Only Fools Rush In? Disaster Zone Adoptions. Derek Bayley 27 July 2015 In times of disaster, adoptive parents are more likely than ever to open their hearts and their homes to displaced foreign children, hoping […] Read More
AIIA National Conference 2015 24 July 2015 The AIIA’s National Conference 2015 will bring together some of Australia’s leading international affairs experts to address the question “Australian Foreign Policy: Regional […] Read More
Can Bronwyn Bishop Learn Anything from the UK Expenses Scandal? Louise Thompson 23 July 2015 As the furore over Australian Speaker Bronwyn Bishop’s helicopter ride has developed into a wider inspection of politicians’ […] Read More
The Urgent Need for Improving Asian Literacy in Australia – the Case of Indonesia 22 July 2015 Dr David Reeve, a former diplomat, now a Sydney-based academic, has for many years been energetically encouraging the […] Read More
The MH17 Anniversary Marks Steady Progress Kevin Kelly 22 July 2015 The one year anniversary of the downing of MH17 shows steady progress has been made in the fight for justice. However many questions remain […] Read More
America, China, and the Tussle for Power in Asia Professor Hugh White 17 July 2015 It is not clear why America really needs to retain its traditional predominance in Asia, except that they have got used to exercising […] Read More
Australia and Germany: Being Friends is not Enough By Melissa Conley Tyler FAIIA 15 July 2015 Australia and Germany are friends, but something stronger than friendship will be needed, if current attempts to achieve a greater level of co-operation […] Read More
Myanmar: Ethno-Religious Conflict Threatens Transition James Davies 14 July 2015 Mathias Eich/EU,ECHO(2013) Despite the praise that Myanmar’s ‘democratic’ transition continues to receive from Western governments, there is growing evidence that the pace of […] Read More
France Today 08 July 2015 Sydney-based French expert, Ross Steele AM, engaged a lively audience at Glover Cottages on Tuesday 7 July. France, he said, remained the world’s […] Read More
Turkish Coalition Negotiations: What it Means for the Kurds By Alexander Willox 08 July 2015 Once the 45 day period for forming a new government begins in Turkey, the make up of the government that forms could have massive flow […] Read More
The War on Terror: Lessons from the London Bombings Dr Michael McKinley 03 July 2015 Dr Michael McKinley reflects on the London bombings ten years ago, and what, if anything, the West has learned from its “War on […] Read More