Diplomatic Debacles Bode Ill for Australia’s Regional Relationships By Tom Corben 11 November 2018 Diplomatic missteps and muddled priorities threaten to undermine Australia’s efforts to diversify its security partnerships across Asia. Read More
Towards an India-Australia Strategic Partnership By Pravda Parakkal 11 November 2018 India-Australia strategic ties have been characterised by indifference rather than convergence. Since the turn of the century, both nations have reoriented their outlooks and initiated proactive strategic engagements. Read More
Reading Room: Australian Battalion Commanders, 1914-1918 By Joshua Ravenhill 11 November 2018 On the centenary of the Armistice ending World War I, there are still lessons to be drawn by modern commanding officers from how their counterparts became a more effective and potent military force as the war progressed. Read More
Sri Lanka: What’s Going On? By David A Ritchie 08 November 2018 With two senior political figures claiming to be prime minister and parliament suspended, political tensions will remain high in Sri Lanka. Read More
David A Ritchie 08 November 2018 David Ritchie was a senior officer of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade who served as High Commissioner in Sri Lanka from […] Read More
International Broadcasting: Setting the Agenda By Geoff Heriot 08 November 2018 The Prime Minister's announcement of $3bn for infrastructure investment in the Pacific was a missed opportunity to enhance Australia’s soft power through international broadcasting. Read More
Indonesia Study Tour - Calling for Expressions of Interest 08 November 2018 AIIA Victoria in conjunction with AIIA Western Australia is hosting a fifteen-day Study Tour Delegation to Indonesia. It will be led by Patrick Moore, […] Read More
New Caledonia’s Independence Referendum By William Fisher 07 November 2018 Viewed by many as a status quo result, the increasing support for pro-independence parties was much too close for comfort for the French Government and will oblige it to reconsider its strategies. Read More
Misogyny as Violent Extremism By Dr David Duriesmith, Luisa Ryan and Shannon Zimmerman 07 November 2018 Misogynist violence continues to be seen as an individual, private problem when it in fact constitutes a major security issue. Australia is uniquely positioned to act due to its ground-breaking work on gender-based violence prevention. Read More
Roundtable on Israel’s strategic priorities 07 November 2018 On Monday 29 October, Brigadier-General (reserve) Yossi Kuperwasser, Director of the Project on Regional Middle East Developments at the Jerusalem Center for Public […] Read More
Congressional Outreach by Australia and New Zealand By Professor Alan Tidwell 05 November 2018 As the mid-terms change the make-up of US Congress, how do Australia and New Zealand protect and advance their interests by engaging with the US legislature? Read More