2018 AIIA National Conference 19 June 2018 This year’s AIIA National Conference took place on Monday 15 October at Hotel Realm, Canberra. We already have some highlights from this year’s conference […] Read More
Athlete Migrations and the Sport Industries in the Neoliberal Age 17 June 2018 On Tuesday 12 June Niko Besnier, Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam and Research Professor […] Read More
The Kim–Trump Summit: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly By Emeritus Professor Ramesh Thakur FAIIA 15 June 2018 There were good reasons why previous US administrations had refused multiple requests from North Korean leaders to meet. The results of the Kim–Trump summit so far can be divided into the good, the bad and the ugly. Read More
Saudi Arabia: Economic Modernisation and Authoritarian Maintenance By Dr Ben Rich 15 June 2018 Saudi women will for the first time be allowed to drive this week on 24 June. However, arrests of feminist activists show that the authoritarian state portrays itself as the only possible agent of change. Read More
Roundtable Discussion with the China Institute of International Studies 15 June 2018 The Australian Institute of International Affairs was delighted to welcome the China Institute of International Studies, headed by […] Read More
EU-Australia FTA: From Trade Tensions to Fruitful Engagement By Professor Philomena Murray 15 June 2018 EU-Australia free trade agreement negotiations officially launch this week with the arrival of the EU Trade Commissioner in Canberra. Although the past still resonates, changes to the range and depth of interests and values have resulted in more fruitful relations. Read More
EU-Australia FTA: Economic Drivers and Difficulties By Professor Gonzalo Villalta Puig 15 June 2018 The EU-Australia free trade agreement is driven by undeniable mutual needs. Australia needs the EU as its largest services trade and investment partner, and in turn the EU needs Australia as a commercial base in Asia and a reliable energy supplier. Read More
EU-Australia FTA: Negotiating a Substantive and Meaningful Agreement By Dr Lachlan McKenzie 15 June 2018 As free trade agreement negotiations begin, overcoming legacies of foreign policy disinterest will be critical to making the concessions necessary for a substantive and meaningful agreement. Read More
Letting the Sunshine in: Whistleblowers in International Organisations By Dr Kim Moloney, Professor Jonathan P. West and Professor James S. Bowman 15 June 2018 Legal protection of whistleblowers is integral to ensuring that public bodies uphold transparency and accountability values. However, international organisations often do not provide the same protections as democratic states such as Australia. Read More
Can India Stomach an India–Nepal–China Trilateral? By Prashant Kumar Singh 15 June 2018 The idea of a formal trilateral economic grouping between India, Nepal and China began to circulate in 2010, but India’s official circles have maintained a guarded silence towards the proposal. Read More
Big Gains for Women and Girls at G7 By Shaughn McArthur 15 June 2018 Canada’s G7 presidency might not have made “gender inequality history,” but the Charlevoix summit may still very well be remembered as a milestone for women and girls worldwide. Read More