Mapping the Potential Impact of Synthetic Biology on Australian Foreign Policy By Thom Dixon 25 September 2019 Synthetic biology is an up-and-coming form of technology that could have significant impact on both the security and prosperity of Australia. Read More
Comparing International Law Rhetoric With Foreign Policy Practice: Australia’s Diplomatic Asylum Initiative By Associate Professor Savitri Taylor 06 July 2019 Australia never once purported to exercise its right to grant diplomatic asylum despite quite exceptionally choosing to assert the existence of that right. Other countries that denied the existence of such a right nevertheless granted it in practice. Read More
Australia’s Use of International Education as Public Diplomacy in China By Dr Bradley McConachie 19 May 2019 Australia is using international education programs as public diplomacy to increase their influence and promote policy agendas. Yet determining the impact of public diplomacy through the New Colombo Plan and Australian studies centres is a challenge. Read More
Australian and People’s Republic of China Government Conceptions of the International Order By Simone van Nieuwenhuizen 04 May 2019 Through a comparative analysis of Australia and China’s policy documents and official statements over the last ten years, it is possible to highlight their differing conceptions of the global order. Read More
Australian Energy Diplomacy By Dr Christian Downie 07 April 2019 With world energy markets now in a period of considerable transformation, Australia should seize the opportunity to take a leading role in shaping the future architecture of global energy governance. Read More
Gender Empowerment in the Health Aid Sector: Locating Best Practice in the Australian Context By Associate Professor Sara E. Davies 24 March 2019 Despite Australia’s record funding in gender equality and empowerment in overseas development assistance in recent years, much more needs to be done to boost gender equality as a mainstream objective in the health aid sector. Read More
Extending the “System” of International Criminal Law By Kip Hale and Dr Melinda Rankin 15 January 2019 Although the recent decision concerning the International Criminal Court’s jurisdiction on the Rohingya issue is encouraging, it cannot act alone to prevent crimes against humanity. Read More
Illegal Fishing and Australian Security By Jade Lindley , Sarah Percy and Erika Techera 03 January 2019 Reconceptualising illegal fishing as a security issue may prove an effective solution. Read More
Maritime Tensions and the Fraying of International Order By Dr Rebecca Strating 12 September 2018 Australia's region is facing mounting maritime tensions. This tells us much about the fraying of international order and the capacity of international law to deal with maritime disputes. Read More
Feminism in International Affairs Today By Professor Cynthia Enloe 17 August 2018 At a time when hypermasculine figures dominate the world stage, it’s not possible to be sanguine about equality. A sustained and active effort is required to roll back sexism. Read More
Australia's Rules-Based International Order By Professor Nick Bisley 27 July 2018 The rules-based international order has become a rhetorical centrepiece of Australian international policy. One of the challenges in the current moment is that the rules and principles that were built on the foundation of American primacy are being questioned as power shifts. Read More