Kimkong Heng 08 October 2020 Kimkong Heng, a recipient of the Australia Awards Scholarship, is a PhD candidate at the University of Queensland. He is also a Visiting […] Read More
Advantages and Disadvantages of AUSFTA in the Automobile Industry By Stefan Paulo 08 October 2020 The Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement came into effect on the 1st of January 2005, after being signed the previous year. It has since allowed easy and greater access to Australian products into the United States. Read More
Book Review: The Battle for Pakistan: The Bitter US Friendship and a Tough Neighbourhood By Dr Claude Rakisits 07 October 2020 US-Pakistan relations have always been difficult and became particularly prickly at the height of the war in neighbouring Afghanistan. Washington needs to rebuild the trust if it doesn’t want to see Pakistan drift completely into Beijing’s orbit. Read More
Jelvin Jose 07 October 2020 Jelvin Jose is an intern at National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), India. He has previously published articles at The Geopolitics and NIICE, […] Read More
COVID-19 and Crimes Against the Poor in Colombia By Dr Elliot Dolan-Evans, Dr Eleanor Gordon and Gustavo Rojas-Páez 02 October 2020 It took the recent murder of Javier Ordoñez by the Colombian police to generate the international attention that countless massacres in the country throughout 2020 have demanded. This renewed attention must help ensure full political commitment to the 2016 peace agreement. Read More
The US-Thailand Security Alliance: Growing Strategic Mistrust By Sek Sophal 02 October 2020 The Trump administration’s strategy to engage with Thailand appears to be counterproductive. Trump saved the Thai authoritarians, but has weakened the US-Thailand security alliance amid the rising Chinese influence. Read More
Playing Politics with the Court: The US Supreme Court, Abortion, and Republican Electoral Strategy By Dr Prudence Flowers 02 October 2020 For decades, opposition to abortion and Roe v. Wade has been central to Republican social, political, and legal identity. Following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the future of the Supreme Court will be front and centre in the final weeks of the 2020 presidential election. Read More
2 October: The Week in Australian Foreign Policy By Isabella Keith 02 October 2020 This week in Australian foreign affairs: Morrison’s address to the UN, home quarantine for select international arrivals on the horizon, Quad consultations with India, Japan, and the United States, and more. Read More
Unrest in Belarus By Chris Cheang 01 October 2020 Russia, not Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko or the EU and the West, holds the key to Belarus’ immediate and medium-term future. It will have the final say on whether he stays in power or not. Read More
DFAT Accountability Diminished By Richard Moore 30 September 2020 The abolition of DFAT’s Office of Development Effectiveness (ODE) is a bad decision. This development is made worse by the non-transparent way the decision was made. Read More
Letting Go of the Bad Eggs By Anton Lucanus 30 September 2020 Australia is amending its citizenship laws to strip Australian citizenship from dual citizens engaging in terrorism. Such an act may protect Australians at home, but it offers no solution to global terror threats. Read More