John McCarthy: From One Ambassador to Another 23 September 2015 AIIA National President John McCarthy offers advice to Joe Hockey on The Drum: “From one ambassador to another: Good luck if you go […] Read More
Seminar: Legislating Reform of the War Powers 22 September 2015 ANU Faculty of Law, Moot Court: 23 October 2015 9.00 – 4.30 Australia urgently needs to change the war powers that allow troops […] Read More
AIIB: a Test of Sino-US Relations Xunchao Zhang 21 September 2015 It was announced during a meeting of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in Singapore last weekend, that 20 more states will join the development […] Read More
Can the W20 Improve the G20? 17 September 2015 The W20, the G20’s gender engagement group, launched in Ankara on 6 September 2015. I was privileged to be in attendance; for most […] Read More
PNG Marks 40 Years of Independence, Still Feeling the Effects of Australian Colonialism 17 September 2015 September 16 marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the sovereign nation of Papua New Guinea. Celebrations […] Read More
Will a New Prime Minister Affect Australia Internationally? 16 September 2015 Expert Panel-Fellows of the AIIA Hilary Charlesworth FAIIA-Professor, ANU; Director of Centre for International Governance and Justice Jocelyn Chey AM FAIIA-Visiting Professor, University […] Read More
Security and Military Engagement in Uncertain Times 15 September 2015 There is no more serious decision than the one to deploy force. Military engagement can’t be devised or judged in isolation from its […] Read More
China and Japan: It’s Not about History 14 September 2015 The memory of war might not be the crux in contemporary Sino-Japanese relations. Considering China’s and Japan’s tense exchanges over wartime history, it […] Read More
Military Normalisation in Japan; A Foregone Conclusion? William Read 13 September 2015 Shinzo Abe recently pushed legislation through the Japanese Parliament (Diet) aimed at further implementing and expanding Japanese military capabilities in a move that […] Read More
Turkey's True Target 10 September 2015 Turkey has entered the air campaign in Syria, but there are real doubts about its true target: ISIS or the Kurds? Turkish intervention […] Read More
Australian Submarines: Why Japan? 10 September 2015 Australia’s submarine technology cooperation with Japan is a commitment to burden-sharing with the US in the Asia-Pacific. In anticipation of the Australia Royal […] Read More