E-Commerce and Government Assistance Boost Pacific Exports By Caleb Jarvis 17 November 2018 As APEC brings leaders to the Pacific, new data shows adoption of digital technology is fuelling exports and business confidence is high throughout the region. Read More
Reading Room: The New ASEAN in Asia Pacific & Beyond By Silvia Tieri 17 November 2018 ASEAN expert Shaun Narine offers an exhaustive analysis of the organisation’s history, institutions and international linkages with a view to determining its role in the next decade. Read More
Senator the Hon Penny Wong - Door Stop Interview, AIIA Conference 2018 15 October 2018 SENATOR THE HON PENNY WONG LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION IN THE SENATE SHADOW MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS LABOR […] Read More
The Power of the Powerless: Ending Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War By Betty Barkha, Associate Professor Sara E. Davies and Professor Jacqui True 11 October 2018 The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize recognises two human rights defenders, Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege, working to end impunity for the use of sexual and gender-based violence by armed forces. Read More
Empty Chairs at the High Table: A Diplomatic Explainer By Sean Walker 30 September 2018 There hasn’t been a US ambassador in Canberra for more than two years. Should Australia feel snubbed? Read More
Myanmar's Intelligence State By Associate Professor Andrew Selth 20 September 2018 Both Aung San Suu Kyi’s government and the armed forces know that their survival is threatened more by disunity and domestic instability than by any international developments. Read More
Kofi Annan's Achievement By Emeritus Professor Ramesh Thakur FAIIA 21 August 2018 Great chief executives need a guiding vision, all the more so in international civil authority. As United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan had such a vision and the skills needed to realise it. Read More
Military Officers Need to Be Politically Savvy By Professor Charles Allen 16 August 2018 Military officers must understand the nature of politics within society and be competent in political skills to accomplish organisational goals within the defence establishment. Read More
The Rise and Fall of the Liberal International Order By Allan Gyngell AO FAIIA 13 July 2018 The broad shape of the international order after the World War II was a liberal internationalist system embracing collective security, economic openness and social progress. These central tenets are now all in doubt. 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
Reading Room: Spectacular Modernity—Venezuela, 1948-1958 By Javier Correa 14 May 2018 Nostalgia paints 1948-1958 as a golden era of economic growth and modernisation in Venezuela. Lisa Blackmore challenges these views by examining the deceptive ideology of the Jiménez military dictatorship. Read More