Professor Jocelyn Chey FAIIA 04 July 2018 Professor Jocelyn Chey was the founding director of the Australia China Institute for Arts and Culture at Western Sydney University, and visiting professor at […] Read More
Reading Room: Asian Century... on a Knife-edge By Professor Aurelia George Mulgan 04 July 2018 Asia is commonly depicted as the most rapidly growing and economically dynamic region in the world. John West's book offers a useful corrective to the Asian Century hypothesis and a strong challenge to the notion that the 21st century will inevitably belong to Asia. Read More
Sea Shepherd: The Front Line of Marine Conservation By Jeff Hansen 03 July 2018 Up to 40% of seafood worldwide is sourced illegally. Coordination between conservation societies, governments and industry is needed to prevent overfishing and fight climate change. Read More
AIIA in the News 02 July 2018 The Australian Institute of International Affairs has recently been featured across a number of media outlets. AIIA National President Allan Gyngell was featured […] Read More
Mad, Bad and Dangerous? Australia in Chinese Eyes By Professor Jocelyn Chey FAIIA 02 July 2018 Chinese people once regarded Australia as a friendly, safe, stable country with a beautiful natural environment and reliable system of law and government. Now, Australia-China relations have surely never been more critical. Read More
Korea - Peace and Denuclearisation 30 June 2018 On Tuesday 26 June 2018, the Institute welcomed NSW Supreme Court judge and author Michael Pembroke, who spoke on the topic of his […] Read More
Thinking About Australia's Power and Influence By Dr Darren Lim and Victor Ferguson 30 June 2018 In the long run, if Australia is to exercise power effectively in foreign policy domains, Canberra must concentrate on pathways where it has a comparative advantage. Read More
Learning From the Green Commodities Program By Professor Michael Mintrom and Madeline Thomas 30 June 2018 Achieving sustainable living across the world will require enormous ongoing effort. The UNDP Green Commodities Program is an exemplary case of successful collaboration between stakeholders to pursue the Sustainable Development Goals. Read More
The Emerging Threat of Cyberterrorism By Kendall Galbraith 29 June 2018 Last month the Australian government drafted legislation that would require technology companies to cooperate with security agencies in the fight against terrorism. To what extent should we expect technological advancement to alter the nature of terrorism in the future? Read More
Why is Australia So Keen on Free Trade Agreements? By Michael Dean 29 June 2018 Australia currently has ten Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with 16 countries and more FTAs will enter into force in the future. Free trade agreements offer Australia similar in-principle opportunities and benefits as multilateral and other types of legally binding liberalisation. Read More
Peaceful Coexistence: China's Path By Ambassador Qi Zhenhong 28 June 2018 In an eventful month with the Kim-Trump Summit, what are China's long-term security goals in the region? What are the threats to the US-China trade relationship? And what role can public diplomacy play in times of tension? Read More