Opening Speech for the 2024 AIIA National Conference AIIA National Vice President Zara Kimpton OAM FAIIA 11 November 2024   On behalf of […]

Australia must awaken a spirit of enquiry and zest about our region and the belief that out destiny as a nation rests there.

Allan Gyngell, immediate past president of the Australian Institute of International Affairs, will be remembered as one of Australia's greatest thinkers on foreign policy. But his impressive and unparalleled contribution to the practice and debate on Australia's place in the world never overshadowed his humility and kindness.

Richard Woolcott left a legacy that all modern diplomats could emulate, writes John McCarthy.

International relations would be good fun if we could cherry-pick the sort of globalism we liked and reject the sort which we did not. But we can’t.

The election of Donald Trump brings with it uncertainty about America’s commitment to the current international political architecture. Australia will need to develop contingency plans […]

Australian Foreign Policy: Regional or Global? By The Hon Julie Bishop MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/ao-blog-post/minister-for-foreign-affairs-the-hon-julie-bishop-mp-address-to-the-aiia/ Problems Without Passports By The Hon […]

Professor the Hon Gareth Evans reflects upon the strengths and shortcomings of Australia’s foreign policy orientation. The quality of public debate on issues […]

Professor the Hon Gareth Evans reflects upon the strengths and shortcomings of Australia’s foreign policy orientation. The quality of public debate on issues […]

The first session of the AIIA 2014 National Conference, titled ‘Australian Foreign Policy.’ Senator the Hon Brett Mason […]

Graeme Dobell reports on AIIA National President John McCarthy’s remarks at the AIIA National Conference. The former diplomatic mandarins of Oz think Australia is so committed […]