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
COVID-19 in the Middle East: The Second Wave and Its Impact on Australia By Ian Parmeter 17 July 2020The pandemic’s impact has varied across the Middle East, but infections are rising again. The virus is unlikely to be contained quickly, and that will limit Australia’s ability to reopen its borders and economy. Read More
Season 1 09 July 2020Season 1 with Peter Bateman Season 1 Episode 9: Forty Years of Diplomacy with John Woods With 42-years’ service in the Australian Department […] Read More
Clarifying the Scope of ICC Authority in the Palestine Situation By Rhys Carvosso 08 July 2020The ICC Prosecutor’s decision to investigate war crimes in Palestine has been met with various criticisms, some of which hinge on distortions or mischaracterisations of the Court’s functions. These merit correction for the benefit of public debate on this matter. Read More
Is the Present Crop of Rhodes Scholars the Last? By Colin Chapman FAIIA 03 July 2020Black Lives Matter campaigns across the UK have brought the legacy of the Rhodes Trust into the limelight. With racism, colonialism, and the vestiges of historic figures at the forefront of global conversation, the future of the scholarship may be in jeopardy. Read More
India-China Standoff Ends India’s Hopes for Asian Unity By Dr Ashok Sharma 02 July 2020China claims territory over the Galwan Valley, which India has rebuffed as a unilateral attempt to change the status quo. Diplomatic and military efforts to defuse the standoff have not achieved any substantial results, and now the two nuclear-armed Asian giants are at risk of war. Read More
Contest for the Indo-Pacific By Professor Rory Medcalf 01 July 2020What we call different parts of the world - Asia, Europe, the Middle East - seems innocuous. But the name of a region is totemic: a mental map that guides the decisions of leaders and the story of international order, war, and peace. Read More
Crouching Media, Hidden Agenda By Stjepan Bosnjak 25 June 2020Recent Chinese state-owned media have been using colourful headlines and articles to describe Australia. This is a tried and trusted method that has been used for at least a quarter century. Read More
West Africa – A Novel Approach to Regionalism Thomas Shortridge20 June 2020The decades-long transition from the European Coal and Steel Community into the modern European Union established a model that regional integration projects will […] Read More
Book Review: A Bigger Picture By Richard Broinowski AO 10 June 2020In his early career, Malcolm Turnbull showed brilliance as a lawyer, entrepreneur, and investment banker. These should have earned him respect as a politician among his liberal peers, but he also carried into office progressive credentials for which he was relentlessly attacked by right-wing back- benchers and a conservative commentariat. Read More
Dr Keshab Giri 03 June 2020Dr Keshab Giri (he/him/his) is a Lecturer in International Relations at The University of Sydney. Dr Giri’s research has been published in journals […] Read More