The AJIA is edited by Professor Nick Bisley, Head of Department, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at La Trobe University and publishes […]

Electronic elections are associated with improved accessibility, efficacy, and cost. The digitisation of elections in Australia induces new vulnerabilities that malign foreign entities can exploit to subvert the nation’s democratic sovereignty.

The international community’s treatment of Haiti for 200 years has contributed to the country’s extreme vulnerability to earthquakes and other stresses. We now have an opportunity to do better, and must seize it. 

This week in Australian foreign affairs: statements on Afghanistan, Pfizer arriving from Poland, Cheng Lei, and more.

Outer space has assumed an increasingly important position in the Japan-US alliance. Japan's engagement in regional community-building through a multilateral space forum challenges China's aspiration to lead regional cooperation in outer space.

What is unfolding in Xinjiang is the largest detention of an ethnic group since the Holocaust. Australia has a responsibility to increase pressure on Beijing to cease its large-scale human rights abuses of the Uyghur minority.

Crisis simulations prepare Australian decision-makers for a wide range of challenges and crises. The Australian Crisis Simulation Summit creates an opportunity for future national security leaders to strengthen Australia’s capacity to respond to security challenges.

Foreign affairs and diplomacy have historically been a male arena, and this still prevails today. In Indonesia, gender socialisation has played a part in the increasing number of female diplomats.

We want to make it easier for interested Australians to access key official statements about the direction of Australian international policy. Current Events in Australian Foreign Policy will identify and collate important speeches, Parliamentary statements, press releases, and media interviews given by ministers and opposition spokespeople on foreign, trade, defence, and development assistance policy.

This week in Australian foreign affairs: Pacific Islands Forum Special Leaders Retreat, Shadow Cabinet reshuffle, Payne on Myanmar, and more.

The International Court of Justice rendered a judgment last week that may have slipped under the radar at this heady time of year. This judgement has fascinating implications for the practice of international diplomacy.