AIIA STUDY TOUR TO KOREA 12 July 2014 Saturday 13th September 2014 9:00am AEDT AIIA NSW EXCLUSIVE PRIVATE STUDY TOUR TO KOREA 13 – 26 September 2014 (13 day tour) The […] Read More
A New Special Relationship with Japan Katherine Wright 11 July 2014 During Shinzo Abe’s three-day visit to Canberra, the first by a Japanese prime minister since 2002, much emphasis was placed on the closeness […] Read More
A New Round of Political Protests in Kuwait By Mervyn Piesse 11 July 2014 The detention of a popular Kuwaiti opposition leader may give the opposition movement the impetus it needs to overcome disunity and renew its […] Read More
Australia-Indonesia Relations and a New Indonesian Leader Patricia Dias 10 July 2014 As we await official results of yesterday’s Indonesian election, it is worth reflecting on whether Australia is likely to share the same relationship it […] Read More
China's New Map: Should India Retaliate? By Lindsay Hughes 09 July 2014 Chinaʼs new official map of the country can only increase Indiaʼs suspicions about its intentions. While strategists ponder whether India will react to […] Read More
Indonesia: Jokowi Faces Fierce Battle as Presidential Election Looms Andrew Manners 08 July 2014 With the gap closing between Joko Widodo and Prabowo Subianto, the presidential election on 9 July will be fiercely […] Read More
The World is Bigger Than China and the US By Emeritus Professor Ramesh Thakur FAIIA 08 July 2014 China may be the world’s new economic and geopolitical centre of gravity, however the notion that other countries such as Japan and India […] Read More
South Africa: One Strike Ends, Another Begins By Mervyn Piesse 07 July 2014 The five-month long platinum minersʼ strike, the longest and costliest in South African history, has ended. A new strike, however, that began on […] Read More
Reactions to Australia’s ‘New Aid Paradigm’ Craig Beyerinck 03 July 2014 The Australian Government’s announcement of a new aid policy has received a broadly positive response from aid groups. The Minister for Foreign Affairs announced a new aid […] Read More
Hanoi's Internal Divisions Hinder Its China Policy Stratfor 30 June 2014 Summary Vietnam is struggling with how to respond to maritime expansion by China and the resulting tensions in the South China Sea. Some […] Read More
“Torture is Not Just Alive and Well. It is Flourishing in Many Parts of the World.” Paris Aristotle AM and Josef Szwarc 24 June 2014 That was the stark assessment of Amnesty International’s global head, Salil Shetty, launching a new global campaign by […] Read More