Bonhomie and Business: The Modi Trump Interaction in Houston By Professor Raghbendra Jha 26 September 2019 The “Howdy Modi” event in the in Houston, Texas and the activities preceding it mark a new high in the India-US alliance. Read More
Tina Turner, Menzies and Suez: What's Love Got to Do With It? By Dr Bob Bowker 25 September 2019 The Suez Crisis provides cautionary lessons about Australian identity and shifts in relative national power. Read More
In the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Cyber Security and Great Power Politics By Dr Ashok Sharma 18 September 2019 Artificial Intelligence and cyber warfare are emerging as key components in great power rivalry. The international community needs to act fast to develop legal and political frameworks that can mitigate their deleterious effects. Read More
The People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force: Reshaping China’s Approach to Strategic Deterrence By Professor Bates Gill and Adam Ni 15 September 2019 China has upgraded its rocket forces. What does this mean for the United States and its allies? Read More
Red Terror: How the Soviet Union Shaped the Modern Anti-Zionist Discourse By Alex Ryvchin 10 September 2019 Zionism has become perhaps the most maligned and distorted term in the vernacular of the Arab-Israeli conflict. The origins of modern anti-Zionist discourse needs to be explored and the association to the Jewish national liberation movement with racism and Nazism needs to be questioned. Read More
Mexico: Iguala’s Dark Night Still Casts a Long Shadow By Dr Ruth Adler 10 September 2019 The release of a key suspect in the September 2014 disappearance of 43 students in the Mexican state of Guerrero poses a significant challenge for the administration of leftist President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Read More
The United Nations Charter: A Useful Framework for the Negotiation and Resolution of The Rohingya Refugee Crisis By Daweena Tia Motwany 03 September 2019 The long-awaited United Nations Fact Finding Mission’s report on the state of Rohingyas is due in September. It is important to note how the United Nation’s Charter can be used to assist in avoiding further inhumane treatment of the Rohingyas and possibly assist in a conflict resolution process. Read More
A Covert Push for Nuclear Weapons? By Dr Mark Diesendorf and Richard Broinowski AO 26 August 2019 Conservative media and other supporters of nuclear power for Australia are becoming more vocal. Although Australia ratified the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in 1973 and the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in 1998, could this be a prelude to Australia developing a nuclear weapons program? Read More
Policy Options For Addressing the China-US Trade Imbalance By Professor Tony Makin 26 August 2019 The explosive trade war between China and the US persists due to the constant imposition of tariffs by either side. The solution lies in the appreciation of the Yuan against the US dollar and liberalising restrictions on US foreign domestic income (FDI) in China. Read More
An Escape Valve for the Turmoil in Hong Kong? By Dr Sarah Teitt 15 August 2019 For weeks, analysts have warned of a “rapid descent into anarchy” in Hong Kong. How did the situation get to where it is today, and what options are there to diffuse the crisis? Read More
The Securitisation of Health in the Trump Era By Dr Jeremy Youde 12 August 2019 Though global health has attained a prominent position on the global political agenda over the course of a generation, the inauguration of the Trump Administration in the United States threatens to challenge this international consensus. Read More