The 2019 UK General Elections: A Pre-Election Overview By Colin Chapman FAIIA 12 December 2019 In the lead-up to the UK general elections, polls predict a Tory victory. However, with 50 seats that could go either way, the outcome is anyone’s guess. Read More
Mexico: “Cooperation, Yes. Intervention, No.” By Dr Ruth Adler 12 December 2019 Mexico’s struggle with its drug cartels is a highly complex issue. While Mexico is willing to cooperate with the US in tackling this issue, it has rejected a recent Trump proposal to designate the Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organisations on the grounds that it posed a threat to Mexican sovereignty and was interventionist. Read More
What China’s Involvement in Myanmar says about Asia’s Changing Regional Order By Leif-Eric Easley and Sea Young Kim 12 December 2019 Beijing's capability, willingness, and different concepts for peace-building are recentring the institutional architecture of Asia. Read More
Justin Trudeau: The Little Potato By Dr Bruce Mabley 11 December 2019 At the December NATO summit in London, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was caught mocking the most powerful leader in the world. Despite this, and calling the Canadian PM two-faced, American President Donald Trump appeared to bear no malice toward him, calling him a “nice guy” after all. Read More
Upgrade The Australia-China FTA And Share The Prosperity of The Chinese FinTech Industry By Jeanne Huang 11 December 2019 With China’s booming financial technology industry looking to continue expanding, Australia should revise and “upgrade” its free trade agreement with China so that Australia can have a share in its prosperity. Read More
Electoral Reform Promises to Change Malaysian Politics By Professor Benjamin Reilly 10 December 2019 The victory of the Pakatan Harapan coalition in last year’s Malaysian general elections — the country’s first-ever change of government via an electoral process — raised widespread expectations for long-suppressed reform. Read More
The Hidden Goldmine Behind Sustainable Development By Jasmine Brinsmead 09 December 2019 Since its conception, the Sustainable Development (SD) concept has been embraced by civil society as an opportunity to salvage the earth without hindering economic prosperity. However, the ideal "sustainable" global economy cannot be completely understood unless it is placed in the context of unequal power relations within the global financial system. Read More
Rhetoric Versus Reality in The Rise of Policing in UN Peace Operations: "More Blue, Less Green"? By Dr Charles Hunt 08 December 2019 The role of Police in United Nations (UN) peace operations has shifted such that the organisation is now more deeply involved in missions, evolving from “watchers” to “coaches” in undertaking reform and building up national law enforcement agencies and at times providing interim operational support. Read More
The Hidden Goldmine Behind Sustainable Development Jasmine Brinsmead 07 December 2019 Since its conception, the Sustainable Development (SD) concept has been embraced by civil society as an opportunity to salvage the earth without hindering […] Read More
Transactionalism in International Relations: Turkey’s Relations With The European Union By Ihsan Yilmaz and Galib Bashirov 05 December 2019 Despite accession to the EU being one of Turkey's long-term goals, its strategic gaze has recently shifted from Europe to the Middle East. Read More
Russia Seeks to Fortify Itself in the Middle East in The Absence of the US By Amin Bagheri 05 December 2019 The power vacuum left by the US in the Middle East has allowed Russia to gain a foothold in the region – and it is making the most of this opportunity. Read More