Seeing Through the Southeast Asian Haze By Jack Greig 31 August 2016 The ‘haze season’ in Southeast Asia is well underway and transboundary haze pollution continues to present a serious ongoing international environmental and economic […] Read More
Seeing Through the Southeast Asian Haze 31 August 2016 The ‘haze season’ in Southeast Asia is well underway and transboundary haze pollution continues to present a serious ongoing international environmental and economic […] Read More
Malaysia: The Tangled Web of the 1MDB Scandal By Professor Natasha Hamilton-Hart 30 August 2016 Protests in Kuala Lumpur last weekend highlighted Malaysia’s ongoing 1Malaysia Development Berhad or 1MDB scandal. In July, the US Attorney General brought the […] Read More
The Influence of Non-State Actors on Global Politics By Anne-Marie Balbi 26 August 2016 A popular tweet suggested that 20 years from now, when at a quiz night and faced with the question “in what year?”, the answer “2016” […] Read More
The Influence of Non-State Actors on Global Politics 26 August 2016 A popular tweet suggested that 20 years from now, when at a quiz night and faced with the question “in what year?”, the answer “2016” […] Read More
Foreign Policy White Paper: Drafting a Legacy By Cam Hawker 25 August 2016 The foreign policy white paper announced last week by Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop is an opportunity for the government to shape […] Read More
Uruguay's Victory Over Big Tobacco By Marina Kofman 24 August 2016 Uruguay’s tough tobacco packaging-control measures were vindicated last month when a tribunal at the World Bank’s International Centre for the Settlement of Investment […] Read More
Nuclear Weapons Could and Should Disappear By Dr Phoebe Wynn-Pope 23 August 2016 Last week delegations from around the world met in Geneva to discuss the elimination of nuclear weapons once and for all. A majority of states […] Read More
Reflections on the Rio Olympics By Flavia Bellieni Zimmermann 22 August 2016 The Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games are finished and now the time to reflect upon the city’s performance. As well as great athletic achievements and controversy over the use […] Read More
UN Secretary-General: The Race So Far By Emeritus Professor Ramesh Thakur FAIIA 17 August 2016 One of the certainties over who will be the next United Nations secretary-general is that it will not be Kevin Rudd. Despite the perception […] Read More
Australia and China: Committing to an Enduring Partnership By Professor Peter Drysdale AO FAIIA and Zhang Xiaoqiang 17 August 2016 The Australia-China partnership can be a powerful force for the stability and prosperity of the region and for the global system. Nurtured carefully and […] Read More