How has the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) handling of the coronavirus outbreak affected its perception domestically? Will this have any long term consequences?

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Pemberton's collection of books offers many competent perspectives on the state of international relations in the post-WWI epoch, with certain and typographical errors undermining its cohesiveness.

On the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it is worth considering it in terms of the protection of human rights within Australia. Australia has failure to implement domestically the terms of the two founding Covenants, and the resulting piecemeal protections that exist for human rights. 

Australia’s stance at December’s Madrid climate conference was damaging and widely condemned. It needs to reconsider its approach before the Glasgow conference this year.

Alex McManis is a Councillor at the Australian Institute of International Affairs NSW Branch. He recently completed his Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in […]

Ten years after Lorenzo Zambernardi’s seminal paper entitled “Counterinsurgency's Impossible Trilemma,” what is the reality of this trilemma today? Is it possible to trace regional changes in the concept after Qasem Suleimani’s death? Are we on the eve of global strategic changes in the Western/Eastern way of warfare and confrontation?

What should the world - especially the West - expect from the rise of China? An important first step is to get used to hearing a distinctively Chinese voice on international issues.

At the end of 2019 the World Economic Forum (WEF) released its latest Global Gender Gap Report. Japan always ranks well on health and education, but the rankings for economic and political participation bring its overall ranking down. In the latest report, Japan has dropped from number 110 to number 121 of the 153 countries surveyed. Recent controversies on gender equity point to the necessary directions for reform.

Numerous journalists and academics alike have attempted to explain the nature of the current Sino-Russian partnership.  However, returning to an unlikely source - Fyodor Dostoevsky - may bring a fresh perspective to this debate, highlighting the role of identity in how China responds to Russia's inferiority complex.

What stance should the US take in its dealings with China in the South China Sea? Considerations such as China’s threat potential and ideological factors are important determinants.