China's Belt and Road Proposal 06 May 2016 Background: During a visit to Kazakhstan and Indonesia in October 2013, President Xi Jinping proposed two initiatives to promote greater air, land and […] Read More
Malaysia 21 April 2016 UNSW emeritus professor Clive Kessler last addressed AIIA NSW at Glover Cottages in May 2015, when he described ethno-supremacists pursuing an agenda to […] Read More
Conflict in the Caucasus 15 April 2016 Sandwiched between Armenia to the west, Azerbaijan to the east, Iran and Turkey to the south, Nagorno-Karabakh is a tiny slip of a […] Read More
Taiwan's First Female President 06 April 2016 Recent speculation has focused on how Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan’s first female president, will perform. Dr Parris Chang, president of Taiwan’s Institute for Political, Economic […] Read More
Australian Live Animal Exports 23 March 2016 The export of live animals is a highly lucrative trade for Australia. But it ignites hot debate, especially between growers and animal rights […] Read More
Chinese Soft Power - a Round-Table Report 21 March 2016 In February, the Chinese Consul General in Sydney, Li Huaxin, asked AIIA NSW to host a discussion for Guo Yezhou, Vice Minister of […] Read More
Visit by Iranian Foreign Minister 17 March 2016 Iranian Foreign Minister Dr Mohammad Javad Zarif came to Glover Cottages on Wednesday 16 March for discussions with selected Australian experts. He […] Read More
Domestic Violence and Women in China on the International Stage 09 March 2016 International Women’s Day, Professor Louise Edwards reminded us on 8 March at Glover Cottages, began in the United […] Read More
America, the angry 03 March 2016 At a crowded meeting at Glover Cottages on Tuesday 1 March, Tom Switzer added to the enthusiasm and humidity with a closely-argued address […] Read More
Domesticating the Paris Climate Agreement – where to now for Australia? 26 February 2016 On Tuesday 23 February, our guest at Glover Cottages was John Connor, CEO of The Climate Institute since […] Read More
Predicting Genocide 17 February 2016 As one of his advisers during his first presidential campaign, Barack Obama attracted Professor Samantha Power from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Power’s […] Read More