: A Struggle to Prevail shows us how the extant state survives, and how rarely they are overthrown through the conventional use of force in the 21st century.

Although the ICRC’s efforts to resume its prison visits in Myanmar are ongoing, the organisation continues supporting detainees and their families. Being able to maintain contact helps ensure the well-being of both family members and those behind bars, reminding them that hope exists.

Irrespective of how much attention some conflicts receive, violence persists in various regions around the world. These are the “forgotten conflicts” that demand attention.

In his third edition of “India after Gandhi,” historian Ramachandra Guha argues that India is now in the middle of its fourth crisis since independence. While India may navigate its way through, this crisis will leave deep scars. 

Dr Lynda Goldsworthy AM completed a PhD at Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania in 2022.  Her research focused on […]