Revolution Postponed in French First Round By Dr Remy Davison 24 April 2017 The first round of voting in the French presidential election delivered centrist Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen of the far-right Front National […] Read More
Reflecting on the Consequences of War By Dr Alison Broinowski FAIIA 24 April 2017 The support offered to Australia’s veterans and their families rarely matches the grand rhetoric about the Anzacs. What if the country also reflected on […] Read More
Policy Priorities for South Korea's Next President By Dr Jeffrey Robertson 19 April 2017 Following North Korea’s failed missile test, the usual set of suggestions for South Korean foreign policy will be trotted out: fix the relationship […] Read More
New Directions for the EU in Asia By Professor Sven Biscop 19 April 2017 Tensions between the US and China, particularly following North Korea’s recent missile tests, are at dangerous levels. Rather than simply hope that the […] Read More
Reading Room: American Naval Thinking in the Post-Cold War Era By Abhijit Singh 17 April 2017 The development of the United States’ maritime strategy remains a source of enduring fascination for naval watchers. Peter D. Haynes’ exceptional book provides […] Read More
Navigating the New International Disorder 16 April 2017 At Glover Cottages on Tuesday 11 April, we hosted the NSW launch of Navigating the New International Disorder – Australia in World Affairs […] Read More
Tillerson-Lavrov Talks Will Mark a Decisive Moment in US-Russia Relations By Tony Kevin 10 April 2017 The US attack on a Syrian government airbase last week dangerously ratcheted up tension between the US and […] Read More
Fragile Refugee Agreement Reveals the Real Policy Failure By Marianne Dickie 08 April 2017 Slow progress is being made on Australia’s refugee deal with the United States, but in recent weeks US officials have fingerprinted and photographed […] Read More
Ruth Pearce 06 April 2017 Ruth Pearce served as a career diplomat. She held senior positions with the Department of Foreign Affairs in Canberra, including as assistant secretary of […] Read More
New Zealand Trumps Australia on China... Again By Hannah Bretherton 29 March 2017 In a love letter to New Zealand this week, the Chinese Premier Li Keqiang unintentionally exposed flaws in the Australia-China relationship. All nations pursue their […] Read More
“The Slow Hell”: The Lived Experience of the EU’s Flawed Asylum System – featuring an interview with Victor Roman, from the Lesvos Legal Centre Nina Roxburgh and Tamara Tubakovic 27 March 2017 Introduction: The situation is getting worse The refugee situation in Greece has taken a turn for the worse […] Read More