Pushed Offshore, the ‘Boat People’ Crisis Demands Regional Response Gerhard Hoffstaedter 14 May 2015 In recent days, some 2000 refugees and migrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar have come ashore in Aceh, Indonesia, and Langkawi, […] Read More
AIIA National Publication Support Grant- Winner Announced 13 May 2015 The Australian Institute of International Affairs is pleased to announce the recipient of the AIIA publication support grant: ‘Arc of instability’ or ‘arc […] Read More
Islam in - and against - History 13 May 2015 UNSW Emeritus Professor Clive Kessler addressed AIIA NSW at Glover Cottages on Tuesday 12 May. His subject was Islam in – and against […] Read More
A Fair Budget? Not for the Poor Losing Australian Aid in Record Cuts Stephen Howes 13 May 2015 The release of the federal budget on 12 May 2015 saw the largest foreign aid cut in Australian […] Read More
Zimbabwe: Mugabe’s Successor and the Future David Dorward 13 May 2015 As Zimbabwe’s economic crisis remains unresolved, the power struggle over who will succeed President Robert Mugabe is intensifying. After 35 years in power, […] Read More
Who Rules in Writing Asia’s Rules? By Graeme Dobell FAIIA 13 May 2015 The Asia Pacific is going through a vivid and significant rule-making tussle. It’s unusual because rule-making and norm formation usually involve inching through […] Read More
The Budget and Cuts to Foreign Aid Sinéad Mulders-Jones 12 May 2015 With federal budgets cuts expected tonight (12 May 2015), it is worth considering how foreign aid cuts may undermine gender equality in the […] Read More
Scholars, Policymakers, and International Affairs: Finding Common Cause By Melissa Conley Tyler FAIIA 12 May 2015 Any attempt to bridge the divide between scholars and policy-makers in international affairs is so welcome that I couldn’t […] Read More
China's "One Belt, One Road" Economic Policy Dong Manyuan and Chris Farnham 11 May 2015 AIIA National Office Operations Manager Chris Farnham interviews Mr Dong Manyuan from the China Institute of International Studies on President Xi Jinping’s “One […] Read More
Yemen: Sinking Under an Avalanche of Propaganda Dr Anthony Billingsley 08 May 2015 In September 2014, US President Obama cited US policy towards Yemen as one of the successes of his Middle East policy. Obama was […] Read More
Delhi ‘Cracks’ Brussels: India’s Mission to Access the European Market Pascaline Winand 07 May 2015 The European Union and India might not seem like the most obvious of natural partners. Yet, as Professor Pascaline […] Read More