Security3: Food Security, Biosecurity and National Security in the Melanesian Arc 22 February 2017 The AIIA jointly organised a one-day event with the Crawford Fund on the topic of Security3: Food Security, Biosecurity […] Read More
Post-Brexit UK Trade: Reinventing the Wheel? By Anna George 22 February 2017 With Brexit moving through the British parliament, the UK government needs to consider how it will approach trade agreements once it leaves the European […] Read More
Dancing with the Bear: Trump and Russia By Dr John Besemeres 22 February 2017 Trump’s campaign and presidency have been dogged by allegations of Russian collusion; the departure of former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn is one such treasonous scandal. […] Read More
Australia's Misstep on Nuclear Weapons Treaty By Associate Professor Maria Rost Rublee, Associate Professor Marianne Hanson and Anthony Burke 20 February 2017 Australia will not attend next month’s United Nations summit to negotiate a global treaty to ban nuclear weapons. This is a missed opportunity and […] Read More
Upgrade of AIIA Membership Database 20 February 2017 AIIA Victoria and the AIIA National Office have been working towards improving our online systems. The new membership database that we are implementing […] Read More
Keiran Hardy 20 February 2017 Keiran Hardy is a Lecturer in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Griffith University and a Member of the Griffith Criminology […] Read More
Is Cyberterrorism a Threat? By Keiran Hardy 20 February 2017 Recent cyberattacks and hacks in America and Ukraine have exposed the vulnerability of some of the world’s most sophisticated cybersecurity networks. But what […] Read More
AIIAV Restructuring and Appointment of Executive Manager 19 February 2017 AIIA VIC is pleased to announce the appointment of Alastair Roff to the new position of Executive Manager. Alastair has been on the […] Read More
Deafening Silence on Myanmar's Rohingya By James T. Davies 19 February 2017 The UN Special Rapporteur to Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, has been visiting Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh this week, gathering more evidence of recent […] Read More
Reading Room: China in the Era of Xi Jinping By Cormac Power 19 February 2017 November 2012 witnessed China’s second orderly succession of power, with Xi Jinping taking control of both the Chinese Communist Party and the armed […] Read More
Contestability Theory: Radicalising the Free Market By Caroline Colton 19 February 2017 From the Trans-Pacific Partnership to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership and a growing number of bilateral agreements, international trade deals are dominating diplomatic talks […] Read More