Trump and the Rise of Authoritarian Populism By Dr Priya Chacko and Professor Kanishka Jayasuriya 16 January 2017The election of Donald Trump reflects a crisis of the US state, with the erosion of the legitimacy of political elites, representative institutions […] Read More
ASEAN Fragmented on Rohingya Crisis By Rashi Yadav 14 January 2017Foreign ministers from the Association of South East Asian Nations met in Yangon late last year to discuss Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis. The meeting […] Read More
Jihadist Threat in 2017 11 January 2017In the first week of the new year, ISIS’s online magazine Rumiyah’s fifth issue again instructed Western supporters to attack at home. In the […] Read More
Jihadist Threat in 2017 By Dr Haroro J Ingram 11 January 2017In the first week of the new year, ISIS’s online magazine Rumiyah’s fifth issue again instructed Western supporters to attack at home. In the […] Read More
Five Political Leaders to Watch in 2017 By Professor Nick Bisley 11 January 2017The world is in fluid political times and the opportunity for emerging figures to make their mark is considerable. Here are five political […] Read More
Zimbabwe is Increasingly Looking East By Tinashe Jakwa 09 January 2017Zimbabwe’s contemporary foreign policy has been coloured by anti-imperialist proclamations that the country will never be a colony again. These proclamations have been […] Read More
Sino-Japanese Competition and ASEAN 09 January 2017One of the most striking features of post-Cold War East Asia has been having China and Japan strong and affluent at the same time […] Read More
Joko Widodo: Towards a New Equilibrium By Dr Nicolaas Warouw 04 January 2017Mass protests in Jakarta and looming sectarian violence compelled Indonesian President Joko Widodo to postpone his Australian visit in November. This week, military […] Read More
Preparing for a Biological Weapons Attack By Andrea Lunt 04 January 2017The recent outbreaks of disease across the developing world have provided a valuable lesson in the harm that could be caused by a biological weapons […] Read More
Japan’s Evolving Defence Posture By Leif-Eric Easley 04 January 2017Japan is debating formal revision of its ‘Peace Constitution’. Recent legal reinterpretations and new security laws allow the Japanese Self-Defence Forces to do […] Read More
Islam and the International Order By Professor James Piscatori 03 January 2017Islam is sometimes referred to as being incompatibile with the international state system. This belief is based on events such as the 11 […] Read More