On the eve of the release of the government's Foreign Policy White Paper, Malcolm Turnbull's efforts at APEC and the East Asia Summit went some way towards achieving three Australian foreign policy aims, but failed at what should have been the fourth.

John Howard OM AC was Australia’s 25th prime minister serving from March 1996 until December 2007, the second-longest prime ministerial term after Robert Menzies.  […]

Peter Walton is Director of International at the Australian Red Cross. He has over twenty years’ international experience working in multi-sector international development […]

On Tuesday 24 October at Glover Cottages, AIIA NSW hosted a panel discussion on ‘The Serious Threat of Nuclear War’. The panellists were […]

The battle for Marawi may be over but it is clear that there are other concerns to be resolved, beyond the rehabilitation of the city, including the shape of future Australia-Philippines military cooperation.

The Indonesian military continues to be heavily involved in state civil affairs, much to the dislike of the police who are weary of persistent interference. 

The threat of war between the US and North Korea has been growing as both nuclear-armed states refuse to give ground and reflect on their security history.

Catalan independence has been ruled out by both the Spanish government and the EU. What are the longer term implications of these decisions?

The 2017 recipients of the Euan Crone Asian Awareness Scholarship were announced at the AIIA National Conference on 16 […]

The Australian government presently seems determined to continue the expansion of coal production. In contrast, the international community […]

Dr Bryce Wakefield is the National Executive Director of the Australian Institute of International Affairs and a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National […]