Nuclear Weapons Could and Should Disappear By Dr Phoebe Wynn-Pope 23 August 2016 Last week delegations from around the world met in Geneva to discuss the elimination of nuclear weapons once and for all. A majority of states […] Read More
Reflections on the Rio Olympics By Flavia Bellieni Zimmermann 22 August 2016 The Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games are finished and now the time to reflect upon the city’s performance. As well as great athletic achievements and controversy over the use […] Read More
Graeme Dobell FAIIA 21 August 2016 Graeme Dobell, a journalist since 1971, has spent his career reporting on Australian and international politics, foreign affairs and defence, and the Asia […] Read More
World Humanitarian Day: Some Things to Consider By Matthew Kronborg 19 August 2016 As we celebrate World Humanitarian Day on 19 August let us reflect that while international respect for humanitarian principles have regressed in recent years, […] Read More
Jennifer Westacott AO 19 August 2016 Jennifer Westacott has been Chief Executive of the Business Council of Australia since 2011, bringing extensive policy experience in both the public and […] Read More
UN Secretary-General: The Race So Far By Emeritus Professor Ramesh Thakur FAIIA 17 August 2016 One of the certainties over who will be the next United Nations secretary-general is that it will not be Kevin Rudd. Despite the perception […] Read More
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
A Trump Victory and the US-Australia Alliance By The Hon Kim Beazley AC FAIIA 10 August 2016 Presidential candidate Donald Trump has trashed the alliance system and the liberal international rules-based order that has underpinned trade and broader global relationships since 1945. […] Read More