China-India Ties Will Make or Break RCEP By Zoe Neill 19 June 2017A multilateral free trade agreement including both China and India would be a boon for trade liberalisation, but tensions between the two may […] Read More
Youth Participation in the UN Human Rights Council By Dr Lesley Pruitt 19 June 2017Young people are often categorised as politically disengaged and apathetic. A program backed by Australia and the UN is seeking to shake this […] Read More
Trump's US has Abdicated Global Leadership By The Hon Gareth Evans AC QC FAIIA 15 June 2017Former Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Gareth Evans says the US forfeited its role as world leader earlier this month. Against the background of ongoing […] Read More
AIIA National Conference 2017 14 June 2017AIIA National Conference: Foreign Policy in an Uncertain World Monday 16 October 2017 | Hotel Realm, Canberra The AIIA’s National Conference, Australia’s premier […] Read More
How to Save the Shangri-La Dialogue By Professor Kai He 09 June 2017It was a sign of the Shangri-La Dialogue’s declining relevance when China sent a low-level delegation and India no delegation at all to […] Read More
Strategies for Middle Powers By Dr Christian Downie 09 June 2017Familiar great and rising powers have the most influence in shaping the international order. With careful strategy and by playing to their strengths, […] Read More
Comey Versus Putin By Tony Kevin 09 June 2017Before the US Senate Intelligence Committee, former FBI director James Comey accused Russia of interfering in the US presidential election. Almost simultaneously, Vladimir […] Read More
Addressing Climate Change to Reap Health Benefits By Dr Lennart Reifels and Annabelle Workman 05 June 2017After the US announced its withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, Australian foreign minister Julie Bishop, speaking at the EU-Australia Leadership Forum, said she […] Read More
Just Bomb Your Way Out of Scandal By Trevor Alexander 03 June 2017Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton both tried to use national security issues to put a lid on political scandals. President Trump, facing ongoing […] Read More
The Secret to North Korea’s Nuclear Ambitions By Nicholas Anderson 29 May 2017Doves and hawks see the North Korean nuclear program as a response to US policies or as a product of its internal politics. […] Read More
Business was Banking on Climate Disaster Even Before US Paris Withdrawal By Dr Luke Kemp 29 May 2017Trump’s declaration of the US withdrawal from the Paris climate accord has drawn cries of dismay from the corporate world. […] Read More