With a political climate easily disposed to pragmatic solutions to global trade, Australia is a leading nation on free trade agreements (FTAs). A more holistic strategy, however, is required to avoid the detriments of geopolitics and build resilient trade agreements with the European Union (EU) and further diversify supply chains. 

Professor Nitasha Kaul is a multidisciplinary academic, novelist, media commentator, and public intellectual. She is a Professor of Politics, International Relations, and Critical […]

As the international community celebrates International Women’s Day, it is a pivotal moment to reflect upon the future of women’s parity in political representation in Brazil. With the far-right movement expanding the question of gender biases strengthening in Brazilian society are real. 

The Hon. Warwick Smith AO Speech to AIIA Annual Lecture – Government House Tasmania Monday, 21st November 2022 […]

2021 saw nations commit to some of the most ambitious climate targets to date. But as the energy crisis hits petrol stations and small businesses, world leaders have quietly backtracked from these pledges.

Samoa has elected its first woman prime minister. Now an ongoing constitutional crisis, ironically centred around competing interpretations of Samoa’s parliamentary gender quota provisions, is preventing her from taking power.

On Tuesday 26 October 2021, the Australian Institute of International Affairs NSW welcomed Susan Park, Professor of Global […]

Olivia Tasevski is an International Relations Tutor at the University of Melbourne. She specialises in American foreign relations and American politics and history.  

There is ample evidence global leaders at every level have failed to improve living conditions or to protect the planet. Few politicians care to face up to reality until it stares them in the face.

Anastasiya Byesyedina is a PhD candidate at The University of Sydney in the Department of Government and International Relations. Her study focuses on […]

Natasha Kassam joins the podcast this week to discuss the nature of China’s intentions for the global order and the consequences of its actions.