The Incubus of Intervention: Conflicting Indonesia Strategies of John F. Kennedy and Allen Dulles

Reviewed by David Costello — Reading room

13 January 2016

This engrossing narrative begins with three Dutchmen atop a mountain of gold in Netherlands New Guinea in 1936 […]

China’s Intentions for the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Wide view of Central Hong Kong from Kowloon's Avenue of Stars at dusk. Photo Source: Ed Coyle (Flickr). Creative Commons.

12 January 2016

The China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will hold its inaugural meeting of its Board of Governors on […]

Modi Fails to Live Up to High Hopes

Associate Professor Arun Swamy — Analysis

The Prime Minister of India visits UK Parliament. Photo Source: UK Parliament (Flickr). Creative Commons.

12 January 2016

In his first calendar year as Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi focused on economics. Through high profile trips abroad and ambitious proposals […]

The Humanitarian Imperative to Assist Migrants

Zayne D’Crus, Kim Batchelor & Vicki Mau

Red Cross is there for people who are most vulnerable, Regardless of who they are or where they come from. This underpins our response to migration. Photo: IFRC/Charlotte Hyest.

11 January 2016

In light of the 32nd International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent from 8-10 December 2015, the Australian Government and Australian […]

Sex Attacks Row Forces Merkel to Defend Her Policies from Racism

Associate Professor James Hodkinson — Analysis

EPP Summit, Brussels, July 2015. Photo Source: European People's Party (Flickr). Creative Commons.

10 January 2016

It was New Year’s Eve 2015 in Cologne. Large groups of men roamed the streets and systematically robbed, […]

Civil Society Prospects for Post-military Rule in the Asia-Pacific

Dr Stephen McCarthy — Analysis

Burmese soldiers look out over a temple. Photo Credit: McLac2000 (Pixabay). Public Domain.

08 January 2016

As observed in cases such as Fiji and Burma, the nature of civil society is transformed by a […]

Searching for Colombia’s Missing: an Ongoing Struggle

Kate Stevens

Elsa, an indigenous woman from the Chocó department, holds a photo of her reunion with her son. The ICRC helped them re-establish contact with each other after ten years without news. Colombia. ICRC/Juan Arredondo

07 January 2016

More than five decades of conflict in Colombia has had devastating effects on the civilian population and left tens of thousands of people […]

Recovering a Non-violent Identity for an Islamist Pesantren

Saipul Hamdi, Paul Carnegie & Bianca Smith

Indonesian Islamic women praying. Photo Source: Tanti Ruwani (Flickr). Creative Commons.

07 January 2016

Hidayatullah is one of Indonesia’s largest local Islamist pesantren (Islamic boarding school) networks. More than a decade has passed since the pesantren network came into the cross […]