Climate Change: The Paris Honeymoon Ends By Dr Luke Kemp 09 November 2016 The past week will shape climate action for the decade to come and whether the world will stay within the 2°C goal will […] Read More
A New Approach to Security in East Asia By Professor Kai He 08 November 2016 The security situation in East Asia is precarious. There is the possibility that a war over regional supremacy may take place between China […] Read More
Women in the Paris COP21 Climate Negotiations: An Interview with Ursula Rakova Sophie Pascoe 07 November 2016 Climate change is one of the most serious collective threats of our time, but the impacts of climate […] Read More
Testing the solid in solidarity: An examination of why the on-going refugee crisis is the most important challenge facing the EU Saskia Llewellyn 07 November 2016 In trying to identify the most important challenge facing the European Union (EU), it is imperative to take […] Read More
Give Indigenous Australian women and infants a chance at life: addressing the disparity in maternal-infant health outcomes Kaitlyn Krahe 07 November 2016 Introduction Urged by a national public awareness campaign in 2008, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) formally committed […] Read More
Communicating and Confronting ISIS: Variations in the Construction of Political Ideologies in Traditional and Non-Traditional Media Outlets Jessica Herne 07 November 2016 The media have long been considered a crucial actor in the construction and dissemination of political ideologies. Media […] Read More
Fighting over Fish in the South China Sea By Adam Bartley 07 November 2016 China’s fish problem is an underappreciated source of tension in the East and South China Seas. With little fish near its own coast, China […] Read More
Zimbabwe's Problems Need Local Solutions By Tinashe Jakwa 07 November 2016 Zimbabwe is restless as the government freezes salaries and makes further cuts to public spending on scarce social services. The worsening economic crisis has […] Read More
Shifting Sands in Saudi Arabia By Dr Anthony Billingsley 03 November 2016 In an awful demonstration of politically motivated hypocrisy, Saudi Arabia was elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council on 28 October. The election appears almost […] Read More
Is the Islamic State Finished? By Professor James L. Gelvin 02 November 2016 Most military analysts believe it’s only a matter of time before Mosul, Iraq’s third largest city, falls. The Islamic State captured it in June 2014 […] Read More
Vietnam - how things have changed 01 November 2016 From L to R: Phoebe Alexander, Ann Usher, Tom Sinkovits, Richard Broinowski , Keith Lethlean, Anthea Sinkovits, Tanya Terenty, Heather Johnston, Barry Cant […] Read More