Dr Azeem Ibrahim 10 January 2018 Dr Azeem Ibrahim is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Global Policy in Washington DC and the author of The Rohingyas: Inside Myanmar’s […] Read More
Why Narendra Modi is Building the World’s Tallest Statue By Dr Alexander Davis 10 January 2018 At twice the size of New York's Statute of Liberty and almost five times the size of Rio's eponymous Christ the Redeemer, Vallabhbhai Patel's statue will cast a longer shadow than most former deputy prime ministers. So why is the world's largest statue being built in rural India? Read More
Singapore's Almost-Election By Professor Garry Rodan 10 January 2018 The ascendance of Halimah Yacob last year to the Singaporean presidency is the latest in a long line of efficient and rather drab transfers of power. In a democracy however, efficiency often sits uneasily beside true representation. Read More
Is Bashar al-Assad the Future for Syria? By Dr Bruce Mabley 10 January 2018 Government forces appear to be close to a military victory in Syria after almost seven years of chaos and anarchy. But after a relentless and brutal war, has the optimism of its Arab Spring been forgotten? Read More
The Deep Roots of Iran's New Year Protests By Amin Bagheri 09 January 2018 The turn of the new year in Iran has seen an outbreak of protests which have taken most observers by surprise. 40 years after the Islamic revolution, are cracks beginning to appear? Read More
Revisiting Zimbabwe: How to Build an African Democracy By Tinashe Jakwa 09 January 2018 Following a soft military coup that led to the resignation of Zimbabwe’s former president, Robert Mugabe, African countries are grappling with what “democracy” means for them. Read More
Reading Room: Transitional Justice in Practice: Conflict, Justice, and Reconciliation in the Solomon Islands By Mikaela James 08 January 2018 Transitional justice has emerged, over the last three decades, as a globally recognised approach to addressing one of the greatest challenges in post-conflict societies—seeking accountability for past wrongs and helping a society move forward after the fighting ceases. Read More
Obsolete? Coal in the 21st Century By Tyler McDonald 08 January 2018 The ever-growing movement against fossil fuels in favour of renewable energy has led to a perception that coal will go the way of the dinosaurs. The growing demand for energy however, may suggest otherwise. Read More
New Year, New Uncertainties in 2018 By Colin Chapman FAIIA 04 January 2018 As the world recovers from another new year's eve thoughts are now moving to what 2018 will bring. Unfortunately, following a turbulent 2017, it appears the hangover may last well into the foreseeable future. Read More
Diplomacy on the Doorstep: Australia's Equivocal Indonesian Relationship By John McCarthy AO FAIIA 04 January 2018 With close to 300 million people, and a GDP that for the first time last year hit USD$1 trillion, Australia has been quick to take notice of one of it closest neighbours. But how has Canberra handled a country whose relative proximity belies its stark dissimilarity. Read More
Australia's Foreign Policy Déjà Vu By Professor James Cotton FAIIA 03 January 2018 2017 was a year among many that continued to cast doubt on the durability of the existing international order. Worrying parallels can therefore be drawn with the tumultuous 1930s and they paint an eerily familiar picture. Read More