The Suez Dispute and the Death of Empire By Professor Peter Boyce AO 01 November 2016 This week marks the 60th anniversary of the most acute phase of the Suez Crisis. Diplomatic historians of mid-20th century conflicts seem agreed […] Read More
Is Hong Kong Finished? By Colin Chapman FAIIA 19 October 2016 Can China be trusted to keep its written promises on Hong Kong? More precisely, can President Xi Jinping, chairman of the Communist Party […] Read More
Lebanon: On Remembering and Forgetting By Dr Vanessa Newby 18 October 2016 Lebanon has a great deal to be concerned about: the absence of a president, the most concentrated refugee influx per capita in the […] Read More
Reading Room: Queer Wars By Josh Pallas 18 October 2016 Dennis Altman’s and Jonathan Symons’ work Queer Wars is a timely and accessible intervention on the global state of play for queer rights. Queer politics is […] Read More
Oz Strategist: Des Ball AO FAIIA (1947-2016) By Graeme Dobell FAIIA 17 October 2016 Des Ball was an unorthodox academic strategist who will have a lasting impact on Australian foreign policy. He played a part in all […] Read More
A War of Extermination in Syria By Associate Professor Nicolas Tenzer 13 October 2016 As the aerial bombardment of Aleppo resumes, one thing is clear: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s military campaign in Syria, waged with the support of Russia, […] Read More
Reading Room: The Chungking Legation By Mike Fogarty 10 October 2016 Australia’s diplomatic engagement with China didn’t start with Gough Whitlam. It is worth remembering those early diplomats who served faithfully in Chungking during […] Read More
IAEA: The UN's Nuclear Watchdog In Need of Care By John Tilemann 26 September 2016 The 168 member states of the International Atomic Energy Agency meet this week in Vienna for their 60th annual General Conference. Since the […] Read More
Thailand: revolting peasants and oily oligarchs 23 September 2016 On Tuesday 20 September former Australian ambassador to Thailand, Cavan Hogue, gave his assessment of the current situation in Thailand to around 50 […] Read More
Unrequited Love – Scotland and the European Union 22 September 2016 What started out as political and economic Armageddon has now drifted into a “phoney war” stage. British Prime Minister Theresa May resolutely insisted […] Read More
AIIA-ACRI-Chinese Association for International Understanding Roundtable 2016 20 September 2016 The Australian Institute of International Affairs and the Australia-China Relations Institute jointly held a roundtable discussion with a […] Read More