Let's Get a Syria Policy By Dr Bruce Mabley 10 August 2016 With the humanitarian crisis intensifying in Aleppo and continuing instability across Syria, it is time to fill the Western policy vacuum and stop […] Read More
Cautious Response to Chinese Energy Investment By Colin Chapman FAIIA 10 August 2016 This week, Treasurer Scott Morrison halted the sale of NSW electricity provider Ausgrid to the Chinese and Hong Kong bidders on national security grounds. This follows […] Read More
Hidden Power: Organised Crime in International Politics By Dr James Cockayne 10 August 2016 All too often criminal mafias determine political outcomes by influencing elections, changing constitutions, fomenting terrorism, waging war and even negotiating peace deals when […] 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
Gravitational Waves: A Model of Global Collaboration By Professor David Blair 08 August 2016 The world’s first gravitational wave signal, announced on 12 February 2016, put science at the forefront of global affairs for a brief period […] Read More
UN Security Council Needs More Elected Members By Emeritus Professor Ramesh Thakur FAIIA and Professor John Langmore 04 August 2016 Following the Australian government’s decision not to nominate former prime minister Kevin Rudd for the role of United Nations secretary-general, attention is focussing […] Read More
Should Australia have nominated Kevin Rudd for UN Secretary-General? AIIA Fellows responding to the burning question of the week 04 August 2016 Expert Panel-Fellows of the AIIA Hilary Charlesworth FAIIA-Professor, ANU; Director of Centre for International Governance and Justice Jocelyn […] Read More
The Contradictions of International Tax By Professor Miranda Stewart 04 August 2016 Prompted by increased political populism globally and heinous financial revelations such as those in the Panama Papers, there is increasing pressure in Australia […] Read More
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
NATO and Cyber Defence By Vibhore Singh 01 August 2016 The NATO Summit held on 8-9 July in Warsaw attracted more than its share of attention from media worldwide as a result of […] Read More