Australia in the World: Episode 51 By Allan Gyngell AO FAIIA and Dr Darren Lim 12 July 2020 Lowy Poll 2020; India-China; DFAT’s travel advice for China; Allan’s brush with tabloid fame. Read More
Citizens’ Assemblies – A French Approach to Climate Change Policy Wendy Hu 11 July 2020 On 17 April, 150 delegates met online for the penultimate session of a climate convention which began late […] Read More
Into the Dragon’s Mouth: The Dangers of Defence-led Foreign Policy By Richard Moore 10 July 2020 The Australian prime minister's 2020 Defence Strategic Update has many strengths, but it does not address the critical factors of diplomacy and development. Australia's unbalanced strategic posture risks becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy. Read More
Book Review: Hidden Hand By John West 10 July 2020 The Chinese Communist Party's global influence operations are covert but pervasive, and are undermining Western democratic institutions. "Hidden Hand" is very welcome in raising our awareness of this, and the stakes involved. Read More
Clarifying the Scope of ICC Authority in the Palestine Situation By Rhys Carvosso 08 July 2020 The ICC Prosecutor’s decision to investigate war crimes in Palestine has been met with various criticisms, some of which hinge on distortions or mischaracterisations of the Court’s functions. These merit correction for the benefit of public debate on this matter. Read More
Rhys Carvosso 07 July 2020 Rhys Carvosso is an LLM Candidate at the University of Cambridge, and a former intern at AIIA NSW. Read More
Is the Present Crop of Rhodes Scholars the Last? By Colin Chapman FAIIA 03 July 2020 Black Lives Matter campaigns across the UK have brought the legacy of the Rhodes Trust into the limelight. With racism, colonialism, and the vestiges of historic figures at the forefront of global conversation, the future of the scholarship may be in jeopardy. Read More
India-China Standoff Ends India’s Hopes for Asian Unity By Dr Ashok Sharma 02 July 2020 China claims territory over the Galwan Valley, which India has rebuffed as a unilateral attempt to change the status quo. Diplomatic and military efforts to defuse the standoff have not achieved any substantial results, and now the two nuclear-armed Asian giants are at risk of war. Read More
Fragile Geopolitics in the Himalayas By Dr Anne-Marie Schleich 01 July 2020 China and India remain deeply distrustful of each other’s strategic regional and geopolitical intentions. It remains to be seen whether they will continue to cooperate as pragmatic political and economic partners. Read More
Split Opinions on Europe's COVID-19 Recovery Plan By Colin Chapman FAIIA 25 June 2020 Europe’s €750 billion (A$1.23 trillion) European Recovery Plan is in deep trouble. Member states have yet to find agreement on how the funds are distributed and on what criteria distribution should be based. Read More
West Africa – A Novel Approach to Regionalism Thomas Shortridge 20 June 2020 The decades-long transition from the European Coal and Steel Community into the modern European Union established a model that regional integration projects will […] Read More