Kate Clayton 29 April 2020 Kate Clayton is an academic at La Trobe University. She has completed her Masters of International Relations (International Security) at the University of […] Read More
Sister Cities Forge Strong Economic Ties By Melissa Conley Tyler FAIIA and Julian Dusting 25 April 2020 Establishing links with a sister city in a distant part of the world opens up valuable new trade opportunities. These relationships break down barriers that make initial contact with a foreign partner so difficult. Read More
Like a Tidal Wave: Coronavirus in Countries Already Facing Development Challenges By Dr Eleanor Gordon and Dr Samanthi Gunawardana 24 April 2020 Countries facing the biggest development challenges are the most vulnerable to the spread of COVID-19. It is hard to imagine how they will cope with a pandemic of this scale when the healthcare systems and economies of the world’s wealthiest countries are struggling. Read More
COVID-19 and the Resurgence of the State By Roman Darius 24 April 2020 Unprecedented stimulus packages and interventions are being deployed to mitigate the effects of the pandemic. COVID-19 has generated the requisite conditions for a fundamental transformation in the social and economic role of the state sector. Read More
Argentina’s Election Déjà Vu By Ludmilla Nunell 23 April 2020 In Argentina, both sides of the political spectrum have struggled with economic stagnation and an increasing debt burden. After a brief stint of economic liberalism, citizens have decided Peronist Alberto Fernandez is the most suitable candidate to rescue the country from its economic woes. Read More
Book Review: The Strategic Use of Force in Counterinsurgency: Find, Fix, Fight By Dr Mariam Farida 21 April 2020 Counterinsurgency has become a tool for interventions of one state to “rescue” another state from insurgency. In this book, Miles Kitts fuses two major conventional theories of counterinsurgency to create a new comprehensive approach that can inform future counterinsurgency actions. Read More
Health Security Policy and Politics By Associate Professor Adam Kamradt-Scott 21 April 2020 Global health issues are once again high on the international agenda. Assoc. Prof. Adam Kamradt-Scott discusses the global context of health security policy and international efforts to tackle health crises. Read More
It’s the Institutions By Alexander Thalis and Lewis Jackson 17 April 2020 The democracies of the developed world are in the grip of a crisis. The price of failure to embrace institutional reform may be democracy itself. Read More
Quantum Computing Has Far Greater Promise Than Just Nuclear Security By Alexander Ratcliffe 16 April 2020 Most people have heard about quantum computing and know that it will be revolutionary. Few people, even government representatives, would be able to say exactly why. Read More
COVID-19 in Brazil: Bolsonaro’s Far-Right Authoritarianism in a Pandemic By Flavia Bellieni Zimmermann 16 April 2020 Brazil is holding anti-lockdown protests. Deemed by many to be the “Trump of the Tropics,” Brazil’s far-right president Jair Bolsonaro continues downplaying the imminent threat of the coronavirus pandemic. Read More
Turning Adversity Into Advantage: How Organised Crime is Responding to COVID-19 By Stjepan Bosnjak 16 April 2020 Widespread lockdowns have disrupted business models and increased chance arrests. Government responses to COVID-19 are affecting organised crime as much as anyone else. Read More