Women’s Participation in the Japanese Government: Will Parliament Reach the 30 per cent Target by 2020? Elisa Solomon 23 July 2016 This year marks seventy years since Japanese women first exercised their right of suffrage. In the same amendment […] Read More
My Name is Kevin And I’m Here to Save the World By Emeritus Professor Ramesh Thakur FAIIA 20 July 2016 Kevin Rudd has asked the Australian government to nominate him for United Nations Secretary-General. The former Labor leader’s nomination is fraught with difficulties […] Read More
Child Security in Asia: The impact of armed conflict in Cambodia and Myanmar By Dr Mhairi Cowden 17 July 2016 As Hillary Clinton graces the news daily during the presidential campaign, I am reminded of the words she wrote […] 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
NATO Summit: Collective Defence and Nuclear Deterrence By Dr Stephan Frühling 14 July 2016 When the NATO heads of state and government convened in Wales in 2014 following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, their meeting was widely heralded […] Read More
Brexit and Australia: The Way Forward By Professor Philomena Murray and Dr Margherita Matera 12 July 2016 Australia’s relationship with the European Union is at a critical turning point. The Brexit vote has fundamentally changed the EU. Once the United Kingdom […] Read More
Brexit and Australia: The Way Forward 12 July 2016 Australia’s relationship with the European Union is at a critical turning point. The Brexit vote has fundamentally changed the EU. Once the United Kingdom […] Read More
Chilcot’s Verdict on the Iraq War By Louise Kettle 07 July 2016 It’s been a long time coming, but the Chilcot report into the Iraq War, all 2.6 million words of it, is finally out. And […] Read More
Election Uncertainty Means Stagnant Markets By Lee Smales 03 July 2016 A lengthy period of uncertainty over the outcome of the Australian federal election means it will be difficult to pass any economic or budgetary […] Read More
Lessons from the Somme By Matthew Sharpe 01 July 2016 This week marks the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme during World War I. With almost no European intellectual or political […] Read More
How The World Sees Australia’s Election By Professor Alan Tidwell, Dr Amit Ranjan, Dr Grant Duncan and Hangga Fathana 30 June 2016 The federal election has dominated Australian media for the past eight weeks but does the rest of the world care? Experts in the United […] Read More