Women are promoting, mobilising, and leading social movements around the globe.  In Iraq, women directly confront deeply-rooted traditional and religious gender norms despite very real threats of violence.

International pandemics can highlight the pitfalls of international politics. Alternately, they can present new avenues for cooperation. At the last AIIA National Conference: […]

Most people have been lulled into a false sense of security about nuclear weapons, believing that with the end of the Cold War, the dangers of nuclear annihilation are behind us. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Trying to overcome the current global crisis, countries are studying all the possible courses of actions to mitigate or arrest the Coronavirus. As this pandemic progresses, it calls into question traditional conceptions of security.

The collapse of Israel’s main opposition party means Benjamin Netanyahu will remain Prime Minister for at least the next 18 months. A combination of deft political manoeuvring and the current pandemic paved Bibi’s way.

Pacific populations have been at the forefront of natural disasters and the climate crisis for a long time. Crises are particularly detrimental to women and those of gender diversities.

It seems harder, every year, to predict with any certainty how Australia’s external environment will change. It is necessary to consider how regional trends are impacting Australia’s development partners as it works to implement meaningful development policies.

A pandemic is the kind of crisis that is at once typically national, yet also poses a challenge at the EU level.  The institutional nature of the EU leaves it better equipped to handle the financial challenges of the pandemic than the public health challenges.

Video interviews with speakers at the 2nd AIIA Indo-Pacific Research Forum, held in Tokyo in February 2020.

Politics in Kenya is dominated by rapacious elites consumed with looting state resources and using violence to avoid any possible accountability. Elections serve as key points of entry and consolidation in this system, and are manifestations of corruption, fraud, and repression.