Gazing at the Stars: Australia's Strategic Space Prospects 26 December 2017 Australia is commonly characterised by commentators as a middle power – a state with hard power characteristics below that of a super power […] Read More
The Ugly Truth About Fake News: Fragility of Liberal Democracies in the Internet Age 26 December 2017 INTRODUCTION Recent seismic political events driven by a range of populist forces have made “fake news” an increasingly […] Read More
Best of 2017: Foreign Policy in an Uncertain World By The Hon Julie Bishop MP 24 December 2017 In October, Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop MP told the 2017 AIIA National Conference that the Australian government was engineering its foreign […] Read More
Best of 2017: FutureAsia and Australia's Engagement with China By Senator the Hon Penny Wong 24 December 2017 Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong told the 2017 AIIA National Conference in October that Australia needed to shift its foreign policy focus to engage with the changing world order. Read More
Reading Room: The Despot’s Guide to Wealth Management By Dr Allan Patience 24 December 2017 The tongue-in-cheek title of this book by a highly regarded anti-corruption expert belies its excellence. It is a major and important exercise in scrupulously-researched, brilliantly-documented and eloquently-expressed scholarship. Read More
ASEAN Navies Set Sail in 2017 By Sarosh Bana 24 December 2017 In 2017's changing maritime security environment, the 50th anniversary of ASEAN saw the group hold its first multilateral naval exercise. So what is the naval potential of its diverse membership? Read More
Trump's Dangerous Security Oversight By Associate Professor Matt McDonald 20 December 2017 The US National Security Strategy released by the Trump administration this week comprehensively outlines the country's approach to security threats in the 21st century. But there is one glaring omission. Read More
A Fragile Spring? Lebanon Here and Now By Dr Vanessa Newby 18 December 2017 Despite the pressures from Syrian refugees and a briefly missing prime minister, Lebanon has gone from strength to strength in 2017. But will it continue in the coming year? Read More
Political Nous Checks Military Might in Indonesia By Robert Lowry 18 December 2017 The sacking of the Indonesian armed forces chief earlier this month signalled the displeasure of Indonesia's popular President Joko Widodo. What will be next? Read More
Taming Foreign Influence in Australia By Stjepan Bosnjak 17 December 2017 Australia's historic relative isolation has failed to protect it from the ambitions of foreign influencers. After the most recent scandal involving alleged clandestine interference, what lessons can Australia learn from its past? Read More
Territorial Asylum: In the Spirit of International Solidarity By Professor Klaus Neumann 14 December 2017 Today marks the 50th anniversary of the UN Declaration on Territorial Asylum. While the declaration never became a treaty or convention, its possibilities are still worth pursuing. Read More