The Role of Islam in World Affairs: Engaging with the "Other" By Professor Samina Yasmeen AM FAIIA 13 May 2016 Despite the fact that most Muslims – accounting for 1.6 billion or 22 per cent of the world’s total population – do not support […] Read More
The Philippines Election: Maintaining Momentum By Dr Imelda Deinla 12 May 2016 The Filipino people went to the polls on 9 May and have given Mayor Rodrigo Duterte a clear mandate to be the 16th […] Read More
Five Reasons Why Yemen Matters Now More than Ever By Jacqueline Lopour 11 May 2016 From the international nature of the conflict to its emerging refugee crisis, this is why the world needs to pay more attention to […] Read More
Why China's E-commerce Rules Have Exporters in a Flurry By Dr Ryan Manuel 10 May 2016 China’s recent crackdown on import duties applied to online goods shipped through free-trade areas. Will this have a negative impact on investment in […] Read More
South Vietnamese Soldiers: Memories of the Vietnam War and After By Peter Hamburger 06 May 2016 As two distinguished historians, Peter Edwards and Jeffrey Grey, have separately noted this book recovers a dimension of […] Read More
How Can Australia’s Refugee System Combat LGBTIQ Violence? By Josh Pallas 03 May 2016 Australia condemns discrimination on the basis of a person’s sexuality both at home and abroad. Victims of sexuality-based violence are increasingly finding themselves […] Read More
Rohingya Genocide: International Complicity in Burma’s Brutal Domestic Violence By Dr Nancy Hudson-Rodd 03 May 2016 The systematic oppression and denial of the rights of the Rohingya people is not limited to Burma. By […] Read More
Nancy Hudson-Rodd 03 May 2016 Dr Nancy Hudson-Rodd obtained her PhD from the Université d’Ottawa. She is human geographer, former Director Centre of Development Studies at Edit Cowan […] Read More
James Cotton 28 April 2016 Professor James Cotton is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of International Affairs. He is an Emeritus Professor at the University of New […] Read More
Marcus Haward 28 April 2016 Marcus Haward is professor of Ocean and Antarctic Governance, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies at The University of Tasmania. Read More
Decency and Diplomacy: the Myth of National Interest By William Fisher 28 April 2016 It is relatively easy to think of examples where states have acted immorally. It’s less clear, however, if those states were indeed acting […] Read More