Bolsonaro’s War on the Environment and Climate Change By Dr Flavia Bellieni Zimmermann 06 August 2019Brazil’s current administration is turning the country into an “exterminator of the future” and is interfering with emerging data on Amazon deforestation. Read More
Call for applications: 2020 Peter Nygh Hague Conference Internship 06 August 20192020 applications for a 6-month internship at The Hague, Netherlands are now open for Australian law school graduates […] Read More
Call for applications: 2020 Peter Nygh Hague Conference Internship 06 August 2019PRESS RELEASE 2020 applications for a 6-month internship at The Hague, Netherlands are now open for Australian law […] Read More
AIIA National Conference 2019 05 August 2019Australia’s leading conference on international affairs returns to tackle some of the world’s latest major developments and debates Senator the Hon Marise Payne […] Read More
AIIA National Conference 2019 05 August 2019PRESS RELEASE Australia’s leading conference on international affairs returns to tackle some of the world’s latest major developments and debates Senator the Hon […] Read More
Zionism and the Foundations of the Jewish State 04 August 2019On Tuesday 30th July, AIIA NSW welcomed Mr Alex Ryvchin, Co-Chief Executive Officer at the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, whose book Zionism […] Read More
The End of the Golden Weather for Abe’s Diplomacy? By Dr Corey Wallace 01 August 2019Despite Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzō’s commanding victory in the recent upper house elections, foreign policy challenges in the next 18 months could undermine his legacy of competent statecraft. Read More
The Key to Moderating Russian Behaviour is China By Dr Matthew Sussex 30 July 2019While the Russia-China has developed beyond an “axis of convenience,” it is not an alliance. The result is that China will hold the key to moderating Russian behaviour in the future, and that the Chinese and Russian interests will not always align. Read More
London Observed: Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the “Slumbering Giant” and 17 Removed Ministers By Colin Chapman FAIIA 25 July 2019Rarely has a peacetime British prime minister been confronted with such grave challenges, nor have they appeared so unequal to the task. As UK politics undergoes great change, Australia’s request could be triaged to the bottom of Mr Johnson’s brimming in-tray. Read More
China’s New Enthusiasm Toward The Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea By Elena Collinson 24 July 2019China appears to have switched from a foot-dragging strategy to public enthusiasm for a finalised agreement on an ASEAN-China Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea. Such a document may reduce the scope for American involvement, but doesn’t necessarily mean that China desires a wholesale overhaul of the rules-based order. Read More
The CNN Effect: Policymaking in Changing Mediascapes By Ben Lawrence 23 July 2019Live and rolling media coverage of international crises exemplified the media’s power over policymaking agendas. But with the media landscape contracting to corporate interests and fragmenting due to the rise of new media, can the industry still exert the same kind of influence? Read More