Looking Into: Australia’s Approach to LGBTIQ Asylum Seekers and Refugees By Jasmine Dawson02 July 2017Darwin Bell/ Flickr The treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer (LGBTIQ) asylum seekers and refugees […] Read More
Meeting Eri Ishikawa: On Asylum Seeker Policy in Japan Bernadette Anvia02 July 2017@EriIshikawa_JARChair of the Board of the Japan Association for Refugees (JAR) The world is currently seeing a mass movement of refugees, asylum seekers […] Read More
Migrant Smuggling into Malaysia: Lessons from the Andaman Sea Crisis Elisa Solomon02 July 2017Naval Surface Warriors/flickr The 2015 Humanitarian Crisis In May 2015, the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal witnessed […] Read More
Is Chinese Meritocracy the New Black? Book Review: The China Model: Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy, Daniel Bell Cait Kelly02 July 2017AK Rockefeller/flickr In the beginning, there was Deng Since 1978, when Deng Xiaoping, China’s Vice Premier and military […] Read More
Urban Conflict Inflicts Suffering on a New Scale By Andrea Lunt 29 June 2017As the battle for Mosul nears its end this week, an estimated 50 million people continue to live in cities torn by conflict. Urban battles have […] Read More
Reading Room: Light and Shadow, Memoirs of a Spy’s Son By Tony Walker FAIIA 27 June 2017If we’d had a competition for the most admired voice in Australian broadcasting, certainly the most distinctive, chances are the late Mark Colvin […] Read More
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Youth Participation in the UN Human Rights Council By Dr Lesley Pruitt 19 June 2017Young people are often categorised as politically disengaged and apathetic. A program backed by Australia and the UN is seeking to shake this […] Read More
Britain Heading for Political Mayhem By Colin Chapman FAIIA 09 June 2017Prime minister Theresa May has lost her gamble in calling a general election. She was seeking to enhance her authority in upcoming Brexit […] Read More
Strategies for Middle Powers By Dr Christian Downie 09 June 2017Familiar great and rising powers have the most influence in shaping the international order. With careful strategy and by playing to their strengths, […] Read More
Just Bomb Your Way Out of Scandal By Trevor Alexander 03 June 2017Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton both tried to use national security issues to put a lid on political scandals. President Trump, facing ongoing […] Read More