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The Senkaku Islands Confrontation and the Transformation of Japan’s Defence

Professor Paul Midford, Meiji Gakuen University

Jul 30, 2025 18:00 - Jul 30, 2025 19:00
Stephen House, Canberra, Hybrid Event
Cheng Lei: My Story of Freedom

Cheng Lei, Australian journalist

Aug 5, 2025 18:00 - Aug 5, 2025 19:00
Level 13, 356 Collins Street, Melbourne; Hybrid
Risks of Climate Change for Australia

Professor Katrin Meissner, University of New South Wales

Aug 5, 2025 18:00 - Aug 5, 2025 19:30
Glover Cottages, Millers Point, Sydney; In person
Trump, Putin and the War in Ukraine

Richard Iron CMG OBE, AIIA Victoria

Aug 7, 2025 18:00 - Aug 7, 2025 19:00
Level 13, 356 Collins Street, Melbourne; Hybrid
Careers Evening 2025

Hayley Channer, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney; Crispin Conroy, NSW State Office of DFAT; Dr Elsina Wainwright, Office of National Intelligence

Aug 7, 2025 18:00 - Aug 7, 2025 20:00
Glover Cottages, Millers Point, Sydney; In person
AIIA QLD Annual Dinner with the Hon. Malcolm Turnbull AC

Hon. Malcolm Turnbull AC, 29th Prime Minister of Australia

Aug 20, 2025 18:00 - Aug 20, 2025 21:00
Tattersalls Club, Grand Ballroom, Brisbane; In person
International Careers Conference

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Sep 10, 2025 09:00 - Sep 10, 2025 17:00
La Trobe University, City Campus, 360 Collins Street, Level 2, Melbourne; In person
AIIA National Conference

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Nov 17, 2025 09:00 - Nov 17, 2025 21:00
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Video and Audio

Ep. 163: PM Albanese visits China
23 May 2025
Ep. 163: PM Albanese visits China
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Is the Age of Empathy Over? | Dr Claire Yorke
08 Jul 2025
Is the Age of Empathy Over? | Dr Claire Yorke
Adventures in Representation in Japan and External Affairs’ first fatality | Emeritus Professor James Cotton
03 Jul 2025
Adventures in Representation in Japan and External Affairs’ first fatality | Emeritus Professor James Cotton
Closing Down Hong Kong: 5 Years of the National Security Law | Kevin Yam
03 Jul 2025
Closing Down Hong Kong: 5 Years of the National Security Law | Kevin Yam
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

30 Jul 2025
A growing international consensus—reflected in public opinion and led by liberal democracies—is calling for the recognition of Palestinian statehood as a step towards lasting peace. For Australia, aligning with this
30 Jul 2025
The Fourth United Nations International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) in Seville started badly for civil society. Less than 48 hours before this once-in-a-decade conference kicked off it wasn’t clear
30 Jul 2025
Australia’s increasingly restrictive international student policies—ranging from visa fee hikes to enrolment caps—risk undermining one of the country’s most valuable export sectors. As political rhetoric intensifies, the long-term consequences may
30 Jul 2025
In Latin America, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela are not alone in their support for Russia and its invasion of Ukraine. In many cases, support has been disguised as an interest
28 Jul 2025
AUKUS is a classic case of the “tail wagging the dog.” On the back of lies, a constructed inevitability of future conflict, and political ambition, Fowler shows how the Morrison government might have put the future of Australia’s national security at

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AIIA News

SYDNEY – The German Embassy Canberra and the Embassy of France in Canberra, in collaboration with the Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA), have launched the first event in a […]

CANBERRA – The Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) has lodged a powerful submission to the Senate Inquiry into the proposed National Volunteer Incentive Scheme—popularly known as the “Climate Army”—highlighting […]

13 Jul 2025

BRISBANE – The Queensland branch of the Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA QLD) has officially announced its highly anticipated 2025 Annual Dinner, scheduled for Wednesday, 20 August, at the prestigious […]

The Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) and the Australian Branch of the International Law Association (ILA (AB)) are pleased to present the Peter Nygh Hague Conference Internship. The award will support […]

01 Jul 2025

CANBERRA – The Australian Institute of International Affairs is pleased to announce the appointment of the Honourable Paul Lucas, current president of AIIA Queensland and former deputy premier of Queensland, […]

17 Jun 2025

WELLINGTON – AIIA National Programs and Publications Manager Emily Mosley spoke at the 2025 New Zealand Institute of International Affairs (NZIIA) National Conference, delivering remarks on a panel titled “Trump […]

17 Jun 2025

CANBERRA – As part of its ongoing commitment to youth engagement, the AIIA National Office partnered with the ANU Asia Pacific Week Conference to host a careers panel focused on […]

14 Jun 2025

PRAGUE – The GLOBSEC Forum, a major security conference now in its 20th year has just wrapped up its three-day agenda of events. Started as a university conference in Bratislava, […]

AIIA in the Media

14 July 2025
AIIA CEO Dr Bryce Wakefield quoted in the Nightly: “Orban, along with Slovakia’s Robert Fico, will continue to be the European leader most sympathetic to the MAGA cause,” Dr Wakefield said. “However, the longer Trump continues to engage Putin on Ukraine without deliverables, the more Budapest will be uncomfortable giving Washington a blank cheque.”
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12 July 2025
AIIA CEO Dr Bryce Wakefield quoted by the BBC: "This is part of a broader, understated and mature diplomacy from the current government and it does not fall into the recriminations of previous years."
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24 June 2025
AIIA CEO Bryce Wakefield quoted in the Nightly: “The US strategy on pressuring allies with a one-size-fits-all approach may work with NATO, where there is a hot war near the eastern flank and a history of European nations coordinating on policy, but it’s less effective against the individual countries of the Indo-Pacific, which have different and specific political contexts within which they must operate.”
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18 June 2025
AIIA Programs and Publications Manager Emily Mosley cited by Radio New Zealand: "The choice before us is clear: Engage with the whole breadth of American institutions and demand accountability and stability, or panic and risk eroding one of the most effective checks."
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3 June 2025
Jack Jarmon's Australian Outlook article "In Russia, the Chips are Down" cited in the Frankfurter Rundschau: A problematic legacy of outdated equipment and a lack of personnel hampered Russia's efforts to build its own world-class industry. According to the Australian Institute of International Affairs, this continues to have repercussions for the Russian chip industry.
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27 May 2025
Former AIIA National Office Intern Jasper Hufschmidt Morse's Australian Outlook article covered extensively in Frankfurter Rundschau: "What would happen if Russian aircraft were intercepted in German or another NATO member state's airspace, Jasper Hufschmidt Morse asked in his analysis for the Australian Institute of International Affairs."
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14 May 2025
AIIA CEO Dr Bryce Wakefield quoted in The Australian: "Australian Institute of International Affairs chief executive Bryce Wakefield said the Indonesia relationship was crucial and required a sustained effort by Australia to deliver meaningful benefits."
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4 May 2025
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."
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29 April 2025
AIIA Tasmania Vice President Professor James Chin's Australian Outlook article on Chinese interests in the South Pacific cited in the Australian.
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6 April 2025
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.”
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4 April 2025
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."
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2 April 2025
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."
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