The Great Red Dragon and the Lightning Storm: China's Increasing Pressure on Fringe Religious Groups Katherine Gordon 11 July 2014 Rather than making them go away, China’s crackdown on fringe religious groups like Eastern Lightning is making them […] Read More
Australia-Indonesia Relations and a New Indonesian Leader Patricia Dias 10 July 2014 As we await official results of yesterday’s Indonesian election, it is worth reflecting on whether Australia is likely to share the same relationship it […] Read More
Recentralisation of Power In Indonesia Andrew Catton 09 July 2014 As Indonesians go to the poll today some commentators have extensively criticised presidential candidate Prabowo Subianato, even comparing him to Indonesia’s long-standing dictator, […] Read More
China's New Map: Should India Retaliate? By Lindsay Hughes 09 July 2014 Chinaʼs new official map of the country can only increase Indiaʼs suspicions about its intentions. While strategists ponder whether India will react to […] Read More
Indonesia: Jokowi Faces Fierce Battle as Presidential Election Looms Andrew Manners 08 July 2014 With the gap closing between Joko Widodo and Prabowo Subianto, the presidential election on 9 July will be fiercely […] Read More
The World is Bigger Than China and the US By Emeritus Professor Ramesh Thakur FAIIA 08 July 2014 China may be the world’s new economic and geopolitical centre of gravity, however the notion that other countries such as Japan and India […] Read More
After Karzai Mujib Mashal 07 July 2014 His successor will inherit a nation in better shape than you might think—and a government with little power to keep it that way. Read More
South Africa: One Strike Ends, Another Begins By Mervyn Piesse 07 July 2014 The five-month long platinum minersʼ strike, the longest and costliest in South African history, has ended. A new strike, however, that began on […] Read More
Reactions to Australia’s ‘New Aid Paradigm’ Craig Beyerinck 03 July 2014 The Australian Government’s announcement of a new aid policy has received a broadly positive response from aid groups. The Minister for Foreign Affairs announced a new aid […] Read More
Dr Leonid Petrov Interview: Security Implications of Kim Jong-Un's Leadership Consolidation 02 July 2014 As an expert on Korea the AIIA welcomed Dr Leonid Petrov to share his insights into the security […] Read More
The Iraq Crisis: What’s Next for the Region? Rohan Worsdell 02 July 2014 Despite the early June military successes by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the group will neither pose a fatal […] Read More