Ukraine, Lawfare, and the ICC’s Arrest Warrant for Vladimir Putin By Professor Sascha-Dominik (Dov) Bachmann 23 March 2023Russian is well known for employing hybrid warfare tactics, including the use of lawfare to achieve its aims. Those same tactics are now being used by Ukraine in its pursuit of global sanctions against Putin. Read More
Washington's Awkward Line on ICC and Russian War Crimes By Dr Matt Killingsworth 22 March 2023The US response to the International Criminal Court (ICC or Court) prosecution of Russian war crimes reveals the contortions of long-held and selective reasoning on international legal obligations. Choosing to support longstanding policy may ultimately end in a win for Russian aggression. Read More
The Wagner Group in Darfur – Can Australia Do Anything? By Elhafiz Adam and Dr Helena Grunfeld 16 March 2023The brutality of the Wagner Group mercenaries fighting on behalf of Russia in Ukraine have thrown a spotlight on this private military company in western media. But in many African countries this mercenary group has been a household name for some time. Read More
Dr Matt Warren 14 March 2023Matt Warren is the Director of the RMIT University Centre for Cyber Security Research and Innovation and a Professor of Cyber Security at […] Read More
Not Another Treaty on Plastic Waste By Babet de Groot 10 March 2023A Global Plastics Treaty without a common understanding of the “plastics lifecycle” or “plastic pollution” is, at best, an aspirational instrument that fails to address the source of the problem. Agreement is sorely needed. Read More
First Stalled, Now at Full Sail: China's Rush Toward a South China Sea Code of Conduct By Minh Phuong Vu 08 March 2023The march toward a Code of Conduct for partners in the South China Sea has been a long one, fraught with interruption, deception, and acrimony. While China's renewed effort to conclude the negotiations is admirable, many are wary of its true intentions. Read More
Dr Kathryn Baragwanath 07 March 2023Kathryn Baragwanath is a Research Fellow at the Australian Catholic University, based in Melbourne. She received her PhD in Political Science from UCSD […] Read More
Ambika Vishwanath 05 March 2023Ambika Vishwanath is the Founding Director of Kubernein Initiative, a geopolitical advisory, Ambika is a geopolitical analyst and water security specialist with experience […] Read More
Peace, Primacy, and Washington’s Anti-China Politics By Dr Van Jackson 27 February 2023In Washington, the politics of the “China threat” have become indistinguishable from a grand strategy of primacy. While this introduces risks to regional […] Read More
Wandering Earth II: Can Hard Chinese Science Fiction be a Source of Soft Power? By Marina Zhang 24 February 2023A Chinese sci-fi movie has raised interesting and important questions about matters highly relevant to real-life dilemmas confronting the world. How can we achieve a balance between technology and humanity, between collaboration and competition, and is it possible to reach an international consensus about existential issues? Read More
Lula’s Geostrategic Framing in War Times By Dr Flavia Bellieni Zimmermann 24 February 2023With 8 January capital riots still fresh in minds, it is imperative for Brazil’s democratic future that Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from the Worker’s party conducts a successful administration. After a hiatus of over a decade, Lula will face many challenges the least not being its relations with the West. Read More