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
Sustainable Futures for Small Island States By Carlisle Richardson 17 October 2016 Small island developing states—from St Kitts and Nevis to Samoa—face a unique set of challenges to their sustainable development including extremely limited resources, […] Read More
Thailand's King-To-Be Faces Challenges By Dr Gavan Butler 16 October 2016 Thailand is grieving following the death of the country’s king, Bhumibol Adulyadej, on Thursday. Instead of immediately assuming the throne, Crown Prince Maha […] 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
Yemen's Agony: Is the World Starting to Respond? By Dr Anthony Billingsley 13 October 2016 The ferocious war in Yemen was brought into sharp focus this week after a Saudi airstrike killed 140 people attending a funeral. Saudi […] Read More
Is Santos' Nobel Peace Prize Premature? By Professor Diane Bretherton 12 October 2016 The Nobel Peace Prize Committee announced this week that the winner for 2016 is Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos. Santos has been recognised […] Read More
Backdoor for Investor-State Disputes in TiSA By Dr Giovanni Di Lieto 12 October 2016 Wikileaks’ release of the latest round of negotiations for the Trade in Services Agreement reveals that it is unlikely to have an investor-state […] Read More
Dr Giovanni Di Lieto 11 October 2016 Dr Giovanni Di Lieto lectures international trade law in the International Business program at Monash University in Melbourne. His early professional career developed […] 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
A Hard Brexit for the UK By Colin Chapman FAIIA 06 October 2016 For three months, while the sun has mostly and unusually shone in what passes for summer in the United Kingdom, the British have […] Read More