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
Senate Committee Inquiry into the TPP 29 September 2016The AIIA and its members have been invited to provide input on the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement to the relevant parliamentary committees. On […] Read More
Reflections on the Rio Olympics By Dr Flavia Bellieni Zimmermann 22 August 2016The Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games are finished and now the time to reflect upon the city’s performance. As well as great athletic achievements and controversy over the use […] Read More
Graeme Dobell FAIIA 21 August 2016Graeme Dobell, a journalist since 1971, has spent his career reporting on Australian and international politics, foreign affairs and defence, and the Asia […] Read More
Rio Olympics: Non-Western Nations and Globalisation By Dr Amit Gupta 05 August 2016The Olympics bring out the best as well as the most cautionary features of globalisation. With a number of non-Western countries now hosting […] Read More
The Ottoman Caper By Dr Bruce Mabley 21 July 2016Turkey’s military coup of 15 July was foiled by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s supporters. However, the aftermath is anything but forgiving. The president […] Read More
Modern Diplomacy: Working the Network By George Morrison 17 June 2016In today’s networked world, a diplomat not only needs great networks in the host country but also needs to engage with the foreign […] Read More
Orlando Shooting: A Lone Wolf Hate Crime? By Suraj Lakhani 14 June 2016Evidence of the motivation behind the Orlando massacre is still emerging, but if perpetrator Omar Mateen was a lone wolf operator, it is […] Read More
2017 Taiwan Fellowship Programme open for applications 31 May 2016The Taiwan Fellowship Programme is established and funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) to award foreign experts and scholars who are […] Read More
Secret Files from World Wars to Cold War 26 May 2016The publisher of the AIIA’s Australian Journal of International Affairs, Taylor & Francis, has recently launched an exciting new resource which may be of interest […] Read More
Why Protecting the Red Cross Emblem Matters By Dr Emily Crawford 16 May 2016The Australian Red Cross recently released an app to monitor misuse of its emblem. If you see the cross somewhere it shouldn’t be, […] Read More