New Year Message 31 January 2020Warmest wishes to all our members and subscribers for the year ahead. Many thanks to you all for your support during the past […] Read More
India’s Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 30 January 2020Despite the media and mass movements protesting India’s Citizenship Amendment Act, it does not strip any Indian of their citizenship. Rather, it provides refuge to persecuted minorities. Read More
How to Really Talk About Defending Australia By Associate Professor Marianne Hanson 30 December 2019Hugh White’s new book, How to Defend Australia, recommends Australia double defence spending and consider nuclear weapons. Both are highly problematic, as is Australia’s insular and opaque military and security decision-making. Read More
Why Nobody is Taking Action on Xinjiang and Why it Matters By Henry Storey 30 December 2019It seems convenient for the world to turn a blind eye to China’s mass internment of Uighurs in its northwestern Xinjiang Province. Read More
How Dangerous is The South China Sea? By Dr Huiyun Feng 29 December 2019While territorial disputes in the South China Sea are hotly debated in international relations, they hold relatively little weight in the grand scheme of China’s security concerns. Read More
Opening the Gates: The Kartarpur Corridor By Grant Wyeth 28 December 2019The opening of the Kartarpur Corridor allowing Indian Sikhs to travel to a sacred Sikh site within Pakistan looks like a positive step in Indian-Pakistani relations. However, there may be ulterior motives. Read More
The Axis of Authoritarianism: China, Russia and the New Geopolitics By Professor Mark Beeson 27 December 2019The growing "bromance" between Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin may be a development of world historical importance. Warmer relations may help to stabilise and unify Eurasia, long seen by some as a region of crucial strategic significance. Read More
Riots in Solomon Islands: The Day After By Dr Anouk Ride 26 December 2019Riots broke out in Solomon Islands this week following the parliament's controversial election of Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare. Read More
The ABC's China Interference Investigations By Dr Andrew Chubb 23 December 2019An ABC documentary exposing China’s political interference in Australia did little to question the effectiveness of Australia’s foreign intervention laws. Read More
The 2019 UK General Elections: A Pre-Election Overview By Colin Chapman FAIIA 12 December 2019In the lead-up to the UK general elections, polls predict a Tory victory. However, with 50 seats that could go either way, the outcome is anyone’s guess. Read More
Mexico: “Cooperation, Yes. Intervention, No.” By Dr Ruth Adler 12 December 2019Mexico’s struggle with its drug cartels is a highly complex issue. While Mexico is willing to cooperate with the US in tackling this issue, it has rejected a recent Trump proposal to designate the Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organisations on the grounds that it posed a threat to Mexican sovereignty and was interventionist. Read More