Smog Raj: Delhi Grapples With Toxic Air By Matt Wade 21 November 2019 As one of the most polluted cities in the world, Delhi has attempted to implement policies to mitigate smog. Read More
Foreign Fighters and the Trend Towards Statelessness By Stuart McLintock 20 November 2019 Stripping ISIS fighters of citizenship could lead to not only them, but also their families, including women and children, being rendered stateless. Could this increase terrorist recruitment in the region? Read More
Chinese Strategic Control of the South China Sea – Maritime Trade Implications for Australia By Mark Bailey 14 November 2019 For the second time in living memory, the West has lost strategic control of the South China Sea (SCS). The first time was 1940-41, when Imperial Japan obtained strategic dominance of the SCS by occupying French Indochina. Read More
Reading Room: Russia and the West: the Last Two Action-Packed Years 2017-19 By Dr Alison Broinowski FAIIA 14 November 2019 In his book, former Russian Embassy staffer Tony Kevin offers a defence of Russian policy that is a counterpoint to the prevailing Western narrative. Read More
Shinzo Abe’s unfinished political legacy By John Nilsson-Wright 13 November 2019 The Japanese prime minister's credentials as a pragmatic realist are impressive. But he needs to confront the potential contradiction of advancing goals driven by emotional needs rather than rational, strategic objectives. Read More
Impeaching Trump: “He’s Just Not Worth It” By Emeritus Professor Ramesh Thakur FAIIA 08 November 2019 The decision to impeach Trump is a decision made along party lines, though the advantages of following through with the impeachment are highly questionable. Read More
Vietnam's Refugees and the Slave Trade By Richard Broinowski AO 08 November 2019 The discovery of 39 Vietnamese in a lorry in Essex is part of a wider, global network of people-smuggling. This incident also demonstrates the changing motivations of refugees from Vietnam. Read More
Turkey, Syria and the Kurds By Dr Bruce Mabley 06 November 2019 Turkey’s incursions into Syria have been widely criticised, but Turkey justifies them as self-defence measures. These incursions are also indicative of wider international interests and a long history of Kurds being marginalised. Read More
Impeachment Will Polarise the US Further, But Will It Dislodge Trump? By Dr Andrew Gawthorpe 31 October 2019 New revelations have emerged at a blistering pace in the Congressional impeachment inquiry. Trump is unlikely to be removed from office but will emerge with significant political damage. Read More
Syria and the Shaping of Turkish, Russian and US Interests By Ian Dudgeon 31 October 2019 Despite heavy criticism of Trump and the US for abandoning the Kurdish forces, there are some cautious positives to the situation in Syria. Read More
Foreign Fighters to Face Death Penalty in the United States By Stuart McLintock 31 October 2019 Should foreign ISIS fighters captured in Syria should be tried by the ICC, given the refusal of their home states to repatriate them? Read More