Venezuela's Woes: Finding a Scapegoat 15 September 2015Severe economic mismanagement has caused chaos in Venezuela. Now President Nicolás Maduro is using Colombian migrants as a scapegoat. In 1993 Hugo Chávez became […] Read More
Back to the Polls in Turkey 15 September 2015Turkey is going back to the polls again. The YSK (Turkish Electoral Commission) announced that a new election will be held on 1 […] Read More
Asian Peace and Reconciliation Council Interview 14 September 2015The Asian Peace and Reconciliation Council (APRC) establishes a network of senior individuals and experts to serve as a mechanism for regional peace […] Read More
China and Japan: It’s Not about History 14 September 2015The memory of war might not be the crux in contemporary Sino-Japanese relations. Considering China’s and Japan’s tense exchanges over wartime history, it […] Read More
The TPP and the AUSTFA agreement: Have we learnt our lessons? Lewis Graham13 September 2015By reflecting on the legacy of AUSTFA, Australians may more readily hold their politicians to account in regards to TPP negotiations. It is […] Read More
Military Normalisation in Japan; A Foregone Conclusion? William Read13 September 2015Shinzo Abe recently pushed legislation through the Japanese Parliament (Diet) aimed at further implementing and expanding Japanese military capabilities in a move that […] Read More
All Is Not Quiet on the Eastern Front Adam Csenger12 September 2015The Donbass region of eastern Ukraine has been beset by fighting between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian government forces since April 2014. Separatists in […] Read More
Turkey's True Target 10 September 2015Turkey has entered the air campaign in Syria, but there are real doubts about its true target: ISIS or the Kurds? Turkish intervention […] Read More
Australian Submarines: Why Japan? 10 September 2015Australia’s submarine technology cooperation with Japan is a commitment to burden-sharing with the US in the Asia-Pacific. In anticipation of the Australia Royal […] Read More
Economic management of the EU in the present financial crisis 09 September 2015On Tuesday 9 September, as part of AIIA’s partnership with ANU’s European Studies Centre Touring Lecture series, visiting […] Read More
1965, Jakarta: a Year of Living Dangerously 09 September 2015Geoffrey Miller was posted to the Jakarta Embassy on 1 October 1965, when six army generals were murdered by the “30th September Movement”. The […] Read More