Peace Steeped in Patriarchy: Bringing Women into Afghan Negotiations By Natasha Kosev 08 March 2020 The “Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan” is undoubtedly a milestone. However, it brings new uncertainties for women and risks setting the country on a backward trajectory. Read More
The Primacy of Domestic Politics and the Reproduction of Poverty and Insecurity By Sarah Phillips 07 March 2020 The foundational assumption that poverty and insecurity in the Global South are largely produced by local rather than relational dynamics is wrong. Unless it is overturned, poverty and insecurity will remain prevalent in Southern states. Read More
Tense and Tricky EU-UK Trade Negotiations Begin By Colin Chapman FAIIA 05 March 2020 It is unlikely that the Ides of March will worry Boris Johnson the way it haunted his hero Julius Caesar. The opening of tense and tricky free trade talks between Britain and the European Union on the third day of the month does have a ring of menace. Read More
Abe Departs from His Own Winning Formula in Battling COVID-19 By Dr Corey Wallace 05 March 2020 Prime Minister Abe Shinzo’s leadership longevity goes beyond the eponymous “Abenomics” economic program and his self-confident regional diplomacy. Built on a judiciously cultivated appearance of administrative competence and political stability, a key selling point has been an aptitude for crisis management. Read More
Book Review: Trumped: Emerging Powers in a Post-American World By Professor Ian Hall 02 March 2020 Trump’s “America First” policies have paved the way for regional powers to assert their own local agendas. Sreeram Chaulia examines how four of these regional powers are faring. Read More
Australia in the World: Episode 41 By Allan Gyngell AO FAIIA and Dr Darren Lim 02 March 2020 The Indo-Pacific, models of world politics, and Australian foreign policy. Read More
Iran's Crisis Election By Ian Parmeter 21 February 2020 The Iranian regime is ensuring that conservatives and hardliners win big in Friday’s parliamentary elections. That will be a pointer to next year’s presidential election. Read More
United States: The Politics of Climate Change By Dr Ruth Adler 21 February 2020 The coming months will determine whether the November United States presidential contest becomes a climate election. With Trump now acquitted following impeachment proceedings, the Democrats will have a harder road to go to convince voters on both sides of the political spectrum that addressing climate change is a key priority. Read More
The US Presidential Election Campaign Begins By Emeritus Professor Ramesh Thakur FAIIA 20 February 2020 With the presidential primary elections underway in the United States, the only thing that seems clear at this point is that the the eventual Democratic nominee will face an uphill battle to the presidency. Read More
Behind the “Unforgivable” Political Row in Eastern Germany: An Uncanny Relationship with the Far-Right By Ivana Damjanovic 17 February 2020 There is no straightforward narrative behind recent series of events in East Germany’s state of Thuringia, which have thrown German politics into disarray. Read More
Conceptualising Humanitarian Civil-Military Partnerships in the Asia-Pacific: (Re-)ordering Cooperation By Dr Alistair D.B. Cook and Sangeetha Yogendran 17 February 2020 Recent developments have influenced the relationship between civilian agencies, militaries and non-state actors in the Asia-Pacific to facilitate an improvement in humanitarian civil–military relations to protect and assist disaster-affected communities. Read More