Proposed AIIA Study Tour to Mexico and Cuba 2020 04 June 2019 AIIA NSW is proposing a ten-day study tour to Mexico and Cuba towards the end of 2020, probably in October. Costs excluding air […] Read More
Reading Room: Stranded Nation By Professor James Cotton FAIIA 01 June 2019 David Walker’s latest book is masterfully written, and also makes some interesting choices about what it does or doesn’t include. Read More
The Great China Firewall 01 June 2019 On Tuesday 28th May the AIIA NSW welcomed James Griffiths to discuss his recently published book, The Great Firewall of China: How to […] Read More
No Far-right Electoral “Earthquake” to Shake the European Union By Colin Chapman FAIIA 30 May 2019 While some nationalist forces, including Nigel Farage's brand-new Brexit Party, scored wins at a national level, overall there was little support for anti-EU parties in the recent European Parliament elections. Meanwhile, the future of Brexit remains as uncertain as ever. Read More
Huawei, the Foreign Adversary? By Thom Dixon 30 May 2019 The Google-Huawei dispute over the Android operating system has done irrevocable damage to the reputation of the US tech sector. The disagreement could degenerate very quickly with a tit-for-tat listing of different companies on Chinese and US national security watch lists for entirely arbitrary reasons. Read More
Interns Presentations 29 May 2019 On Tuesday 21st May the current interns addressed the Institute on topics of their choice. Introductions to their presentations can be found here: […] Read More
Intern Presentations 29 May 2019 On Tuesday 21st May the current interns addressed the Institute on topics of their choice. Introductions to their presentations can be found here: […] Read More
India's 2019 Elections By Emeritus Professor Ramesh Thakur FAIIA 24 May 2019 In the most polarising and toxic elections in India’s history, the voter turnout of 67.1 percent — 604 million — was the highest ever. Fierce social media wars contributed to the nastiness. It is hard to say whether political discourse was coarsened more by PM Narendra Modi or his opponents. Read More
Dr Pan Wang 22 May 2019 Dr. Pan Wang is Senior Lecturer in Asian and Chinese Studies at the University of New South Wales. Email: Pan.wang@unsw.edu.au Read More
The New Global Disorder and the Rise of Despotism 18 May 2019 On Tuesday 14th May Professor John Keane of the University of Sydney spoke to the Institute about the rise of new political regimes […] Read More
Australian Foreign Policy: Not Quite a BBQ Stopper By Dr Charles Miller 16 May 2019 The norm of bipartisanship on Australia's foreign policy and the fact that it rarely features as a campaign issue unless the country is at war mean that it is unlikely to have much of an impact on how people vote. Read More