Learning to Act like a Major Power: Australia as a top 20 nation By Dr Andrew Carr31 October 2014Just a few years ago a number of books were released which celebrated an ‘Australia moment’, where the […] Read More
The Return of Geopolitics By Emeritus Professor Ramesh Thakur FAIIA 31 October 2014Great powers rise and fall on the tide of history. The transition is not always peaceful and linear, but often jagged with points […] Read More
Indonesian President Introduces His “Work Cabinet” By Mervyn Piesse 30 October 2014The composition of Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s new cabinet suggests that political patronage had a role in the selection of government ministers. After several days […] Read More
Debating Democratization in Myanmar reviewer Professor Benjamin Reilly 30 October 2014Myanmar is one of the most important cases of potential democratisation in the world today. Ruled for decades by an array of incompetent […] Read More
Australia and UNSC Sanctions: another tool to disrupt foreign terrorist fighters By Lisa Sharland29 October 2014Australia will rotate off the UN Security Council on 31 December 2014. As previously outlined here, there have been […] Read More
Indonesia today- are its best days ahead under President Joko Widodo? 29 October 2014Will incoming President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo mark a new and positive era for the future of Indonesia? Is […] Read More Play
Indonesia today- are its best days ahead under President Joko Widodo? 29 October 2014Will incoming President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo mark a new and positive era for the future of Indonesia? Is […] Read More Play
G20: Coming Full Circle Ludmila Khudyakova29 October 2014At the Saint Petersburg 2013 Summit, G20 countries made a number of concrete commitments and turning them into results will be beneficial for […] Read More
G20: Coming Full Circle Ludmila Khudyakova 29 October 2014At the Saint Petersburg 2013 Summit, G20 countries made a number of concrete commitments and turning them into results will be beneficial for […] Read More
Being a Top 20 Defence Player By Peter Jennings PSM 28 October 2014The Australian Institute of International Affairs ran a high-quality conference in Canberra yesterday around the theme of ‘Foreign Policy for a Top 20 […] Read More
Reopening Past Grievances in New Caledonia Denise Fisher28 October 2014A request for UN mediation, and the discord evident at the Committee of Noumea Accord Signatories on 4 October, show that old wounds […] Read More
