Trading out of trouble - Australia's trade diplomacy 24 June 2016 Justin Brown, a deputy secretary responsible for trade, investment and economic diplomacy in DFAT, was our guest in an energetic question and answer […] Read More
Rodrigo Duterte - a Philippine Donald Trump? 09 June 2016 Our guest at Glover Cottages on 7 June 2016 was Adele Webb, a doctoral researcher at the University of Sydney whose thesis is […] Read More
The Brain Game - Australia 2020 26 May 2016 Among many things, Professor John Hearn is executive director of the Worldwide Universities Network and chair of the Australia Africa Network. He has […] Read More
French Submarines 19 May 2016 Before a lively crowd at Glover Cottages on 17 May, I engaged Dr Andrew Davies, Director of ASPI’s Defence and Strategy Program, in a […] Read More
Ted's Millennium 12 May 2016 At Glover Cottages on 10 May, around 90 former colleagues and friends celebrated the life and literary talent of the late Ted Pocock […] Read More
Vietnam Today 09 May 2016 On 5 May the Institute conducted an informal discussion of Vietnam as part of the groundwork for the Institute’s planned tour of Vietnam […] Read More
China's Belt and Road Proposal 06 May 2016 Background: During a visit to Kazakhstan and Indonesia in October 2013, President Xi Jinping proposed two initiatives to promote greater air, land and […] Read More
Malaysia 21 April 2016 UNSW emeritus professor Clive Kessler last addressed AIIA NSW at Glover Cottages in May 2015, when he described ethno-supremacists pursuing an agenda to […] Read More
Conflict in the Caucasus 15 April 2016 Sandwiched between Armenia to the west, Azerbaijan to the east, Iran and Turkey to the south, Nagorno-Karabakh is a tiny slip of a […] Read More
Taiwan's First Female President 06 April 2016 Recent speculation has focused on how Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan’s first female president, will perform. Dr Parris Chang, president of Taiwan’s Institute for Political, Economic […] Read More
Australian Live Animal Exports 23 March 2016 The export of live animals is a highly lucrative trade for Australia. But it ignites hot debate, especially between growers and animal rights […] Read More