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
A More Humane Australian Foreign Policy By Emeritus Professor Dennis Altman AM FASSA 14 July 2016Australia is in a contest with France and Spain for a place on the United Nations Human Rights Council for a two-year term […] Read More
The NATO Summit: A Polish View By His Excellency Mr Paweł Milewski 08 July 2016NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says this year’s NATO Summit of Heads of State and Government coincides with the alliance’s most significant military […] Read More
The Bandung Moment By Associate Professor Andrew Phillips 06 July 2016The legacy of the 1955 Bandung meeting of Asian and African leaders continues to be debated, including for its ongoing importance for today’s […] Read More
Why De Gaulle Would Applaud Brexit By Dr Ben Wellings, Dr Annmarie Elijah and Dr Emma Vines 30 June 2016The Brexit vote is a classic example showcasing the rise of anti-politics. The anger and disillusionment with mainstream politics is so great that populists […] Read More