Explosive Toll of Remnants of War By Natalya Wells 16 August 2016 Anti-personnel landmines and other explosive remnants of war continue to endanger civilian populations around the world long after the conflicts have moved on. […] Read More
Reading Room: Russia's Far East By Chris Farnham 15 August 2016 When most of us think of Russia we think of Moscow, St Petersburg, Crimea and the like; few think of Russia’s Far East […] Read More
Peace, Sex and Violence in Mindanao By Dr Maria Tanyag 15 August 2016 Strong women’s participation in the Mindanao peace process in the Philippines has been hailed as an international success story. However, lasting peace requires […] Read More
How Peaceful is China's Peaceful Rise? By Stjepan Bosnjak 15 August 2016 China’s rhetoric about a peaceful rise is being exposed as hollow as it seeks to use its growing power to challenge the status […] Read More
Who is WikiLeaks Working For? By Luke Heemsbergen 10 August 2016 There was global media coverage when WikiLeaks recently published the Democratic National Conference email archive and the so-called Erdoğan emails belonging to Turkey’s […] Read More
Japan at a Crossroads as Emperor Looks to Step Down By Dr Taku Tamaki 10 August 2016 Japanese Emperor Akihito this week expressed his desire to abdicate in a nationally televised address. The move presents a challenge to the Japanese […] Read More
Future of Europe: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 09 August 2016 Even with Brexit, the European Union will remain a market of more than 450 million people and a prominent promoter of Western values […] Read More
Rio Olympics: Non-Western Nations and Globalisation By Dr Amit Gupta 05 August 2016 The Olympics bring out the best as well as the most cautionary features of globalisation. With a number of non-Western countries now hosting […] Read More
Women in Extremist Jihad By Professor Samina Yasmeen AM FAIIA 04 August 2016 What prompts a young, educated woman brought up in the West to run away to join a fundamentalist society where the role of […] Read More
Hidden Power: The strategic logic of organised crime 02 August 2016 Dr James Cockayne discusses his research on the strategic logic of organised crime and its role in the age of globalisation. Dr Cockayne […] Read More Play
China and Hong Kong: What Should Australia Do? By Simon Henderson 02 August 2016 Recent developments in Hong Kong are a threat to its unique status and to Australia’s interests, but the Australia-Hong Kong dynamic is overshadowed […] Read More