Dr Anurug Chakma 14 October 2020Dr Anurug Chakma is a Research Fellow within the Migration Hub at the School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) at the Australian […] Read More
Remembering Harold Evans By Colin Chapman FAIIA 09 October 2020Harold Evans had an indefatigable role in encouraging and expanding coverage of international affairs in the publications he edited and in the books he published. He also had great enthusiasm for hiring and fostering well-trained Australian journalists. Read More
Ending War: Lessons from Somaliland By Sarah Phillips and Richard Iron CMG OBE 07 October 2020In a region long beset by political strife and interstate rivalries, Somaliland stands out as a beacon of hope in the Horn of Africa. It remains stable, relatively democratic, and broadly functional. Read More
Letting Go of the Bad Eggs By Anton Lucanus 30 September 2020Australia is amending its citizenship laws to strip Australian citizenship from dual citizens engaging in terrorism. Such an act may protect Australians at home, but it offers no solution to global terror threats. Read More
Is Climate Change a Factor in US Elections? By Colin Chapman FAIIA 25 September 2020Climate change has a hand in nearly all of the issues American voters consider most important in the upcoming presidential election. In most swing states, however, voters would have to look closely to see what their economic and healthcare woes have to do with climate change. Read More
In Australia and China, Government Action Hammers Human Ties By Professor James Laurenceson 18 September 2020For all the concern this year that political tensions between Australia and China might harm trade and investment, this isn’t the most acute stress in the bilateral relationship. Compared with the battering that people-to-people ties are receiving, the current economic dramas rate a distant second. Read More
The Constitutionalisation of Religious Harmony in Singapore By Rebecca Penny 14 August 2020Religiosity and religious diversity are core elements of Singapore’s national identity. To address societal instability, political dissent, religious extremism, and violence, Singapore has transformed the concept of “religious harmony” into a constitutional norm. Read More
Book Review: Superpower Showdown By John West 05 August 2020The US/China relationship -- arguably the most important in the world -- is on a downward spiral. The authors of “Superpower Showdown” describe it as a “romance gone bad.” Read More
Women and War: The Politics of Theatrical Representation By Dr Hadeel Abdelhameed 05 August 2020Iraqis are intimately familiar with war as a facet of everyday life, whereas Australians lack a tangible understanding of atrocity. Examining how war stories are presented on stage in both countries provides crucial insights on the similarities and differences of these disparate experiences. Read More
Book Review: The Most Dangerous Man in the World By Dr Alison Broinowski FAIIA 30 July 2020The long saga of WikiLeaks continues. He now faces extradition to the US to be tried for espionage, and Andrew Fowler's third update of his book completes the record to 2020. Read More
Australia in the World: Episode 52 By Allan Gyngell AO FAIIA and Dr Darren Lim 19 July 2020ABC journalist Stephen Dziedzic on reporting Australian foreign policy, media-government relations, and the Wolverines. Read More