Rough Ride Ahead? Leading Timor-Leste’s Coalition Government By Dr Sue Ingram 28 June 2018 More than a month after the May elections, Taur Matan Ruak has been sworn in as Prime Minister of Timor-Leste. But how much policy room will he have? Read More
No Sign of the NATO of the East By Dr Kirill Nourzhanov 28 June 2018 The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation met earlier this month in Qingdao. Despite its development potential, there is not much evidence that it will evolve to become an anti-Western centre of power. Read More
What Australia Can Learn From South Korea By Associate Professor David Hundt 27 June 2018 Australia and South Korea are Asia-Pacific middle powers with much in common. South Korea’s activist diplomacy offers Australia an instructive point of comparison as it navigates the uncertainties of the Trump era. Read More
Henry Storey 26 June 2018 Henry Storey is completing a Masters of International Relations at the University of Melbourne. Henry is a Middle East North Africa Analyst at […] Read More
Australians' Misperceptions of Foreign Aid Spending By Jonathan Pryke 26 June 2018 The 2018 Lowy Poll shows that Australians have a highly inflated perception of the size of the aid program but would like Australia to be more generous than it is. The results reveal how fraught polling of public perceptions on aid can be. Read More
The Dire State of the Palestinian Movement By Henry Storey 24 June 2018 Despite Trump’s decision to relocate the US embassy and his unfavourable peace plan, Palestinian factions and the Arab world have failed to respond with a unified, meaningful strategy. What explains this? Read More
The Politics of Aviation By Will McEniry 24 June 2018 While we might like to think that aviation soars above it all, recent examples show how aviation can be politicised. Aviation has been transformed into a new form of soft power. Read More
North Korea, nuclear weapons and the threat to the Indo-Pacific 23 June 2018 On 19 June 2018 the Institute hosted the launch of Dr Michael Cohen’s book When Proliferation Causes Peace: […] Read More
The International Context of Trump's Space Force By Professor Melissa de Zwart 23 June 2018 Last week Donald Trump announced the establishment of a “Space Force” as a separate force of the US military. It’s not yet clear where this move sits in light of the Outer Space Treaty. Read More
Associate Professor Brendan Taylor 20 June 2018 Brendan Taylor is Associate Professor of Strategic Studies at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University. He was the recent recipient […] Read More
The Kim–Trump Summit: Implications For Australia By Associate Professor Brendan Taylor 20 June 2018 Following the historic events of last week, the situation on the Korean Peninsula could go one of three ways, each with significant implications for Australia. Read More