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VIC
25
Jan

How Wars End

Virtual Conference, hosted by Professor Damien Kingsbury & Richard Iron CMG OBE. AIIA Victoria announces a virtual conference which addresses perhaps the most […]
VIC
27
Jan

The Biden Administration and Democracy Promotion: Challenges Abroad and at Home

Professor Bruce W. Jentleson, Duke University. President Joe Biden has pledged to put “democracy back on the global […]
VIC
24
Mar

14th Sir Zelman Cowen Oration & Dinner

Capacity restirctions have been lifted, and bookings have now re-opened! AIIA Victoria warmly invites you to a convivial evening at the Australian Club. […]

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Australian Outlook

Parliament House At Dusk, Canberra ACT Source: Thennicke https://bit.ly/2ZsyTT3

21 January: The Week in Australian Foreign Affairs

By Isabella Keith
21 January 2022

This week in Australian foreign affairs: support for Tonga, AUKMIN 2022, Novak Djokovic, changes to visas, and more.
Eight-year-old Yasin plays in rubble. Source: Mike KHALAF/ICRC

Forgotten Conflicts 2022: Four Years On, the Effects of Conflict Reverberate in Iraq

By Muyassar Mansour
21 January 2022

Four years after the violence ended, the once flourishing city of Mosul still bears the scars of fighting. As in many other conflict-affected areas across Iraq, Mosul still faces multiple challenges. 
View of the plume from an underwater volcanic eruption near Tonga in the South Pacific on 15 January 2022 from the Japanese Himawari 8 weather satellite. Source: Stuart Rankin https://bit.ly/3KCC3ui

Volcano Cuts Communication With Island Kingdom

By Dr Amanda H A Watson and Dr Gemma Melvena Malungahu
21 January 2022

A devastating volcanic eruption in the Pacific Ocean has left family members unable to communicate for days. In Tonga, the population of more than 100,000 people remains without internet access.

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