Mexico’s struggle with its drug cartels is a highly complex issue. While Mexico is willing to cooperate with the US in tackling this issue, it has rejected a recent Trump proposal to designate the Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organisations on the grounds that it posed a threat to Mexican sovereignty and was interventionist.

Beijing's capability, willingness, and different concepts for peace-building are recentring the institutional architecture of Asia.

At the December NATO summit in London, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was caught mocking the most powerful leader in the world. Despite this, and calling the Canadian PM two-faced, American President Donald Trump appeared to bear no malice toward him, calling him a “nice guy” after all.

Since its conception, the Sustainable Development (SD) concept has been embraced by civil society as an opportunity to salvage the earth without hindering economic prosperity. However, the ideal "sustainable" global economy cannot be completely understood unless it is placed in the context of unequal power relations within the global financial system.

The role of Police in United Nations (UN) peace operations has shifted such that the organisation is now more deeply involved in missions, evolving from “watchers” to “coaches” in undertaking reform and building up national law enforcement agencies and at times providing interim operational support.

Since its conception, the Sustainable Development (SD) concept has been embraced by civil society as an opportunity to salvage the earth without hindering […]

Despite accession to the EU being one of Turkey's long-term goals, its strategic gaze has recently shifted from Europe to the Middle East.

After much negotiation, the government has secured the repeal of the medical evacuation law – known as “medevac” – after making a secret deal with Senate cross-bencher Jacqui Lambie. So what does this mean for those held in offshore detention?

As armed conflict decreases in frequency and magnitude, non-violent statecraft is becoming the new means of inter-state dispute resolution. But what implications does this have?

On Tuesday 19 November the current AIIA NSW interns gave presentations on topics of their choosing, followed by questions from the audience.  Ludmilla […]

Episode 34 of the Australia in the World Podcast looks at a Chinese defector, a former Australian PM, and an update on the Hong Kong situation.