Playing the Long Game: the Demise of China’s ‘Strategic Ambiguity’ in the South China Sea Benjamin Schreer 21 August 2014 China continues to play a long game in asserting its territorial claims and hegemonic ambitions in the South […] Read More
AIIA NSW joins plea for Greste’s release 19 August 2014 AIIA NSW’s ruling council has condemned the imprisonment in Egypt of Peter Greste, the Australian journalist sentenced to seven years’ jail for his […] Read More
Breaking the Deadlocks Wei Min 19 August 2014 The time has come for greater collaboration and dedicated action from all members if the G20 is to fulfil its promise and remain […] Read More
Beijing Moves to Consolidate Agricultural Sector Stratfor 15 August 2014 Summary South China Morning Post reported Aug. 14 that China’s Agricultural Cultivation Bureau under the Ministry of Agriculture had taken control of around 1,700 […] Read More
The Elephant in the Room Bill Clifford 15 August 2014 Recalcitrance in ratifying IMF reform, hostility in Congress and geopolitical pressure over Ukraine may undermine the United States’ contribution to the G20’s process, […] Read More
Renewed Military Pact Confirms Increased US Interest in India Ben Pattison 15 August 2014 The affirmation of continued joint India-USA military co-operation by US Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel in New Delhi […] Read More
Don’t Blame Islam for Rising Terrorism Threat, Says ASIO Chief Colin Chapman 14 August 2014 An unprecedented number of Australians have sought to take part in the Syrian and Iraqi conflicts, or have sought to support extremists fighting […] Read More
AIIA 2014 National Conference 13 August 2014 Foreign Policy for a Top 20 Nation Monday 27 October 2014, Hyatt Hotel, Canberra Since 1924, the Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) […] Read More
Australia Should Lead on a Global No-First-Use Convention By Emeritus Professor Ramesh Thakur FAIIA 13 August 2014 If it believes that nuclear weapons no longer pose a catastrophic threat today, current public opinion is seriously mistaken. As geopolitical tensions are […] Read More
AIIA Queensland President's Report for 2013-14 12 August 2014 AIIA Qld President Geoffrey Ewing has delivered his President’s Report for 2013-14. Patronage and Fernberg Lecture The Governor of Queensland and the Queensland […] Read More
Issues Brief Colin Chapman 11 August 2014 The good news is that there is a new 72-hour ceasefire in Gaza. But newspapers have carried pictures of the seven-year-old Australian son […] Read More