The Suez Dispute and the Death of Empire By Professor Peter Boyce AO 01 November 2016This week marks the 60th anniversary of the most acute phase of the Suez Crisis. Diplomatic historians of mid-20th century conflicts seem agreed […] Read More
Des Ball: opening closed doors 27 October 2016Hamish McDonald, AIIA Fellow and prominent analyst, and Dr Bob Howard, Sydney University international politics expert and AIIA Councillor, addressed the AIIA event […] Read More
Foreign Money, Geopolitics and Prosperity By The Hon Andrew Robb AO 27 October 2016The future security and prosperity of Australia is reliant on sensible engagement with Asia. The country must learn to be more welcoming towards […] Read More
Restoring a Path to Humanity in Syria By Judy Slatyer 27 October 2016It’s difficult, if not impossible, to find a moment that stands out as a symbol of the needless suffering and death in the […] Read More
The Evolving US-Asia Alliance Network By Dr Elsina Wainwright AM 26 October 2016America’s presence in the Asia-Pacific is evolving beyond its traditional alliance network into a web of alliances, new partnerships and creative linkages. How […] Read More
Cambodia's Peace After 25 Years By Dr Tania Miletic 25 October 2016This week it is 25 years since the Paris Peace Accords marked the official beginning of the end of the violent civil war […] Read More
Reading Room: Life and Politics in Papua New Guinea By Dr Jack Corbett 25 October 2016Prime ministerial memoirs are many things: part recollection, part self-justification, part confession. They are always about legacy (why else would you spend the […] Read More
Science Diplomacy with Indonesia By Professor Cheryl Praeger AM FAA 25 October 2016Global investment in research and development has almost doubled since 2000. This doubling of investment has been mirrored by growth in the importance […] Read More
Is Hong Kong Finished? By Colin Chapman FAIIA 19 October 2016Can China be trusted to keep its written promises on Hong Kong? More precisely, can President Xi Jinping, chairman of the Communist Party […] Read More
Lebanon: On Remembering and Forgetting By Dr Vanessa Newby 18 October 2016Lebanon has a great deal to be concerned about: the absence of a president, the most concentrated refugee influx per capita in the […] Read More
Reading Room: Queer Wars By Josh Pallas 18 October 2016Dennis Altman’s and Jonathan Symons’ work Queer Wars is a timely and accessible intervention on the global state of play for queer rights. Queer politics is […] Read More