Blame Poor Policy, Not Politics, for Jakarta’s 80% Cut in Australian Cattle Imports Ray Trewin 20 July 2015 This week, the Australian Government announced a new deal to send up to 1 million live cattle to […] Read More
Energy and Economic Diplomacy Can Trump the Nuclear ‘Threat’ of the Iran Deal Saleem H. Ali 16 July 2015 The world will need plenty of energy in the coming years and the only way forward is for […] Read More
Zimbabwe: What Happens When Mugabe Goes? Professor Helen Ware 16 July 2015 The great majority of the population of Zimbabwe, a country where half of the population is under twenty and the President has been […] Read More
A Tragedy in Three Parts: How the Greek Debt Crisis Unfolded Sheri Markose 16 July 2015 Clearly, good economics in dealing with the Greek and eurozone crisis has been in short supply, and on Monday a deal which set […] Read More
International Sydney 15 July 2015 Alex Greenwich is an Independent politician and replaced Clover Moore in a 2012 by-election for the seat of Sydney in the New South […] Read More
China: Engage and Hedge Are Different Universes By Graeme Dobell FAIIA 15 July 2015 As China faces a shock on their stock market, Graeme Dobell argues that China is not a house of cards about to collapse but that […] Read More
Australia and Germany: Being Friends is not Enough By Melissa Conley Tyler FAIIA 15 July 2015 Australia and Germany are friends, but something stronger than friendship will be needed, if current attempts to achieve a greater level of co-operation […] Read More
Politics in Paris: Governments Versus Climate Change Action Charles Bryant 15 July 2015 Pessimism around the potential outcome of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris this year is beginning to emerge, despite encouraging US-China […] Read More
Is the Polarisation of US Politics a Myth? Guy Kelleher 14 July 2015 Baverly and Pack (2009) From the Declaration of Independence, to the adoption of one of the most enduring constitutions of the modern era, […] Read More
Myanmar: Ethno-Religious Conflict Threatens Transition James Davies 14 July 2015 Mathias Eich/EU,ECHO(2013) Despite the praise that Myanmar’s ‘democratic’ transition continues to receive from Western governments, there is growing evidence that the pace of […] Read More
Taiwan: Still a Potential Source of Conflict in the Asia-Pacific? Jennifer Fang 14 July 2015 NASA (2014) Since 1949, when Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang (KMT) Nationalist Party fled to Taiwan after being […] Read More