China may be the world’s new economic and geopolitical centre of gravity, however the notion that other countries such as Japan and India […]

His successor will inherit a nation in better shape than you might think—and a government with little power to keep it that way.

The five-month long platinum minersʼ strike, the longest and costliest in South African history, has ended. A new strike, however, that began on […]

The Australian Government’s announcement of a new aid policy has received a broadly positive response from aid groups. The Minister for Foreign Affairs announced a new aid […]

As an expert on Korea the AIIA welcomed Dr Leonid Petrov to share his insights into the security […]

Despite the early June military successes by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the group will neither pose a fatal […]

Expert Panel-Fellows of the AIIA Hilary Charlesworth FAIIA-Professor, ANU; Director of Centre for International Governance and Justice Jocelyn Chey AM FAIIA-Visiting Professor, University […]

Myanmar still requires extensive reform before investors will jump in with both feet, but noticeable progress is underway.

Summary Vietnam is struggling with how to respond to maritime expansion by China and the resulting tensions in the South China Sea. Some […]

Mounting tensions between Vietnam and China show that the South China Sea continues to be a security hotspot following China’s renewed assertiveness in the region. […]

Fellows of the AIIA – 2014 17 June 2014 Australia’s Leaders in International Affairs The Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) has been […]