Chinese Telecommunications Investment in Africa: Bad News for Development? By Dr Pichamon Yeophantong and Sandy Wang 14 November 2019Africa’s demand for greater telecommunications infrastructure has attracted unprecedented levels of investment from China, but what are the implications to this? Read More
Congress’ Repeated Grilling of Zuckerberg Underscores Widespread Distrust of Facebook By Dr Nasya Bahfen 14 November 2019Beleaguered social network Facebook is charging ahead with plans for world domination, in the face of falling public trust in its administration and multiple investigations by lawmakers in the US. Read More
Chile: A Victim of Its Success? By Fernando Rodriguez 14 November 2019Chile was once an oasis of tranquillity in Latin America that has suddenly erupted into an outbreak of people on the streets on a scale not seen since the end of the dictatorship 29 years ago. What went wrong in Chile? Read More
Podcast Ep. 33: US leadership: vision vs reality; RCEP; human rights in China; Syria, the Kurds and US credibility By Allan Gyngell AO FAIIA and Dr Darren Lim 13 November 2019Allan and Darren kick off this week’s episode by covering a bad week for the United States’ Indo-Pacific strategy at the ASEAN and East Asia Summit meetings in Bangkok. Read More
Impeaching Trump: “He’s Just Not Worth It” By Emeritus Professor Ramesh Thakur FAIIA 08 November 2019The decision to impeach Trump is a decision made along party lines, though the advantages of following through with the impeachment are highly questionable. Read More
Killing the Caliph Won’t Kill the Islamic State By Dr Kiriloi M. Ingram 08 November 2019The recent killing of Islamic State leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is indeed cause for celebration, however, leadership decapitation does not guarantee total defeat of the organisation. Kiriloi M. Ingram explores the number of dynamics which impact the potential for Islamic State to survive its current predicament. Read More
Scandals Reveal South Korea’s Broken Politics By Christopher Khatouki 05 November 2019The scandal surrounding South Korea's short-lived justice minister, Cho Guk, has brought to light the deeper sentiments of ordinary Koreans that only the rich and powerful can succeed. It also raises deeper questions regarding the efficacy of Korean politics and whether the entire political system may be broken. Read More
Meeting Saddam’s Men: Looking for Iraq’s Weapons of Mass Destruction By Allan Gyngell AO FAIIA 31 October 2019The National President of the AIIA, Allan Gyngell, launched a new book, Meeting Saddam’s Men: Looking for Iraq’s Weapons of Mass Destruction by Ashton Robinson, at the Australian National University on 25 October. This is an extract from his remarks. Read More
Syria and the Shaping of Turkish, Russian and US Interests By Ian Dudgeon 31 October 2019Despite heavy criticism of Trump and the US for abandoning the Kurdish forces, there are some cautious positives to the situation in Syria. Read More
Foreign Fighters to Face Death Penalty in the United States By Stuart McLintock 31 October 2019Should foreign ISIS fighters captured in Syria should be tried by the ICC, given the refusal of their home states to repatriate them? Read More
Young Professionals 24 October 2019The AIIA Victoria Young Professionals (YP) are a group within the AIIA that bring together young professionals from a variety of government and […] Read More