Zionism and the Foundations of the Jewish State 04 August 2019 On Tuesday 30th July, AIIA NSW welcomed Mr Alex Ryvchin, Co-Chief Executive Officer at the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, whose book Zionism […] Read More
Playing Chicken Over Brexit By Colin Chapman FAIIA 30 July 2019 Both Boris Johnson, the mercurial and ego-driven new British prime minister, and the present elected EU leaders — Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel, Donald Tusk and Jean Claude Junker — must share the blame for splitting the world’s largest and most secure economic bloc. Read More
What’s Wrong with Australia’s Middle East Policy? 29 July 2019 On 23 July 2019, Dr Ian Parmeter, Research Scholar at the Australian National University’s Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies and former Australian Ambassador […] Read More
Prosecuting MH17 and the Dutch and Australian Move on Russia’s State Responsibility By Dr Marieke de Hoon 25 July 2019 The legal proceedings on MH17 will entail many more years of complex legal prosecution. Nevertheless, there appear to be progressive steps towards accountability both of individuals and of Russia as a state. Read More
London Observed: Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the “Slumbering Giant” and 17 Removed Ministers By Colin Chapman FAIIA 25 July 2019 Rarely has a peacetime British prime minister been confronted with such grave challenges, nor have they appeared so unequal to the task. As UK politics undergoes great change, Australia’s request could be triaged to the bottom of Mr Johnson’s brimming in-tray. Read More
Politics and Civil Society in Southeast Asia: the case of organised labour and Indonesia’s elections 24 July 2019 On Tuesday 16th July, Professor Michele Ford, director of the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre at the University of […] Read More
The Dragons and the Snakes: Evolution and Adaptation in a New Era of Conflict 20 July 2019 Tuesday 11 July saw the AIIA NSW welcome Dr David Kilcullen, an author, strategist, and leading expert in […] Read More
The French Pacific Pivot Lucy Nason 20 July 2019 At the 18th annual Shangri-La Dialogue in June this year, France affirmed its commitment to the Indo-Pacific. French Minister of Defence, Florence Parly, […] Read More
The New Anti-Iran Regional Order feat. Israel and the Arab Gulf States Kevin Fine 20 July 2019 Last month’s Bahrain Summit has been described as the launch of the Trump administration’s “deal of the century” […] Read More
Central Asian Road Blocks as China Marches West Hannah Green 20 July 2019 When Chinese President Xi Jinping first announced his flagship Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013, he chose to do so in Astana, […] Read More
Boris Johnson’s Reticence on UK Ambassador was Responsible and Mature By Emeritus Professor Ramesh Thakur FAIIA 18 July 2019 Johnson’s judicious refusal to be baited will give him the political space to begin repairing bruised relations with the White House and its tweet-prone cantankerous occupant. Read More