Popular Culture and IR after Game of Thrones By Professor Robert A Saunders 25 June 2019 Series like Game of Thrones and Lost don’t simply mirror politics in the real world. They show how pop culture "makes" world politics by premediating what is to come. Read More
The Resilience of Roe: US Abortion Bans and the 2020 Election By Dr Prudence Flowers 25 June 2019 Abortion will be one of the political flashpoints in the 2020 US election. While right-to-life activists target the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, in the short-term their political strategies are unlikely to have much legal significance. Read More
Dyason House Podcast S3E6: W20 with Zara Kimpton OAM By Zara Kimpton OAM 24 June 2019 In this episode, Zara Kimpton — AIIA's national vice president and the head of the Australian delegation for the Women20 — talks us through the W20 key areas of engagement, how we can turn ideas into effective action on gender equality, and Australia's role in supporting the W20 agenda. Read More
The UK’s Tory Leadership Contest: Boris Johnson and Brexit By Colin Chapman FAIIA 20 June 2019 On 20 June the candidates for Britain’s next prime minister were whittled down to only two contenders. While Boris Johnson, the likely next leader of Britain, over-promises on Brexit, he is backed the Australian Sir Lynton Crosby who is buffering his most buffoon-like behaviour. Read More
The Support of the International Community Will Give Meaning to the Protests in Hong Kong By Chin Jin 19 June 2019 The Hong Kong protests could lead to a fundamental breakthrough in the near future. While previous protests have not produced major results, the difference this time is that the international community is offering more than lip service. Read More
LGBTIQ Rights Around the World: Marriage Equality and the Death Penalty Hide Wider Concerns By Professor Paula Gerber 19 June 2019 Marriage equality and the death penalty for gays frequently receive the attention of the international media. Yet these two issues fail to capture wider concerns regarding LGBTIQ rights. Read More
Insidious Discrimination Against the Roma is Europe’s Shame By Dr Alon Ben-Meir and Arbana Xharra 18 June 2019 The mistreatment of Europe’s largest ethnic minority deserves action, both to uphold justice and equality and to mitigate damage to societies across the continent. Read More
Dyason House Podcast: Passing Time and Youth in India By Professor Craig Jeffrey 17 June 2019 In this episode of the Dyason House Podcast, we sit down with Professor Craig Jeffrey, Director of the Australia India Institute, to discuss some of the challenges facing youth in India, the surprising innovations employed to overcome them, and the social phenomenon of "time-pass." Read More
Revolution and Counter-Revolution in North Africa: The Arab Spring Redux Hannah Green 16 June 2019 On Tuesday 11 June, AIIA NSW heard from Dr Noah Bassil, Associate Dean of Higher Degree Research for […] Read More
Trump and Iran: Making a Bad Situation Worse By Dr Anthony Billingsley 11 June 2019 The July 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and the international community — the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action — was significant in that it demolished fears of an Iranian nuclear weapons programme and exposed that country’s civil nuclear programme to thorough international scrutiny. In so doing, it should have removed a major source of tension and instability in the Persian Gulf. Read More
Canada's China Conundrum By Dr Bruce Mabley 10 June 2019 Fear is prompting Canadian policymakers to take the path of least resistance with China. Is this fear justified, or is the key to relations with China to understand that it has become a "paper tiger?" Read More