The pursuit of tech supremacy is reshaping the global order. The strategic importance of the fourth Industrial Revolution and mastery over strategic technologies are shaping the great power game.

The rise of the CANZUK concept coincides with recent global events such as Brexit and the protectionist Buy America policy. Political elites from potential member states are far from dismissing the concept, which might bring into being a powerful economic bloc rivalling the European Union, China, and the United States.

For its final event of 2020, AIIA NSW was addressed by James Curran, Professor of Modern History at the University of Sydney.  His […]

The past twelve months saw progress towards potential political and peace settlements in Afghanistan. However, this progress is conditional upon further developments in 2021, and attitudes range from cautious optimism to outright pessimism from both Afghan and international stakeholders.

Since the US withdrew from the UN Human Rights Council in 2018, authoritarian regimes have cemented their grip on power. Following President Joe Biden’s election, the US has an opportunity to push back.

Conflict and violence in the Central African Republic continue to be all too frequent across the country. Since 2007, the International Committee of the Red Cross has worked to curb the consequences of these clashes.

This week in Australian foreign affairs: Morrison’s meetings with the Malaysian and Vietnamese prime ministers, Malka Leifer’s extradition, and more.

In 2021, the ANZUS alliance will have been in place for 70 years. However, in the wake of Biden’s recent inauguration as the 46th president of the United States, the alliance is experiencing challenges not seen in the past.

Joe Biden has commenced his presidency with a strident call to the nation to unify and save American democracy. It may be too late.

China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) may seem part of a "grand strategy" of expansionism threatening to destabilise the liberal international order. But upon closer inspection, it appears China's strategy towards such global leadership is restricted by factors beyond its control.

Only days after the mayhem at the US Capitol, a top-secret document suddenly appeared. It showed a White House setting out methodically, if unimaginatively, an ongoing commitment to the very world order its own leader had throughout much of his time in office sought to unpick.