Long Tan: Reconsidering Australia at War By Richard Broinowski 06 September 2016 The controversy over the commemoration of the battle of Long Tan underlines an unedifying aspect of Australian military culture: the need to glorify […] Read More
Can Australia make the most of the Asian century? 31 August 2016 Our guest speaker at Glover Cottages on 30 August was former Secretary of the Treasury and current NAB chair Dr Ken Henry AC. […] Read More
The end of pacifist Japan? 25 August 2016 On Tuesday 23 August our guest at Glover Cottages was Walter Hamilton, for 11 years the ABC’s North East Asia correspondent in Tokyo. […] Read More
South Africa 17 August 2016 Our guest speakers at Glover Cottages on 16 August were Judy Sandison, an award-winning South African broadcast journalist, and Adam McCarthy, Australian High […] Read More
International Crime 11 August 2016 Dr James Cockayne is a strategist, international lawyer and author, currently head of a global think tank created by the UN General Assembly. […] Read More
Rio Olympics 03 August 2016 Our speaker at Glover Cottages on Tuesday 2 August was Dr Jorge Knijnik, a senior lecturer at the University of Western Sydney. A […] Read More
Eyewitness to Early Reform in Myanmar By Associate Professor Andrew Selth 01 August 2016 Australia has a strong tradition of diplomatic memoirs. Many former ambassadors and other officials have recorded their experiences and impressions of international events. […] Read More
BREXIT 28 July 2016 The British vote to leave the EU has caused a major upheaval across Europe. Immediate past president of AIIA NSW, Colin Chapman, was […] Read More
Chinese-Australian Relations - a Perspective from Guangdong 27 July 2016 On Monday afternoon, 18 July, a Chinese delegation came to Glover Cottages to discuss current developments in Chinese-Australian relations. They were Vice Chancellor […] Read More
The Chilcot Report: what it means for Australia 14 July 2016 Dr Judith Betts is an academic at the University of Sydney with a distinguished career in the Commonwealth public service. On 12 July […] Read More
Mongolia and Northeast Asian Security By Richard Broinowski 06 July 2016 Mongolia recently hosted the annual Ulaanbaatar Dialogue to discuss Northeast Asian security. With North and South Korea delegates present together for the first […] Read More