Speech by Senator Lisa Singh to the AIIA National Conference, 16 October 2017 16 October 2017 Australia at the UN: Australia's Contribution to an International Rules-Based Order. Read More
North Korea: Kim Yo Jong Joins the Family Firm By Professor James Cotton FAIIA 11 October 2017 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has appointed his sister Kim Yo Jong to a position of power, further solidifying the family dynasty and signalling that he is here to stay. Read More
Australia and the UN Human Rights Council: Principles or Opportunism? By Sofia Patel 03 October 2017 With Australia in prime position to be elected to a seat on the UN Human Rights Council, it can no longer champion human rights internationally while failing to address its domestic policy failings. Read More
North Korea, Iran and the IAEA By John Tilemann 28 September 2017 Despite the wars of words over Iran and North Korea, the US and the world needs the UN’s nuclear watchdog to do what it has been doing now for 60 years. Read More
Space: Australia's Final Frontier? By Thom Dixon 19 September 2017 Until now, space has been a step too far for the Australian government, but next week's gathering of international space leaders in Adelaide could be a turning point. Read More
The AIIB and China's Soft Balancing Against the US Pivot to Asia By Dr Lai-Ha Chan 19 September 2017 China’s new multilateral bank, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, was established to counter the US pivot to Asia. Its success remains to be seen. Read More
Turnbull Takes Part in Reinvigorated Pacific Islands Forum By James Batley PSM 05 September 2017 Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is set to attend the Pacific Islands Forum, but with climate change and security on the agenda, will he get a warm welcome? Read More
Hidden Vulnerability of Erdogan's Divided Turkey By Hamish Whittle 09 August 2017 With the largest trial of suspected coup plotters now underway, Turkish President Erdoğan's post-coup crackdown has given him an apparently firm grip on power. But is he more vulnerable than he appears? Read More
ASEAN Turns Fifty: Reflections on the Origins of Southeast Asian Regionalism By Dr Sue Thompson 07 August 2017 On August 8, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations reaches its half-century. Fifty years ago, the inauguration of ASEAN ushered in the beginning of regionalism in Southeast Asia. Read More
Five Eyes and the Perils of an Asymmetric Alliance By Professor Andrew O’Neil 27 July 2017 Five Eyes is the oldest and most prominent intelligence alliance in the world. But does Australia’s membership in the alliance expose it to undue influence by US interests? Read More
Australian Journal of International Affairs 13 July 2017 The Australian Journal of International Affairs is the country’s leading scholarly journal in the field of international relations and foreign policy. Edited by […] Read More