Malaysia: The Tangled Web of the 1MDB Scandal By Professor Natasha Hamilton-Hart 30 August 2016 Protests in Kuala Lumpur last weekend highlighted Malaysia’s ongoing 1Malaysia Development Berhad or 1MDB scandal. In July, the US Attorney General brought the […] Read More
Indonesia-Australia Dialogue 2016 30 August 2016 The third Indonesia-Australia Dialogue, hosted by the Australian Institute of International Affairs and the Australia Indonesia Centre was held from 28-30 August in […] Read More
Anne-Marie Balbi 26 August 2016 Anne-Marie Balbi is a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Social Sciences and Security Studies at Curtin University (Perth, Australia). Her research explores soft […] Read More
The Influence of Non-State Actors on Global Politics By Anne-Marie Balbi 26 August 2016 A popular tweet suggested that 20 years from now, when at a quiz night and faced with the question “in what year?”, the answer “2016” […] Read More
The Influence of Non-State Actors on Global Politics 26 August 2016 A popular tweet suggested that 20 years from now, when at a quiz night and faced with the question “in what year?”, the answer “2016” […] Read More
The end of pacifist Japan? 25 August 2016 On Tuesday 23 August our guest at Glover Cottages was Walter Hamilton, for 11 years the ABC’s North East Asia correspondent in Tokyo. […] Read More
Cam Hawker 25 August 2016 Cam Hawker was an adviser to the Coalition in both Opposition and Government and was also previously President of the AIIA ACT. He […] Read More
India-China: A Game of "Go" in the Indian Ocean By Dr David Brewster 25 August 2016 The economic and strategic interests of India and China are converging in the Indian Ocean. For India, the nation’s desire for greater power requires a region […] Read More
Foreign Policy White Paper: Drafting a Legacy By Cam Hawker 25 August 2016 The foreign policy white paper announced last week by Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop is an opportunity for the government to shape […] Read More
Uruguay's Victory Over Big Tobacco By Marina Kofman 24 August 2016 Uruguay’s tough tobacco packaging-control measures were vindicated last month when a tribunal at the World Bank’s International Centre for the Settlement of Investment […] Read More
Reading Room: The Mandibles By Melissa Conley Tyler FAIIA 23 August 2016 Fiction can provide a window into current anxieties and possible futures. This chronicle of the trials of a fictional US family achieves both. […] Read More