US Alliance: Old Friends and Opportunity Cost By The Hon Kim Beazley AC FAIIA 16 February 2017The last month has featured a mixed medley of meetings between US President Donald Trump and various world leaders. Unfortunately for Australia, what […] Read More
Too Soon to Call Brexit Victory? By Colin Chapman FAIIA 16 February 2017Theresa May’s recent success in the sympathetic UK House of Commons was hardly ever in doubt but Brexiteers may be congratulating themselves too early. […] Read More
New Faces in the African Union By Dr David Mickler 16 February 2017The African Union’s 28th summit, held in Addis Ababa from 22 to 31 January 2017, saw the election of the organisation’s new leadership […] Read More
Foreign Policy White Paper: Filling the New Void By Australia in the 21st Century 13 February 2017In whatever ways President Donald Trump implements or moderates his policies, uncertainty and volatility now prevail. His election has unsettled the global order; he […] Read More
Reading Room: Essays in Honour of Coral Bell By Cam Hawker 12 February 2017For Desmond Ball, the completion of Power and International Relations: Essays in Honour of Coral Bell was a labour of love. Indeed, it was […] Read More
Trump's Ban-Aid Solution By Jacinta Carroll 09 February 2017The US administration’s suspension of travel and refugees from seven Middle Eastern countries on counter-terrorism grounds sits in judicial limbo. In the wake […] Read More
Can the UN Cope with a Trump Dystopia? By Emeritus Professor Ramesh Thakur FAIIA 09 February 2017The Trump administration has spent the weeks since the inauguration gnawing at the foundations of America’s traditional international commitments. Speculation swirls around its next […] Read More
Stay-at-Home Intervention in the South China Sea By Dr Amy Searight 09 February 2017The new US Secretary of Defense James Matthis this week allayed immediate concerns the US would take military action to deter China in the South China […] Read More
Bishop to Debate Global Goals at G20 By Michael Sheldrick 09 February 2017Next week Julie Bishop will join Rex Tillerson, Boris Johnson and other top diplomats in Bonn for the G20 meeting of foreign ministers. […] Read More
That Phone Call: Trump and Turnbull's Alliance Challenge By Cam Hawker 03 February 2017The Prime Minister’s Office will be keen to downplay the significance of last weekend’s phone call between Malcolm Turnbull and US President Donald […] Read More
Why Some Regimes Are More Authoritarian Than Others By Walid Jumblatt Abdullah 03 February 2017Malaysia and Singapore are lauded as successful examples of newly independent states that should be emulated by Third World countries. At the same […] Read More