Pirates and Political Fracturing in Iceland By Associate Professor Stefanía Óskarsdóttir 11 October 2016On 29 October, Iceland will go to the polls. This year’s early vote takes place in the wake of an economic crisis that […] Read More
IAEA: The UN's Nuclear Watchdog In Need of Care By John Tilemann 26 September 2016The 168 member states of the International Atomic Energy Agency meet this week in Vienna for their 60th annual General Conference. Since the […] Read More
Unrequited Love – Scotland and the European Union 22 September 2016What started out as political and economic Armageddon has now drifted into a “phoney war” stage. British Prime Minister Theresa May resolutely insisted […] Read More
G20: What Kind of Great Power is China? 08 September 2016It was an important symbolic moment this week when China hosted the world’s most powerful leaders at the G20 Summit. It offered a counterpoint […] Read More
G20: What Kind of Great Power is China? By Melissa Conley Tyler FAIIA and Ella Pyman 08 September 2016It was an important symbolic moment this week when China hosted the world’s most powerful leaders at the G20 Summit. It offered a counterpoint […] Read More
UN Secretary-General: The Race So Far By Emeritus Professor Ramesh Thakur FAIIA 17 August 2016One of the certainties over who will be the next United Nations secretary-general is that it will not be Kevin Rudd. Despite the perception […] Read More
Future of Europe: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 09 August 2016Even with Brexit, the European Union will remain a market of more than 450 million people and a prominent promoter of Western values […] Read More
A Bitter Pill: The EU-Turkey Refugee Deal By Scott Young 08 August 2016With Turkey still recovering from an attempted coup and the subsequent government crackdown, attention is turning towards the controversial refugee deal between the […] Read More
UN Security Council Needs More Elected Members By Emeritus Professor Ramesh Thakur FAIIA and Professor John Langmore 04 August 2016Following the Australian government’s decision not to nominate former prime minister Kevin Rudd for the role of United Nations secretary-general, attention is focussing […] Read More
The New Multilateral Development Banks By Dr Adrian Bazbauers and Dr Susan Engel 27 July 2016The newly established Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the New Development Bank remain focused on debt-based financing and an understanding of development similar […] Read More
Whose rights are the most right? The Dilemma of Autonomy in a Society: On Abortion, Women, and Human Life Nina Roxburgh23 July 2016In debates on reproductive rights, the moral status of the embryo and fetus is largely at the centre […] Read More