On Sunday, the National People's Congress voted to extend the limit of Chinese presidential terms indefinitely. The vote was expected to go without a hitch and it did, with only two "no" votes and three abstentions. Xi Jinping’s hold over China is assured for many years to come.

In a compelling address at Glover Cottages on Tuesday 6 March, Lesley Hughes, Professor of Biology and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Integrity & Development) […]

This year International Women’s Day will be noticed. The unreported constant that shapes international politics—the politics of gender—is an overt item on the agenda rather than a terse undercurrent.

The Oxfam scandal remains news, with foreign minister Julie Bishop asking Oxfam Australia to suspend funding to overseas operations of its UK counterpart. Protecting the vulnerable from abuse requires moving from debates around funding to act on fundamental issues of power and privilege.

Following any major gun violence incident in America, a debate is sparked between two fundamentally opposed sides that eventually fades away with little or no significant policy changes. It seems inevitable then that parents will look outside of American borders for safer alternatives. 

Non-government organisations with international linkages can be depicted as disloyal, subversive and even as spies working for foreign powers. This creates a risk for NGOs that participate in transnational advocacy networks with far-reaching consequences for the future of environmental activism.

At Glover Cottages on Tuesday 28 February, Professor James Laurenceson, the Deputy Director of the Australia-China Relations Institute at the University of Technology […]

As she shunts down a single-track line towards Brexit—at the speed of a New South Wales coal train—the British Prime Minister faces, at best, a dangerous derailment or more likely a wreckage.

India-Canada relations have become hostage to sentiment within Canada’s Sikh community. As Trudeau's visit to India showed, New Delhi remains suspicious of Canadian politicians sympathising with the separatist movement.

The Australian Institute International Affairs has recently been featured across a number of media outlets. National President Allan Gyngell AO FAIIA wrote about […]

On  22 February, Dr Suriya Chindawongse, director-general of ASEAN affairs in the Thai foreign ministry, came to Glover […]