Looking Into: Jihadists Under One Flag? 03 May 2018 The Syrian civil war is raging on into its seventh bloody year, with thousands of civilians either killed or displaced as numerous internal […] Read More
India's Challenges and Opportunities for Cooperation By Professor Anu Rammohan 30 April 2018 While there are good people-to-people contacts between India and Australia, there is more that can be done to promote relations. As India grows in its influence, there scope for more meaningful cooperation such as through the Quad and trade. Read More
Youth in South and Southeast Asia: A Common Denominator By Ankush Ajay Wagle 30 April 2018 In South and Southeast Asia 15-24 year-olds make up around one fifth of the population. This presents an opportunity for cross-border cooperation including in higher learning, entrepreneurship and cultural linkages. Read More
Can Jakarta and Canberra Become Soulmates? By His Excellency General the Hon David Hurley AC DSC 12 April 2018 Australia's relationship with Indonesia needs to go beyond the successful management of incidents. To do this, it's important to overcome trust deficits, taking steps that will bind rather than simply link the two countries. Read More
China’s Game of Drones By Matt Bartlett 11 April 2018 China's activities in Vanuatu may have attracted scrutiny this week but its investment in military artificial intelligence has received less attention. The robots may not be coming for your jobs, but they are likely to be coming to an ocean near you. Read More
AIIA Members have been invited to make submissions to the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee on the proposed TPP-11 10 April 2018 Proposed Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership On 28 March 2018 the Senate referred to the Senate Foreign […] Read More
The Meaning Behind Kim Jong-un's Secret China Trip By Professor James Cotton FAIIA 04 April 2018 When the North Korean leadership train rolled into China on 25 March, the world stopped in its tracks. Did the visit signal a derailing of American primacy in the region? Read More
Apoorva Kolluru 26 February 2018 Apoorva Kolluru is the sub-editor for The Interpreter at the Lowy Institute. She previously worked as editor of Australian Outlook. She has a […] Read More
Keith Waller: Portrait of a Working Diplomat By Alan Fewster 23 February 2018 How well did former diplomat Sir Keith Waller measure up against the three duties of the diplomat outlined by Arthur Balfour and the dictum of Talleyrand? An extract from his biography explains. Read More
Medals and Machiavellian Games at PyeongChang By Dr Stuart Murray 21 February 2018 There is nothing new about sports diplomacy nor anything genuine about North Korea’s attempts to build bridges with its sworn enemies. Dictators, it has to be remembered, love sport just as much as everybody else. Read More
Stuck in the Swamp: The Nunes Memo's Attack on the FBI By Dr Daniel Baldino 08 February 2018 In Washington DC, explosive Republican accusations of politically-motivated spying in the lead-up to Donald Trump's presidential election victory have drawn the intelligence services deeper into the growing partisan chasm. Read More