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Australia In the World, Episode 159: A PM’s Chief of Staff on the world facing Australia
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When Trade Winds Become Head Winds | The Hon Simon Birmingham
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Global Development Disruption: What does it mean for Australia? | Melissa Conley Tyler FAIIA
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Revival or Decline? The Australian Profession of Arms in the Twenty-First Century| Emeritus Professor Michael Evans
1:15:57
Towards the AIIA Centenary
100 Years of International Affairs
The AIIA was founded in 1933 by member organisations that date back to the 1920s. The AIIA as a whole celebrates those founding branches as they reach 100 years of advancing knowledge and exchange on international affairs.
Australian Outlook
This week in Australian foreign affairs: Albanese in Fiji, Seattle, and Canada; Albanese to attend G7; Marles responds to announcment of US AUKUS review; Wong issues a joint statement on
North Korea is not going to give up its nuclear weapons any time soon. Pyongyang’s other strategic deterrent—a massive arsenal of chemical weapons—may prove a more fruitful target for disarmament.
While climate change affects all countries in the region, South Asia lacks a coordinated regional response. Without trust-building measures and environmental diplomatic engagement at a regional level, the region risks missing the opportunity to build
Australia’s symbolic actions on Palestine may not change the course of the conflict, but they matter deeply at home. As Gaza reshapes public perception and fractures national cohesion, aligning foreign
Fareed Zakaria explores how periods of rapid economic and technological change often unleash cultural anxiety and political backlash. In Age of Revolutions, he weaves together centuries of global upheaval to
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AIIA News
From 7-12 June, AIIA Chief Executive Officer Dr Bryce Wakefield travelled to Warsaw for discussions with Polish government officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Defence, the National Security […]
The AIIA has honoured its National Vice President Zara Kimpton OAM FAIIA, who will be stepping down from the board on 1 July after a 15-year tenure. Kimpton has also […]
The Indo-Pacific Cooperation Network, a program focused on emerging experts on disaster resilience selected from Indo-Pacific countries, wrapped up its 2024/25 program in March. […]
AIIA National President Dr Heather Smith PSM FAIIA was quoted extensively in national media after she appeared on the opening panel of the high-profile event on sovereignty and security organised […]
AIIA in the Media
AIIA CEO Dr Bryce Wakefield quoted in The Australian's first article since the 2025 Federal election to cover the Albanese government's foreign policy approach. "Wakefield said as the US slapped tariffs on the rest of the world, Australia needed to work even more closely with Southeast Asia to create new economic opportunities."
AIIA Tasmania Vice President Professor James Chin's Australian Outlook article on Chinese interests in the South Pacific cited in the Australian.
AIIA National President Dr Heather Smith PSM FAIIA: "The biggest challenge to overcome is the inability of our political class to position Australia for this new world.”
AIIA CEO Dr Bryce Wakefield: "The 'golden age' in nationalist rhetoric is simply an imagined time in the past where things were always better, and in every nationalist's mind, the actual period of that golden age might be different. It's left vague for a reason."
AIIA President Dr Heather Smith PSM FAIIA: "The post-Cold War order isn’t collapsing, it has collapsed. The US is dismantling the foundations of its global hegemony, along with the norms and values that have underpinned the US-Australia relationship."
Australian Outlook article by ANU academic cited: "Some may be tempted to cite an article that’s just been published by an Australian think tank by ANU academic Edward Chan"
"According to a 2018 study tour report from the Australian Institute of International Affairs Victoria, the Australian embassy in Tehran had been 'building up' its staff over the three years prior."
AIIA CEO Dr Bryce Wakefield explained the activities of the Indo-Pacific Cooperation Network, an initiative organised by the AIIA and the Japan Foundation, to the Fiji One Breakfast team.
AIIA CEO Dr Bryce Wakefield shares his views on the Varghese review into strategic research funding
AIIA CEO Dr Bryce Wakefield quoted in the AFR: “If he is serious about doing what he says he is going to do about Panama, then I don’t think there is much hope for the global rules-based order going forward.”
AIIA CEO Dr Bryce Wakefield lays out the case for a national Museum of Australian Diplomacy in his Canberra Times article.
In his article in the Australian Financial Review, AIIA CEO Dr Bryce Wakefield responds to Chinese Ambassador Xiao Qian's claims about the nature of the bilateral relationship.