Beefing with China By Dr Geoff Raby 27 March 2017 Chinese Premier Li Keqiang was welcomed to Canberra last week with talk of beef and plates of chicken. The visit came just over a […] Read More
Without Diplomatic Action, Australia’s Human Rights Council Bid is Futile By Ante Malenica 27 March 2017 Foreign minister Julie Bishop’s visit to the Philippines earlier this month has added another question mark to Australia’s […] Read More
Media, Foreign Policy and Intervention Ben Reeson 27 March 2017 In an age marked by instant communication and 24-hour news, nearly all global events are accessible at the local level. From a coup […] Read More
Global Gag Rule and the Political Economy of Sexual and Reproductive Freedoms Maria Tanyag 27 March 2017 On January 23, 2017, only days after his inauguration and among a series of controversial executive decisions, President […] Read More
“The Slow Hell”: The Lived Experience of the EU’s Flawed Asylum System – featuring an interview with Victor Roman, from the Lesvos Legal Centre Nina Roxburgh and Tamara Tubakovic 27 March 2017 Introduction: The situation is getting worse The refugee situation in Greece has taken a turn for the worse […] Read More
Looking Into: The Future of Rojava Sam Brennan 27 March 2017 There is a Kurdish proverb that says “the Kurds have no friends but the mountains.” This saying refers to the suppression the Kurdish […] Read More
Quarterly Access - Summer Editorial 2017 27 March 2017 Welcome back to our wonderful team of editors and our dedicated readers. I am excited to bring you 2017’s first edition of Quarterly Access. […] Read More
The Westminster Terror Attack and the Demise of the Islamic State By Anne-Marie Balbi 27 March 2017 Although the UK has long been on high terrorism alert, the Westminster attack’s symbolic location shocked the world. However, […] Read More
Reading Room: Maritime Security in the Indo-Pacific By Dr David Brewster 27 March 2017 Regions are not some natural or objective outcome of geography. They are a social construct. The idea of a region creates a mental […] Read More
Preparing for the Worst: EU Populism and Disintegration By Associate Professor Bruno Mascitelli 27 March 2017 Sixty years since the Treaty of Rome and 25 years since the Maastricht Treaty, the European Union finds little to rejoice about in […] Read More
Geoff Raby on China 24 March 2017 On Thursday 23 March, former Australian ambassador to China, Dr Geoff Raby, addressed a packed house at Glover Cottages about the current state […] Read More