Is Hong Kong Finished? By Colin Chapman FAIIA 19 October 2016 Can China be trusted to keep its written promises on Hong Kong? More precisely, can President Xi Jinping, chairman of the Communist Party […] Read More
Lebanon: On Remembering and Forgetting By Dr Vanessa Newby 18 October 2016 Lebanon has a great deal to be concerned about: the absence of a president, the most concentrated refugee influx per capita in the […] Read More
Oz Strategist: Des Ball AO FAIIA (1947-2016) By Graeme Dobell FAIIA 17 October 2016 Des Ball was an unorthodox academic strategist who will have a lasting impact on Australian foreign policy. He played a part in all […] 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
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
Graeme Dobell FAIIA 21 August 2016 Graeme Dobell, a journalist since 1971, has spent his career reporting on Australian and international politics, foreign affairs and defence, and the Asia […] Read More
AIIA-KF Korea-Oceania Next Generation Policy Experts Network Seoul Study Tour 2016 05 August 2016 The AIIA in partnership with the Korea Foundation co-organised an invitation-only study tour to Seoul from 24 July – […] Read More
Should Australia have nominated Kevin Rudd for UN Secretary-General? AIIA Fellows responding to the burning question of the week 04 August 2016 Expert Panel-Fellows of the AIIA Hilary Charlesworth FAIIA-Professor, ANU; Director of Centre for International Governance and Justice Jocelyn […] Read More
China and Hong Kong: What Should Australia Do? By Simon Henderson 02 August 2016 Recent developments in Hong Kong are a threat to its unique status and to Australia’s interests, but the Australia-Hong Kong dynamic is overshadowed […] Read More
Eyewitness to Early Reform in Myanmar By Associate Professor Andrew Selth 01 August 2016 Australia has a strong tradition of diplomatic memoirs. Many former ambassadors and other officials have recorded their experiences and impressions of international events. […] Read More
Australia’s Forgotten Foreign Minister: Don Willesee By Professor Peter Edwards AM FAIIA 01 August 2016 Amid debate about the strength of Whitlam’s foreign policy legacy, his sometimes fraught relationship with his more conservative and lesser known foreign minister […] Read More